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+Title: Spectre.Console 0.50 released!
+Description: Now with 25% less lead!
+Published: 2025-04-08
+Category: Release Notes
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+
+Version 0.50 of Spectre.Console has been released!
+
+## New Contributors
+
+* [@Kissaki](https://github.com/Kissaki) made their first contribution in [#1575](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1575)
+* [@z4ryy](https://github.com/z4ryy) made their first contribution in [#1590](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1590)
+* [@TonWin618](https://github.com/TonWin618) made their first contribution in [#1595](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1595)
+* [@KirillOsenkov](https://github.com/KirillOsenkov) made their first contribution in [#1623](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1623)
+* [@davide-pi](https://github.com/davide-pi) made their first contribution in [#1246](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1246)
+* [@armanossiloko](https://github.com/armanossiloko) made their first contribution in [#1668](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1668)
+* [@PascalSenn](https://github.com/PascalSenn) made their first contribution in [#1687](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1687)
+* [@tpill90](https://github.com/tpill90) made their first contribution in [#904](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/904)
+* [@tmds](https://github.com/tmds) made their first contribution in [#1194](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1194)
+* [@TheMarteh](https://github.com/TheMarteh) made their first contribution in [#1708](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1708)
+* [@Tolitech](https://github.com/Tolitech) made their first contribution in [#1717](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1717)
+* [@TheTonttu](https://github.com/TheTonttu) made their first contribution in [#1740](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1740)
+* [@byte2pixel](https://github.com/byte2pixel) made their first contribution in [#1762](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1762)
+* [@Moustafaa91](https://github.com/Moustafaa91) made their first contribution in [#1779](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1779)
+
+### General
+
+* Strong name the assemblies by [@KirillOsenkov](https://github.com/KirillOsenkov) in [#1623]([#1623](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1623))
+* Update MSDN link to learn.microsoft.com by [@Kissaki](https://github.com/Kissaki) in [#1575]([#1575](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1575))
+* Add spanish translation for help strings by [@kzu](https://github.com/kzu) in [#1597]([#1597](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1597))
+* Update documentation: add example for the Text Prompt usage by [@davide-pi](https://github.com/davide-pi) in [#1636]([#1636](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1636))
+* Fix typos xml docs by [@devlead](https://github.com/devlead) in [#1684]([#1684](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1684))
+* Upgrade SixLabors.ImageSharp to 3.1.7 by [@Moustafaa91](https://github.com/Moustafaa91) in [#1779]([#1779](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1779))
+
+### Console
+
+* AOT Support for Spectre.Console by [@phil-scott-78](https://github.com/phil-scott-78) in [#1690]([#1690](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1690))
+* Make method reference to Markup.Escape more obvious by [@Kissaki](https://github.com/Kissaki) in [#1574]([#1574](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1574))
+* Fix `HtmlEncoder` Incorrectly Applying Italics to Bold Text by [@z4ryy](https://github.com/z4ryy) in [#1590]([#1590](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1590))
+* Fix Console Display Issue with Deleting Wide Characters by [@TonWin618](https://github.com/TonWin618) in [#1595]([#1595](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1595))
+* Fix search bug in prompt related to custom item types by [@patriksvensson](https://github.com/patriksvensson) in [#1627]([#1627](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1627))
+* Cleanup the prompt tests by [@0xced](https://github.com/0xced) in [#1635]([#1635](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1635))
+* Add custom style for each calendar event by [@davide-pi](https://github.com/davide-pi) in [#1246](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1246)
+* Fix tree expansion bug by [@davide-pi](https://github.com/davide-pi) in [#1245](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1245)
+* Enhance the style of the checkboxes for multi-selection by [@davide-pi](https://github.com/davide-pi) in [#1244](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1244)
+* Improve exception if a (multi)selection prompt is used incorrectly by [@0xced](https://github.com/0xced) in [#1637](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1637)
+* Fix incorrect panel height calculation in complex layout by [@BlazeFace](https://github.com/BlazeFace) in [#1514](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1514)
+* Adding Enricher for Azure Pipelines by [@BlazeFace](https://github.com/BlazeFace) in [#1675](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1675)
+* Added hex color conversion by [@jsheely](https://github.com/jsheely) in [#1432](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1432)
+* Fixed type in Segment description by [@PascalSenn](https://github.com/PascalSenn) in [#1687](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1687)
+* Adding TransferSpeedColumn configuration to display bits/bytes + binary/decimal prefixes by [@tpill90](https://github.com/tpill90) in [#904](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/904)
+* Changes Emoji dictionary to OrdinalIgnoreCase for performance by [@phil-scott-78](https://github.com/phil-scott-78) in [#1691](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1691)
+* ProgressTask.GetPercentage() returns 100 when max value is 0 by [@FrankRay78](https://github.com/FrankRay78) in [#1694](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1694)
+* Async overloads for AnsiConsole Prompt/Ask/Confirm. by [@tmds](https://github.com/tmds) in [#1194](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1194)
+* Support 3-digit hex codes in markup by [@TheMarteh](https://github.com/TheMarteh) in [#1708](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1708)
+* Add async spinner extension methods and related documentation by [@phil-scott-78](https://github.com/phil-scott-78) in [#1747](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1747)
+* Fix generic exception formatting by [@0xced](https://github.com/0xced) in [#1755](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1755)
+
+### CLI
+
+* Remove redundant explain settings ctor by [@gitfool](https://github.com/gitfool) in [#1534](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1534)
+* Trim trailing comma in settings by [@devlead](https://github.com/devlead) in [#1550](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1550)
+* Consider -? as an alias to -h by [@kzu](https://github.com/kzu) in [#1552](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1552)
+* Trimming of TestConsole output by CommandAppTester is user configurable. by [@FrankRay78](https://github.com/FrankRay78) in [#1739](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1739)
+* Include resource files for additional cultures in HelpProvider. by [@Tolitech](https://github.com/Tolitech) in [#1717](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1717)
+* Conditionally trim trailing periods of argument and option descriptions by [@TheTonttu](https://github.com/TheTonttu) in [#1740](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1740)
+* Changed IConfigurator to return IConfigurator instead of void by [@byte2pixel](https://github.com/byte2pixel) in [#1762](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1762)
+* Add parsed unknown flag to remaining arguments for a branch with a default command by [@FrankRay78](https://github.com/FrankRay78) in [#1660](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1660)
+* Correctly show application version; execution of command with version option by [@FrankRay78](https://github.com/FrankRay78) in [#1663](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1663)
+* Help output correctly decides when to show the version option by [@FrankRay78](https://github.com/FrankRay78) in [#1664](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console/pull/1664)
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