support for aot (ahead of time) to deal with ml.net models

[NofAssiri]

is there api to load ml.net model and predict with no dynamic code generation (reflection)?

Describe the solution you'd like
ml.net api that is compatible with aot principles.

[michaelgsharp]

Currently we are not AOT compatible, though this is something we have talked about looking into.

@luisquintanilla is this something we are thinking about doing still? Or is it further back in our backlog?

[luisquintanilla]

Thanks for this suggestion @NofAssiri. Could you please provide additional details about your use case.

is this something we are thinking about doing still? Or is it further back in our backlog?

I think we still need to understand what the cost / benefits of this are and get more feedback around scenarios. At this time, there are no immediate plans for this work and is further back in our backlog.

[FrancescoCarraro]

my 2 cents. It seems to me benefits of AOT are clear: computational time is very different and this is extremely important in some scenarios. I'm currently working on a couple of apps (a console app and a MAUI app) for being used in scientific analysis and having ML.NET compatible with AOT compilation would be really great to have shorter waitings for results. I really hope you would implement AOT support!

[vpenades]

Just hit this issue, as of 2026 it seems ML is not AOT ready.

We need AOT for cross platform support.

This is not optional.