Document IPC transport limitations for gRPC client-side load balancing and connectivity state#37317
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[WIP] Update gRPC and Unix domain sockets doc to include supportability warnings
Document IPC transport limitations for gRPC client-side load balancing and connectivity state
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Fixes #35871
The gRPC inter-process communication docs don't mention that IPC transports rely on
SocketsHttpHandler.ConnectCallback, which disables client-side load balancing and connectivity state tracking. Users hit an opaqueInvalidOperationExceptionwith no guidance. Per maintainer feedback, the note belongs on the sharedxref:grpc/interprocesspage since it applies to both Unix domain sockets and named pipes.Changes
[!WARNING]block toaspnetcore/grpc/interprocess.md(Configure client and server section) covering:ConnectCallbackrequirement for custom endpoints).ServiceConfig.LoadBalancingConfigs,GrpcChannel.State,GrpcChannel.WaitForStateChangedAsync.InvalidOperationExceptiontext users encounter.<xref:>for theGrpc.Net.ClientAPIs, since those types ship in the third-partygrpc-dotnetpackage and aren't verifiable in the xref index.ms.dateand addedai-usage: ai-assistedmetadata.Internal previews