Microsoft is getting closer to the official release of the .NET 9 developer platform. Today, the company revealed the first release candidate version of .NET 9 is now available for download. In a blog post , Microsoft listed some of the new features and improvements in the .NET 9 RC 1 release. That includes some enhanced WebSocket APIs. In a separate post on the .NET 9 RCI release notes, Microsoft stated: Weve added new APIs on ClientWebSocketOptions and WebSocketCreationOptions that let you