Background
AutoRest is now marked as deprecated across the CLI, IDE extensions, docs, and validation suite.
Removal checklist
- Remove
SupportedCodeGenerator.AutoRest and SupportedCodeGenerator.AutoRestV3
- Delete AutoRest generator, options, and CLI command/factory code paths
- Remove AutoRest entries from VSIX, VS Code, VSMac, and IntelliJ surfaces
- Delete AutoRest-specific tests, fixtures, and generated-code support files
- Remove AutoRest documentation and update the migration guide to reflect completed removal
- Ship the removal in a future major version with explicit release notes
Background
AutoRest is now marked as deprecated across the CLI, IDE extensions, docs, and validation suite.
Removal checklist
SupportedCodeGenerator.AutoRestandSupportedCodeGenerator.AutoRestV3