Clarify if OData is supported in native-aot article

[wadepickett]

Description

Originally created by @loligans in issue #37015, (Thanks @loligans). Ported over to this issue which is attached ot the article, for tracking purposes.
"The current NativeAoT documentation makes no mention on whether OData is supported or not. https://github.com/dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs/blob/main/aspnetcore/fundamentals/native-aot.md

It would be nice if OData could be included in the support table on that document."

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/native-aot?view=aspnetcore-10.0

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs/blob/main/aspnetcore/fundamentals/native-aot.md

Document ID

8839fa1e-7c10-4b22-d03d-669906a2b9ea

Platform Id

9648040a-b499-c114-8bf5-18ccaa8fcc70

Article author

@tdykstra

Metadata

• ID: 8839fa1e-7c10-4b22-d03d-669906a2b9ea
• PlatformId: 9648040a-b499-c114-8bf5-18ccaa8fcc70
• Service: aspnet-core
• Sub-service: fundamentals

Related Issues

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🤖 AI Triage Summary

📌 Note to community: This is an automated preliminary analysis to help our documentation team quickly review, determine scope and prioritize this issue. This report is not a resolution — a team member will follow up.

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This preliminary assessment report was run by: @wadepickett
Date: 2026-04-16
Issue: 37015
Model: GitHub Copilot

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Issue Analysis: Add OData support status to Native AOT compatibility table

✅ Issue Validation

Status: Valid and actionable

📋 Issue Summary

The Native AOT documentation contains a feature compatibility table listing various ASP.NET Core features and their support status (Fully Supported, Partially Supported, Not Supported). OData is not mentioned in this table. Since OData relies heavily on reflection and dynamic code generation — features incompatible with Native AOT — it is currently not supported with Native AOT. Adding OData to the table would help developers quickly determine compatibility without having to research it independently.

📁 Potentially Affected Files

These files have been identified as possibly related to this issue and may need review.

File	Path	Lines	Section
Main article	aspnetcore/fundamentals/native-aot.md	46-71	"ASP.NET Core and Native AOT compatibility"

📝 Preliminary Change Assessment

The following are initial observations for the documentation team to evaluate—not final decisions.

Potential documentation Updates

File: aspnetcore/fundamentals/native-aot.md
Location: Lines 52-70 (the feature compatibility table)
Type: New table row

Current content (lines 48-70) — the compatibility table:

| Feature | Fully Supported | Partially Supported | Not Supported |
| - | - | - | - |
| gRPC | ...✔️... | | |
| Minimal APIs | | ...✔️... | |
| MVC | | | ...❌... |
| Blazor Server | | | ...❌... |
...
| WebSockets | ...✔️... | | |

Suggested direction:
Add a row for OData in the table (inserting alphabetically or grouped logically near MVC, since OData builds on MVC concepts):

| OData | | | <span aria-hidden="true">❌</span><span class="visually-hidden">Not supported</span> |

A suggested insertion point is after the MVC row (line 52) or in alphabetical order among the existing entries.

🎯 Suggested Action Plan

For documentation team review

1. Confirm OData's Native AOT status with the ASP.NET Core product team or OData maintainers.

   • Based on research, OData depends on MVC and heavy reflection, making it incompatible with Native AOT.
   • Confirm this is still the case and whether there are any plans for future support.

2. Update the compatibility table in aspnetcore/fundamentals/native-aot.md

   • Navigate to: Line 48
   • Section: "ASP.NET Core and Native AOT compatibility"
   • Add an OData row with "Not Supported" status, following the existing markup pattern with accessibility spans.

⚠️ Review Considerations

• Verify with the product team that OData remains unsupported with Native AOT in the latest .NET version.
• Consider whether other commonly asked-about features (e.g., Razor Pages, Entity Framework Core) should also be added to the table to proactively address similar questions.
• OData is maintained in a separate repo (OData/AspNetCoreOData) — check if there are any open issues or discussions about Native AOT support there.

🔗 References

• Published article: ASP.NET Core support for Native AOT
• Source file: aspnetcore/fundamentals/native-aot.md
• OData repo: OData/AspNetCoreOData
• Related: GitHub issue dotnet/core #8288 — Native AOT known issues tracker