thread-abort-migration SKILL.md skillA
thread-abort-migration from dotnet/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dotnet/skills/thread-abort-migration@git:20260421.05aeb65Pins git:20260421.05aeb65 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dotnet/skills
- Path
plugins/dotnet-upgrade/skills/thread-abort-migration/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260421.05aeb65, committed Apr 21, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 7, 2026
- Size
- 12,827 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5,836
- License
- MIT
Guides migration of .NET Framework Thread.Abort usage to cooperative cancellation in modern .NET. USE FOR: modernizing code that calls Thread.Abort, catching ThreadAbortException, replacing Thread.ResetAbort, replacing Thread.Interrupt for thread termination, resolving PlatformNotSupportedException or SYSLIB0006 after retargeting to .NET 6+, migrating ASP.NET Response.End or Response.Redirect(url, true) which internally call Thread.Abort. DO NOT USE FOR: code that only uses Thread.Join…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Thread.Abort Migration This skill helps an agent migrate .NET Framework code that uses `Thread.Abort` to the cooperative cancellation model required by modern .NET (6+). `Thread.Abort` throws `PlatformNotSupportedException` in modern .NET — there is no way to forcibly terminate a managed thread. The skill identifies the usage pattern first, then applies the correct replacement strategy. ## When to Use - Migrating a .NET Framework project to .NET 6+ that calls `Thread.Abort` - Replacing `ThreadAbortException` catch blocks that use control flow or cleanup logic - Removing `Thread.ResetAbort` calls that cancel pending aborts - Replacing `Thread.Interrupt` for waking blocked threads - Migrating ASP.NET code that uses `Response.End` or `Response.Redirect(url, true)`, which internally call `Thread.Abort` - Resolving `PlatformNotSupportedException` or `SYSLIB0006` warnings after a target framework change ## When Not to Use …
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How to install
mdr add dotnet/skills/thread-abort-migration@sha256:0dfe570c456b940bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260421.05aeb65, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Mar 7, 2026 and Apr 21, 2026, about one every 45 days.
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| git:20260421.05aeb65 latest | 2026-04-21 | 05aeb65 | 12,827 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260307.042a9d2 | 2026-03-07 | 042a9d2 | 12,814 B | A | view |
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Source
dotnet/skills · 5,836 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_p6ngevvjd5chl4e5 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/thread-abort-migration GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0dfe570c456b940b44f5283f03bebe487261ee0dc036cad05a201f871c06e9eb
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