Area Owners

June 24, 2026 · View on GitHub

The below table lists all the area-labels used in the dotnet/aspnetcore repository and their owners.

area labelOwnersDoc OwnersDescription
area-auth@joperezr @mikekistler @halter73 @mackinnonbuck@wadepickett @tdykstraAuthn, Authz, OAuth, OIDC, Bearer
area-blazor@lewing @danroth27 @aspnet-blazor-eng@guardrexBlazor, Razor Components (WASM issues may be moved to dotnet/runtime repo)
area-commandlinetools@adityamandaleeka @mikekistler @captainsafia@wadepickettCommand line tools, dotnet-dev-certs, dotnet-user-jwts
area-dataprotection@adityamandaleeka @DeagleGross@tdykstraDataProtection
area-grpc@adityamandaleeka @mikekistler @jamesnk@wadepickettGRPC wire-up, templates (library itself is  https://github.com/grpc/grpc-dotnet)
area-healthchecks@adityamandaleeka @brennanconroy@wadepickettHealthchecks (some bugs also in Extensions repo)
area-hosting@joperezr @danroth27 @halter73@tdykstraIncludes Hosting
area-identity@joperezr @mikekistler @halter73 @mackinnonbuck@tdykstra @wadepickettIdentity and providers
area-infrastructure@joperezr @wtgodbe@tdykstraMSBuild projects/targets, build scripts, CI, Installers and shared framework
area-middleware@adityamandaleeka @brennanconroy@wadepickettURL rewrite, redirect, response cache/compression, session, caching, and other general middlewares
area-minimal@adityamandaleeka @mikekistler @captainsafia @mitchdenny@wadepickettIncludes minimal APIs, endpoint filters, parameter binding, request delegate generator, OpenAPI.
area-mvc@adityamandaleeka @mikekistler @captainsafia@tdykstraMVC, Actions and Controllers, Localization, CORS, most templates
area-networking@adityamandaleeka @brennanconroy @DeagleGross@tdykstraIncludes Kestrel/servers, protocols such as HTTP/2, HTTP3, YARP, jsonpatch, bedrock, websockets, http client factory, http abstractions, networking aspects of caching
area-perf@joperezr @sebastienros@tdykstraAutofiled performance bugs, perf infra.
area-routing@joperezr @danroth27 @halter73 @JamesNK (@javiercn consulting)@tdykstraRouting
area-security@joperezr @mikekistler @halter73 @mackinnonbuck@wadepickett @tdykstrasecurity features/work
area-signalr@adityamandaleeka @mikekistler @brennanconroy@wadepickettSignalR clients and servers
area-ui-rendering@joperezr @danroth27 @mackinnonbuck@wadepickettMVC Views/Pages, Razor Views/Page
area-unified-build@joperezr @wtgodbe@tdykstraWork related to https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet
other repoOwnersDoc OwnersDescription
{aspire}@joperezr @maddymontaquila@IEvangelisthttps://github.com/dotnet/aspire
{extensions}@joperezr @russkie@wadepicketthttps://github.com/dotnet/extensions
{orleans}@adityamandaleeka @mikekistler@IEvangelisthttps://github.com/dotnet/orleans
{systemwebadapters}@joperezr @danroth27@tdykstrahttps://github.com/dotnet/systemweb-adapters
{yarp}@adityamandaleeka @benjaminpetit@wadepicketthttps://github.com/dotnet/yarp

The dotnet/runtime repo has its own list.

Community Triagers

While not necessarily associated with a specific area, these community members have the power to assist with routing and labeling issues and pull requests, and have been recognized for being consistently knowledgeable about and helpful in this repo: