This is a maintenance release that adds support for async authorization filters via the new DashboardOptions.AsyncAuthorization property, contains small improvements for the Dashboard UI and stops using readcommittedlock table hint when not required in the Hangfire.SqlServer package.

Hangfire.Core

• Added – Support for async auth methods via the DashboardOptions.AsyncAuthorization property (by @rosenbjerg).
• Fixed – Error alert in Dashboard UI is now correctly shown when sidebar is present (by @danillewin).
• Fixed – Reference an empty favicon in Dashboard UI to prevent backend 404s (by @dan2468).
• Fixed – Back-to-site link text in Dashboard UI is now hidden on small screens (by @danillewin).
• Fixed – Avoid memory leak in the AppBuilderExtensions class (by @LordJZ).
• Fixed – Make the TypeHelper class public instead of internal to use it outside.

Hangfire.SqlServer

• Changed – Don’t use the readcommittedlock table hint when not required.
• Project – Stop using TransactionScope class in tests, re-create database instead.
• Project – Make it possible to run SQL Server tests on Mono on Linux.

Hangfire.AspNetCore

• Added – Support for async auth methods via the DashboardOptions.AsyncAuthorization property (by @rosenbjerg).
• Added – Authorization policy support via the new MapHangfireDashboardWithAuthorizationPolicy method (by @dasiths).