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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:13:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk 8.16.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json                     | 2 +-
 pkgs/sdk/server/CHANGELOG.md                      | 7 +++++++
 pkgs/sdk/server/PROVENANCE.md                     | 2 +-
 pkgs/sdk/server/src/LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk.csproj | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d57455cc..5b4f22e4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "pkgs/dotnet-server-sdk-consul": "5.0.1",
   "pkgs/dotnet-server-sdk-dynamodb": "5.0.1",
   "pkgs/dotnet-server-sdk-redis": "5.1.1",
-  "pkgs/sdk/server": "8.15.0",
+  "pkgs/sdk/server": "8.16.0",
   "pkgs/sdk/client": "5.9.2",
   "pkgs/telemetry": "1.5.1",
   "pkgs/sdk/server-ai": "0.12.0",
diff --git a/pkgs/sdk/server/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/sdk/server/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ee675e1..7cb1e41c 100644
--- a/pkgs/sdk/server/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/sdk/server/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.16.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/dotnet-core/compare/LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk-v8.15.0...LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk-v8.16.0) (2026-07-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Support server-side gzip for polling ([#319](https://github.com/launchdarkly/dotnet-core/issues/319)) ([058d977](https://github.com/launchdarkly/dotnet-core/commit/058d977ea17789108c82dd493313afd353676770))
+
 ## [8.15.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/dotnet-core/compare/LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk-v8.14.1...LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk-v8.15.0) (2026-07-21)
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/sdk/server/PROVENANCE.md b/pkgs/sdk/server/PROVENANCE.md
index 4ecf2fd2..7bb655a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/sdk/server/PROVENANCE.md
+++ b/pkgs/sdk/server/PROVENANCE.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To verify build provenance attestations, we recommend using the [GitHub CLI `att
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```
 # Set the version of the SDK to verify
-SDK_VERSION=8.15.0
+SDK_VERSION=8.16.0
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
diff --git a/pkgs/sdk/server/src/LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk.csproj b/pkgs/sdk/server/src/LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk.csproj
index bfe7bf61..24345e2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/sdk/server/src/LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk.csproj
+++ b/pkgs/sdk/server/src/LaunchDarkly.ServerSdk.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!--x-release-please-start-version-->
-    <Version>8.15.0</Version>
+    <Version>8.16.0</Version>
     <!--x-release-please-end-->
     <!-- The BUILDFRAMEWORKS variable allows us to override the target frameworks with a
          single framework that we are testing; this allows us to test with older SDK