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Updating .net frameworks through winget does not show the update worked

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Description

in winget i show available updates

❯ winget upgrade
Name Id Version Available Source

WhatsApp WhatsApp.WhatsApp 2.2306.9 2.2319.9 winget
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 3.1.32 (x64) Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6 < 6.0.5 6.0.16 winget
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 5.0.17 (x64) Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6 < 6.0.5 6.0.16 winget
3 upgrades available.

 Lee Mackinnell@HP-Laptop-W11  ~ 
❯ winget upgrade "Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 3.1.32 (x64)"
Found Microsoft .NET Windows Desktop Runtime 6.0 [Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6] Version 6.0.16
This application is licensed to you by its owner.
Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Downloading https://dotnetcli.azureedge.net/dotnet/WindowsDesktop/6.0.16/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.16-win-x64.exe
██████████████████████████████ 54.8 MB / 54.8 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed

 Lee Mackinnell@HP-Laptop-W11  ~ 
❯ winget upgrade
Name Id Version Available Source

WhatsApp WhatsApp.WhatsApp 2.2306.9 2.2319.9 winget
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 3.1.32 (x64) Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6 < 6.0.5 6.0.16 winget
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 5.0.17 (x64) Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6 < 6.0.5 6.0.16 winget
3 upgrades available.

i get the same result with 5.0.17

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Research direction

Reproduce the report with winget upgrade and the Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6 package ID shown in the issue. Compare the reported .NET runtime entries before and after upgrading; done means the installed version is detected correctly and the stale upgrades no longer remain listed.

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Assessment

Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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