Perf improvement: fortunes_ef

| Scenario | Environment | Date | Old RPS | New RPS | Change | Deviation | StDev | Dependencies |
| -------- | ----------- | ---- | ------- | ------- | ------ | --------- | ----- | ------------ |
| fortunes_ef | Fortunes Platform EF 14- Trends Database cobalt-cloud-lin-azl3 | 07/10/2026 11:24:05 | 40,417 | 42,602 | 5.41 % (2,185) :thumbsup: | 2.47 σ | 885.66 | Changes NameVersionDiff Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.dll `11.0.0-preview.7.26357.109` -> `11.0.0-preview.7.26359.119` https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet/compare/ca60c43d982bb8e171b66ef8a38a777e004768ba...9b4d3b99c89873c850b8ec1f7fd4b66d9eb6e3e2 Microsoft.AspNetCore.App `11.0.0-preview.7.26357.109` -> `11.0.0-preview.7.26359.119` https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet/compare/ca60c43d982bb8e171b66ef8a38a777e004768ba...9b4d3b99c89873c850b8ec1f7fd4b66d9eb6e3e2 Microsoft.NETCore.App `11.0.0-preview.7.26357.109` -> `11.0.0-preview.7.26359.119` https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet/compare/ca60c43d982bb8e171b66ef8a38a777e004768ba...9b4d3b99c89873c850b8ec1f7fd4b66d9eb6e3e2 |

[PowerBI Dashboard](https://aka.ms/aspnet/benchmarks)

@sebastienros

The report identifies the fortunes_ef benchmark at /fortunes/ef and links the PowerBI dashboard; start by reproducing that scenario and comparing the listed runs. Done would require a concrete, reproducible performance improvement with updated benchmark evidence, but no target files or tests are named.

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