Asynchronous ZIP operations arrive in .NET 10.0 (opens in new tab)

The upcoming release of .NET 10.0 introduces native asynchronous support for ZIP file operations within the base class library. While ZIP compression has been a standard feature since .NET Framework 4.5, it previously relied on synchronous methods that could block execution threads during heavy I/O tasks. These new updates allow for non-blocking file compression and extraction, improving the responsiveness of applications handling large archives. <a href="