This guide will walk you through the manual migration steps to update your Hot Chocolate GraphQL server to version 16.

Start by installing the latest 16.x.x version of all of the HotChocolate.* packages referenced by your project.

This guide is still a work in progress with more updates to follow.

Breaking changes

Things that have been removed or had a change in behavior that may cause your code not to compile or lead to unexpected behavior at runtime if not addressed.

Skip/include disallowed on root subscription fields

The @skip and @include directives are now disallowed on root subscription fields, as specified in the RFC: Prevent @skip and @include on root subscription selection set.

Deprecation of fields not deprecated in the interface

Deprecating a field now requires the implemented field in the interface to also be deprecated, as specified in the draft specification.

Deprecations

Things that will continue to function this release, but we encourage you to move away from.