Enable runtime-async for SharedFx-only libraries

[wtgodbe]

Cribbing off of dotnet/runtime#125406. Enable runtime-async for net11.0+ projects that ship only in the Shared Framework. We can't enable it for projects that ship both in the SharedFx & as packages, because runtime-async is incompatible w/ wasm, so anyone who tried to use such a package in a wasm project would be broken.

Also enables runtime-async for tests.

The wasm exclusion checks both $(TargetOS) != browser and !$(RuntimeIdentifier.StartsWith('browser-')) to correctly exclude projects that target WebAssembly via RuntimeIdentifier=browser-wasm even when $(TargetOS) is empty.

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Description

Enables the runtime-async compiler feature for net11.0+ projects that ship only in the ASP.NET Core Shared Framework (IsAspNetCoreApp=true, IsPackable!=true) and for compatible test/test-asset projects. Projects that are also shipped as NuGet packages are excluded because runtime-async is incompatible with WebAssembly, which would break wasm consumers.

Wasm exclusion is enforced by checking both $(TargetOS) != browser and !$(RuntimeIdentifier.StartsWith('browser-')) to cover the case where $(TargetOS) is empty but the project targets wasm via RuntimeIdentifier=browser-wasm.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Enables the runtime-async feature for .NET 11+ projects that ship only in the shared framework, and extends the same enablement to compatible test projects while attempting to avoid WebAssembly where it’s incompatible.

Changes:

• Turn on runtime-async for IsAspNetCoreApp=true projects that are not packable and target net11.0+.
• Turn on runtime-async for IsTestProject / IsTestAssetProject targeting net11.0+.
• Add a TargetOS != browser condition intended to avoid wasm scenarios.

[halter73]

I assume that the tests would fail if not for this, right? Otherwise, I'd probably want to run in both modes at least temporarily.

[wtgodbe]

I think they would, but I'm largely cribbing off of what runtime did: dotnet/runtime#125406

[wtgodbe]

There's now a consistent failure in Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.InMemory.FunctionalTests.HttpConnectionManagerTests.CriticalErrorLoggedIfApplicationDoesntComplete

Assert.True() Failure
Expected: True
Actual: False

Looking

[wtgodbe]

The test relies on GC to finalize HttpConnection objects — it calls GC.Collect() /
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers() in a loop and expects the "ApplicationNeverCompleted" log to be triggered within 10 attempts
(line 75).

With runtime-async, the async state machine is different — the runtime keeps the async method's state alive differently than
the traditional compiler-generated state machine. This means the HttpConnection may not be eligible for GC as quickly, causing
the test to need more iterations.

The test already allows up to 30 attempts in the loop (line 69) but asserts that it completes in under 10 (line 75). The
Assert.True(logWaitAttempts < 10) is the assertion that fails — it took 67 seconds total (which is ~30 iterations × ~2s each),
meaning the GC never collected the connection at all.

This is a fundamental behavioral change with runtime-async — the async method's continuation is rooted differently, preventing
the HttpConnection from being finalized.

Verdict: This is a real regression caused by runtime-async. The test depends on GC collecting an HttpConnection whose
application Task never completes — runtime-async changes how the async continuation is rooted, keeping the connection alive.

Fix options:

1. Opt this test out of runtime-async with [RuntimeAsyncMethodGeneration(false)] — but that only affects the test method, not
   the production code whose async behavior changed
2. Opt the production code out — the Kestrel connection handling code that's keeping the reference alive
3. Relax the assertion — but if GC never collects it (30 attempts failed), relaxing won't help
4. Skip the test when runtime-async is enabled

Since this is a GC-finalization test that's fundamentally incompatible with how runtime-async roots async continuations, the
most pragmatic fix is probably to skip/quarantine it for now and file an issue against the runtime-async feature to ensure
this GC behavior is addressed.

@halter73 @BrennanConroy think we should skip this one for now?

[wtgodbe]

@copilot Quarantine Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.InMemory.FunctionalTests.HttpConnectionManagerTests.CriticalErrorLoggedIfApplicationDoesntComplete, with dotnet/runtime#126735 as the linked issue.

[Copilot]

@copilot Quarantine Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.InMemory.FunctionalTests.HttpConnectionManagerTests.CriticalErrorLoggedIfApplicationDoesntComplete, with https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/iss...

Done in 84530c9. Added [QuarantinedTest("https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/126735")] to CriticalErrorLoggedIfApplicationDoesntComplete.

[wtgodbe]

@copilot please update the PR in the following ways - Don't enable runtime-async for test
asset projects. Undo the changes to .azure/pipelines/components-e2e-tests.yml.

[Copilot]

@copilot please update the PR in the following ways - Don't enable runtime-async for test
asset projects. Undo the changes to .azure/pipelines/components-e2e-tests.yml.

Done in fc44762. Removed IsTestAssetProject from the runtime-async condition (now only IsTestProject enables it) and reverted .azure/pipelines/components-e2e-tests.yml to its state before the blame-hang changes.

[wtgodbe]

/backport to release/11.0-preview4

[github-actions]

Started backporting to release/11.0-preview4 (link to workflow run)