chore(main): release 2.9.0

Signed-off-by: OpenFeature Bot <[email protected]>

Author: openfeaturebot

.release-please-manifest.json

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 {
-  ".": "2.8.1"
+  ".": "2.9.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [2.9.0](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/compare/v2.8.1...v2.9.0) (2025-09-22)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* update provider status to Fatal during disposal ([#580](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/issues/580)) ([76bd94b](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/commit/76bd94b03ea19ad3c432a52dd644317e362b99ec))
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* Add multi-provider support ([#488](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/issues/488)) ([7237053](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/commit/7237053561d9c36194197169734522f0b978f6e5))
+* Deprecate AddHostedFeatureLifecycle method ([#531](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/issues/531)) ([fdf2297](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/commit/fdf229737118639d323e74cceac490d44c4c24dd))
+* Support retrieving numeric metadata as either integers or decimals  ([#490](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/issues/490)) ([12de5f1](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/commit/12de5f10421bac749fdd45c748e7b970f3f69a39))
+
+
+### 🚀 Performance
+
+* Add NativeAOT Support ([#554](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/issues/554)) ([acd0486](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/commit/acd0486563f7b67a782ee169315922fb5d0f343e))
+
 ## [2.8.1](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1) (2025-07-31)
 
 

README.md

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 [![Specification](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=specification&message=v0.8.0&color=yellow&style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/open-feature/spec/releases/tag/v0.8.0)
 [
-![Release](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=release&message=v2.8.1&color=blue&style=for-the-badge) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
-](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/releases/tag/v2.8.1) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+![Release](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=release&message=v2.9.0&color=blue&style=for-the-badge) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+](https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk/releases/tag/v2.9.0) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
 
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build/Common.prod.props

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   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionNumber>2.8.1</VersionNumber> <!--x-release-please-version -->
+    <VersionNumber>2.9.0</VersionNumber> <!--x-release-please-version -->
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/open-feature/dotnet-sdk</RepositoryUrl>
     <Description>OpenFeature is an open standard for feature flag management, created to support a robust feature flag ecosystem using cloud native technologies. OpenFeature will provide a unified API and SDK, and a developer-first, cloud-native implementation, with extensibility for open source and commercial offerings.</Description>

version.txt

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-2.8.1
+2.9.0