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Update pipeline perf work done in 7.0 is summarized in #26797.

Backlog

• Allow managing transactions via SQL commands in the update pipeline #27532
• Determine how to look up join entity types at model building time #21901
• Perf: Attaching a graph is slow #10618
• Generate bespoke Attach and DetectChanges as part of the compiled model #32088
• Implement bulk deletion #27550
• Use the new batching API from ADO.NET #18990
• Do not track after SaveChanges() #9118
• Perf: Reuse command batches in update pipeline #11574
• Recycle ADO.NET objects in update pipeline #15546
• Allow opt-out of optimistic concurrency/rows affected check in the model #10443
• Stop generated cascade delete statements when the DeleteBehavior is database-side #21521
• Create an alternate key for join entity types which have an independent PK #21900
• Strategy for inserting rows with table-values parameters #2484