microsoft · prathikr · Jun 5, 2026 · Jun 8, 2026 · Jun 8, 2026 · Jun 8, 2026
diff --git a/.pipelines/foundry-local-packaging.yml b/.pipelines/foundry-local-packaging.yml
@@ -53,18 +53,7 @@ parameters:
 
 variables:
 - group: FoundryLocal-ESRP-Signing
-# C++ SDK (sdk_v2/cpp) native dependency versions. Must match cmake defaults
-# in sdk_v2/deps_versions.json and sdk_v2/deps_versions_winml.json.
-- name: cppOrtVersion
-  value: '1.25.1'
-- name: cppOrtVersionWinml
-  # Pinned to the WinML-aligned ORT line so foundry_local.dll's ORT ABI matches
-  # the WinML EP catalog plugins it loads. See FindOnnxRuntime.cmake.
-  value: '1.23.2.3'
-- name: cppGenaiVersion
-  value: '0.13.2'
-- name: cppWinmlVersion
-  value: '1.8.2192'
+# All ORT/GenAI/WinML versions are read from sdk_v2/deps_versions.json at runtime.
 - name: cppBuildConfig
   value: 'RelWithDebInfo'
 
@@ -268,7 +257,3 @@ extends:
     - template: v2/templates/stages-sdk-v2.yml
       parameters:
         buildConfig: $(cppBuildConfig)
-        ortVersion: $(cppOrtVersion)
-        ortVersionWinml: $(cppOrtVersionWinml)
-        genaiVersion: $(cppGenaiVersion)
-        winmlVersion: $(cppWinmlVersion)
diff --git a/.pipelines/v2/sdk_v2-pipeline-plan.md b/.pipelines/v2/sdk_v2-pipeline-plan.md
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ purposes:
 
 Versions are pipeline-level variables, currently:
 
-* `ortVersion`        `1.25.1`   (`Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Foundry`)
+* `ortVersion`        `1.25.1`   (`Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime`)
 * `ortVersionWinml`   `1.23.2.3` (WinML-aligned ORT line, used by the WinML build stages)
 * `genaiVersion`      `0.13.2`   (`Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntimeGenAI.Foundry`)
 * `winmlVersion`      `1.8.2192` (`Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.ML`)

diff --git a/.pipelines/v2/templates/stages-build-native.yml b/.pipelines/v2/templates/stages-build-native.yml
@@ -8,18 +8,12 @@
 #                       (win-x64, win-arm64, linux-x64, osx-arm64)
 #   pack_nuget_winml  – Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local.Runtime.WinML
 #                       (win-x64, win-arm64; both built with --use_winml)
+#
+# ORT/GenAI versions are read from sdk_v2/deps_versions.json at runtime.
 
 parameters:
 - name: buildConfig
   type: string
-- name: ortVersion
-  type: string
-- name: ortVersionWinml
-  type: string
-- name: genaiVersion
-  type: string
-- name: winmlVersion
-  type: string
 
 stages:
 
@@ -52,9 +46,6 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           arch: x64
           buildConfig: ${{ parameters.buildConfig }}
-          ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersion }}
-          genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
-          winmlVersion: ${{ parameters.winmlVersion }}
           runTests: true
           stageHeaders: true
 
@@ -84,14 +75,11 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           arch: arm64
           buildConfig: ${{ parameters.buildConfig }}
-          ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersion }}
-          genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
-          winmlVersion: ${{ parameters.winmlVersion }}
           runTests: false
           stageHeaders: false
 
   # ====================================================================
-  # Linux x64 — build + test
+  # Linux x64— build + test
   # ====================================================================
   - stage: cpp_build_linux_x64
     displayName: 'C++ Native: Linux x64'
@@ -115,8 +103,6 @@ stages:
       - template: steps-build-linux.yml
         parameters:
           buildConfig: ${{ parameters.buildConfig }}
-          ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersion }}
-          genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
           runTests: true
 
   # ====================================================================
@@ -146,8 +132,6 @@ stages:
       - template: steps-build-macos.yml
         parameters:
           buildConfig: ${{ parameters.buildConfig }}
-          ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersion }}
-          genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
           runTests: true
 
   # ====================================================================
@@ -181,9 +165,6 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           arch: x64
           buildConfig: ${{ parameters.buildConfig }}
-          ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersionWinml }}
-          genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
-          winmlVersion: ${{ parameters.winmlVersion }}
           useWinml: true
           runTests: true
           stageHeaders: false
@@ -214,9 +195,6 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           arch: arm64
           buildConfig: ${{ parameters.buildConfig }}
-          ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersionWinml }}
-          genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
-          winmlVersion: ${{ parameters.winmlVersion }}
           useWinml: true
           runTests: false
           stageHeaders: false
@@ -261,8 +239,6 @@ stages:
       steps:
       - template: steps-pack-nuget.yml
         parameters:
-          ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersion }}
-          genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
           variant: base
 
   # ====================================================================
@@ -297,6 +273,4 @@ stages:
       steps:
       - template: steps-pack-nuget.yml
         parameters:
-          ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersionWinml }}
-          genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
           variant: winml
diff --git a/.pipelines/v2/templates/stages-sdk-v2.yml b/.pipelines/v2/templates/stages-sdk-v2.yml
@@ -9,30 +9,21 @@
 # publishes the `version-info` pipeline artifact (containing sdkVersion.txt
 # and pyVersion.txt). All downstream stages read from that artifact rather
 # than recomputing a timestamp.
+#
+# ORT/GenAI/WinML versions are read from sdk_v2/deps_versions.json at runtime
+# by each build job — no version parameters needed here.
 
 parameters:
 - name: buildConfig
   type: string
   default: 'RelWithDebInfo'
-- name: ortVersion
-  type: string
-- name: ortVersionWinml
-  type: string
-- name: genaiVersion
-  type: string
-- name: winmlVersion
-  type: string
 
 stages:
 
 # ── Native builds + pack ──
 - template: stages-build-native.yml
   parameters:
     buildConfig: ${{ parameters.buildConfig }}
-    ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersion }}
-    ortVersionWinml: ${{ parameters.ortVersionWinml }}
-    genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
-    winmlVersion: ${{ parameters.winmlVersion }}
 
 # ── C# SDK (base) ──
 - template: stages-cs.yml

diff --git a/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-build-linux.yml b/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-build-linux.yml
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@
 # Pool: onnxruntime-Ubuntu2404-AMD-CPU. Has the toolchain pre-installed but we
 # still bootstrap vcpkg and pre-download NuGet packages from the aiinfra feed
 # for version pinning.
+#
+# Reads ORT/GenAI versions from sdk_v2/deps_versions.json (single source of truth).
 
 parameters:
 - name: buildConfig
   type: string
-- name: ortVersion
-  type: string
-- name: genaiVersion
-  type: string
 - name: runTests
   type: boolean
   default: false
@@ -23,11 +21,12 @@ steps:
     "$(Build.BinariesDirectory)/vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh" -disableMetrics
   displayName: 'Bootstrap vcpkg'
 
+- template: steps-read-deps-versions.yml
+  parameters:
+    shell: bash
+
 - template: steps-prefetch-nuget.yml
   parameters:
-    ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersion }}
-    genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
-    winmlVersion: ''
     includeWinml: false
     includeOrtGpuLinux: true
     shell: bash

diff --git a/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-build-macos.yml b/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-build-macos.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 # Reusable macOS build steps for the Foundry Local C++ SDK.
 #
 # Pool: AcesShared (Sequoia, Apple Silicon). Builds and tests natively.
+#
+# Reads ORT/GenAI versions from sdk_v2/deps_versions.json (single source of truth).
 
 parameters:
 - name: buildConfig
   type: string
-- name: ortVersion
-  type: string
-- name: genaiVersion
-  type: string
 - name: runTests
   type: boolean
   default: false
@@ -32,11 +30,12 @@ steps:
     pkg-config --version
   displayName: 'Verify build tools'
 
+- template: steps-read-deps-versions.yml
+  parameters:
+    shell: bash
+
 - template: steps-prefetch-nuget.yml
   parameters:
-    ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersion }}
-    genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
-    winmlVersion: ''
     includeWinml: false
     shell: bash
 

diff --git a/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-build-windows.yml b/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-build-windows.yml
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@
 # builds, optionally tests, and stages artifacts for the parent stage's
 # templateContext.outputs.
 #
+# Reads all dependency versions from sdk_v2/deps_versions.json (single source of truth).
+#
 # Parameters:
 #   arch           – 'x64' or 'arm64' (arm64 is cross-compiled, no tests)
 #   buildConfig    – CMake config (Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo, MinSizeRel)
-#   ortVersion     – Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.Foundry version
-#   genaiVersion   – Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntimeGenAI.Foundry version
-#   winmlVersion   – Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.ML version
-#   useWinml       – Build the WinML variant (--use_winml). Caller is responsible
-#                    for passing the WinML-aligned ortVersion (e.g. 1.23.2.3).
+#   useWinml       – Build the WinML variant (--use_winml).
 #   runTests       – Whether to run tests
 #   stageHeaders   – Whether to stage public headers as a separate artifact
 
@@ -21,12 +19,6 @@ parameters:
   values: ['x64', 'arm64']
 - name: buildConfig
   type: string
-- name: ortVersion
-  type: string
-- name: genaiVersion
-  type: string
-- name: winmlVersion
-  type: string
 - name: useWinml
   type: boolean
   default: false
@@ -49,6 +41,10 @@ steps:
     versionSpec: '3.12'
     architecture: 'x64'
 
+- template: steps-read-deps-versions.yml
+  parameters:
+    shell: pwsh
+
 - script: |
     git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git $(Build.BinariesDirectory)\vcpkg
     call $(Build.BinariesDirectory)\vcpkg\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat -disableMetrics
@@ -58,10 +54,6 @@ steps:
 
 - template: steps-prefetch-nuget.yml
   parameters:
-    ortVersion: ${{ parameters.ortVersion }}
-    genaiVersion: ${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}
-    winmlVersion: ${{ parameters.winmlVersion }}
-    includeWinml: ${{ parameters.useWinml }}
     shell: pwsh
 
 # Bake the pipeline-computed version into the binary so FoundryLocalGetVersionString()
@@ -103,7 +95,7 @@ steps:
       --configure --build
       --config ${{ parameters.buildConfig }}
       --cmake_generator "Visual Studio 17 2022"
-      --use_winml --winml_sdk_version ${{ parameters.winmlVersion }}
+      --use_winml --winml_sdk_version $(winmlVersion)
       --cmake_extra_defines $(cmakeFetchDefines)
     displayName: 'Configure and build (x64, WinML)'
     workingDirectory: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/sdk_v2/cpp
@@ -130,7 +122,7 @@ steps:
       --configure --build --arm64
       --config ${{ parameters.buildConfig }}
       --cmake_generator "Visual Studio 17 2022"
-      --use_winml --winml_sdk_version ${{ parameters.winmlVersion }}
+      --use_winml --winml_sdk_version $(winmlVersion)
       --cmake_extra_defines $(cmakeFetchDefines)
     displayName: 'Configure and build (arm64 cross-compile, WinML)'
     workingDirectory: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/sdk_v2/cpp

diff --git a/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-pack-nuget.yml b/.pipelines/v2/templates/steps-pack-nuget.yml
@@ -4,17 +4,16 @@
 # Inputs are downloaded by the parent job's templateContext.inputs into
 # $(Pipeline.Workspace)/<artifactName>/.
 #
+# Reads ortVersion and genaiVersion from sdk_v2/deps_versions.json at runtime
+# (set as job variables by an inline step below).
+#
 # Variants:
 #   base  -> Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local.Runtime
 #            (win-x64, win-arm64, linux-x64, osx-arm64)
 #   winml -> Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local.Runtime.WinML
 #            (win-x64, win-arm64 only — both built with --use_winml)
 
 parameters:
-- name: ortVersion
-  type: string
-- name: genaiVersion
-  type: string
 - name: variant
   type: string
   default: 'base'
@@ -30,6 +29,10 @@ steps:
   inputs:
     versionSpec: '3.x'
 
+- template: steps-read-deps-versions.yml
+  parameters:
+    shell: pwsh
+
 # List downloaded pipeline artifacts so we can diagnose missing/misplaced files.
 - task: PowerShell@2
   displayName: 'List downloaded artifacts'
@@ -63,8 +66,8 @@ steps:
         python "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/sdk_v2/cpp/nuget/pack.py" `
           --version       "$version" `
           --package_id    "Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local.Runtime" `
-          --ort_version   "${{ parameters.ortVersion }}" `
-          --genai_version "${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}" `
+          --ort_version   "$(ortVersion)" `
+          --genai_version "$(genaiVersion)" `
           --win_x64       "$(Pipeline.Workspace)/cpp-native-win-x64" `
           --win_arm64     "$(Pipeline.Workspace)/cpp-native-win-arm64" `
           --linux_x64     "$(Pipeline.Workspace)/cpp-native-linux-x64" `
@@ -92,8 +95,8 @@ steps:
         python "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/sdk_v2/cpp/nuget/pack.py" `
           --version       "$version" `
           --package_id    "Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local.Runtime.WinML" `
-          --ort_version   "${{ parameters.ortVersion }}" `
-          --genai_version "${{ parameters.genaiVersion }}" `
+          --ort_version   "$(ortVersion)" `
+          --genai_version "$(genaiVersion)" `
           --win_x64       "$(Pipeline.Workspace)/cpp-native-win-x64-winml" `
           --win_arm64     "$(Pipeline.Workspace)/cpp-native-win-arm64-winml" `
           --output_dir    "$outDir"