Unity-Technologies · NoelStephensUnity · Sep 8, 2026 · Sep 8, 2026 · Sep 8, 2026 · Sep 8, 2026
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ pr_code_changes_checks:
     # Note that our daily tests will anyway run both test configurations in "minimal supported" and "trunk" configurations
     - .yamato/desktop-standalone-tests.yml#desktop_standalone_test_testproject_ubuntu_il2cpp_{{ pinnedTrunk }}
     - .yamato/cmb-service-standalone-tests.yml#cmb_service_standalone_test_testproject_ubuntu_il2cpp_{{ pinnedTrunk }}
-    - .yamato/_run-all.yml#run_all_unified_tests
+    # The unified (NGO + N4E) tests are no longer a PR check: the unified API is behind N4E's own
+    # experimental define, so it is not part of what NGO ships. Still run nightly and on "/ci unified".
     # Run code coverage test (PRs use the pinned "safe" trunk)
     - .yamato/code-coverage.yml#code_coverage_project_test_testproject_ubuntu_{{ pinnedTrunk }}
   triggers:

@@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ validation_editors:
     default:
         - 6000.7
     all:
-        - 6000.7.0a6
+        - 6000.7.0b1
         - 6000.7
         - trunk
-        - 1d47644d0e359a8139ae6f99217da3c4e47f4779
+        - dfdad7ed5522da345003b66ed78dc5e725357037
     minimal:
-        - 6000.7.0a6
-pinnedTrunk:  1d47644d0e359a8139ae6f99217da3c4e47f4779
+        - 6000.7.0b1
+pinnedTrunk:  dfdad7ed5522da345003b66ed78dc5e725357037
 
 
 # Scripting backends used by Standalone RunTimeTests---------------------------------------------------

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
     # 2. For all unified editors (currently a single pinned alpha, see project.metafile)
 
 # QUALITY CONSIDERATIONS--------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # TODO: the manifest swap means testproject/Packages/manifest-unified.json has to be kept in sync
-  #       with manifest.json by hand. Revisit once N4E is a hard dependency of NGO and one manifest
-  #       can cover both cases.
+  # TODO: N4E is now a hard dependency, so the manifest swap only pins the N4E version and the two
+  #       manifests can be collapsed into one.
+  # This job is deliberately not part of the PR checks: N4E 7.0.0 ships the unified API behind its own
+  #       experimental define, so nothing in the shipping configuration compiles it.
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -36,9 +37,11 @@ unified_test_{{ project.name }}_{{ platform.name }}_{{ editor }}:
     UNIFIED_TESTS: "true"
 
   commands:
-    # Swap in the manifest that has the unified packages and versions required.
-    # Without the N4E package, UNIFIED_NETCODE is undefined and the unified API excluded.
+    # Swap in the manifest that pins the N4E version the unified API is written against.
     - cp {{ project.path }}/Packages/manifest-unified.json {{ project.path }}/Packages/manifest.json
+    # Turn the unified API on. UNIFIED_NETCODE is opt-in, and N4E keeps its GameObject bridge internal
+    # until NETCODE_GAMEOBJECT_BRIDGE_EXPERIMENTAL is defined, so both are needed here and nowhere else.
+    - sed -i "s/UNITY_NETCODE_NATIVE_COLLECTION_SUPPORT/UNITY_NETCODE_NATIVE_COLLECTION_SUPPORT;NETCODE_GAMEOBJECT_BRIDGE_EXPERIMENTAL;UNIFIED_NETCODE;OUT_OF_BAND_RPC/" {{ project.path }}/ProjectSettings/ProjectSettings.asset
     - unity-downloader-cli --fast --wait -u {{ editor }} -c Editor
     - UnifiedTestRunner --testproject={{ project.path }} --suite=playmode --artifacts-path=test-results --editor-location=.Editor --rerun-strategy=Test --retry={{ num_test_retries }} --clean-library-on-rerun --timeout={{ test_timeout }}
   artifacts:

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Additional documentation and release notes are available at [Multiplayer Documen
 
 ### Added
 
+- Netcode for Entities (`com.unity.netcode` 7.0.0) is now a hard dependency, so installing Netcode for GameObjects also brings it, and its own dependencies (Entities, Burst, Collections), into the project.
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Changed `NetworkTransform.UseHalfFloatPrecision` to synchronize position with a resolution of approximately 1mm regardless of how far an object has travelled. Previously the resolution could degrade to approximately 3cm. This does not increase bandwidth, but projects using `NetworkTransform.UseUnreliableDeltas` will send full precision position updates more often. (#4129)

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 #if UNIFIED_NETCODE
+#if UNIFIED_NETCODE_7_0_0
+using Unity.Netcode.Editor;
+#else
 using Unity.NetCode;
 using Unity.NetCode.Editor;
 #endif
+#endif
 using UnityEditor;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.Scripting.APIUpdating;

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
     "autoReferenced": true,
     "defineConstraints": [],
     "versionDefines": [
+        {
+            "name": "com.unity.netcode",
+            "expression": "7.0.0",
+            "define": "UNIFIED_NETCODE_7_0_0"
+        },
         {
             "name": "com.unity.multiplayer.tools",
             "expression": "",
@@ -46,11 +51,6 @@
             "expression": "0.2.0",
             "define": "MULTIPLAYER_SERVICES_SDK_INSTALLED"
         },
-        {
-            "name": "com.unity.netcode",
-            "expression": "1.10.1",
-            "define": "UNIFIED_NETCODE"
-        },
         {
             "name": "com.unity.multiplayer.playmode",
             "expression": "0.1.0",

@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ namespace Unity.Netcode.Components
     /// resulting in a "snap" to the new value if it is different from the anticipated value.</description></item>
     ///
     /// <item><description><b>Smooth:</b> In this mode (with <see cref="StaleDataHandling"/> set to
-    /// <see cref="Netcode.StaleDataHandling.Ignore"/> and an <see cref="NetworkBehaviour.OnReanticipate"/> callback that calls
+    /// <see cref="StaleDataHandling.Ignore"/> and an <see cref="NetworkBehaviour.OnReanticipate"/> callback that calls
     /// <see cref="Smooth"/> from the anticipated value to the authority value with an appropriate
     /// <see cref="Mathf.Lerp"/>-style smooth function), when a more up-to-date value is received from the authority,
     /// it will interpolate over time from an incorrect anticipated value to the correct authoritative value.</description></item>
     ///
     /// <item><description><b>Constant Reanticipation:</b> In this mode (with <see cref="StaleDataHandling"/> set to
-    /// <see cref="Netcode.StaleDataHandling.Reanticipate"/> and an <see cref="NetworkBehaviour.OnReanticipate"/> that calculates a
+    /// <see cref="StaleDataHandling.Reanticipate"/> and an <see cref="NetworkBehaviour.OnReanticipate"/> that calculates a
     /// new anticipated value based on the current authoritative value), when a more up-to-date value is received from
     /// the authority, user code calculates a new anticipated value, possibly calling <see cref="Smooth"/> to interpolate
     /// between the previous anticipation and the new anticipation. This is useful for values that change frequently and
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ private void Reset()
         /// Defines what the behavior should be if we receive a value from the server with an earlier associated
         /// time value than the anticipation time value.
         /// <br/><br/>
-        /// If this is <see cref="Netcode.StaleDataHandling.Ignore"/>, the stale data will be ignored and the authoritative
+        /// If this is <see cref="StaleDataHandling.Ignore"/>, the stale data will be ignored and the authoritative
         /// value will not replace the anticipated value until the anticipation time is reached. <see cref="OnAuthoritativeValueChanged"/>
         /// and <see cref="OnReanticipate"/> will also not be invoked for this stale data.
         /// <br/><br/>
-        /// If this is <see cref="Netcode.StaleDataHandling.Reanticipate"/>, the stale data will replace the anticipated data and
+        /// If this is <see cref="StaleDataHandling.Reanticipate"/>, the stale data will replace the anticipated data and
         /// <see cref="OnAuthoritativeValueChanged"/> and <see cref="OnReanticipate"/> will be invoked.
         /// In this case, the authoritativeTime value passed to <see cref="OnReanticipate"/> will be lower than
         /// the anticipationTime value, and that callback can be used to calculate a new anticipated value.

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #if UNIFIED_NETCODE
+using Unity.Mathematics;
+#if !UNIFIED_NETCODE_7_0_0
 using Unity.NetCode;
+#endif
+using Unity.Transforms;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 namespace Unity.Netcode
@@ -13,7 +17,9 @@ namespace Unity.Netcode
 
     [DefaultExecutionOrder(GhostObject.ExecutionOrder + 1)]
     //BREAK --- Fix this on UNIFIED side 1st
-    public partial class NetworkObjectBridge : GhostBehaviour
+    // Internal: GhostBehaviour is only public when NETCODE_GAMEOBJECT_BRIDGE_EXPERIMENTAL is defined, and a public
+    // type cannot derive from an internal one.
+    internal partial class NetworkObjectBridge : GhostBehaviour
     {
         // DefaultExecutionOrder
         // TODO: Define a const for the value used on GhostObject and use that value
@@ -83,5 +89,45 @@ internal void ApplyScale(Vector3 scale)
             Ghost.ApplyPostTransformMatrixScale(scale);
         }
     }
+
+#if UNIFIED_NETCODE_7_0_0
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Stands in for N4E's <c>GhostObject.ApplyPostTransformMatrixScale</c>, which 7.0.0 removed along with the
+    /// non-uniform scale rework that gave the GameObject-to-entity transform sync ownership of the
+    /// <see cref="PostTransformMatrix"/>. 6.7.0 still has the method, so this is only compiled against 7.0.0.
+    /// Remove it once N4E exposes a supported way to push scale to a ghost.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class GhostObjectScaleExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A ghost that replicates 3D scale stores it in its <see cref="PostTransformMatrix"/> and holds
+        /// <see cref="LocalTransform.Scale"/> at 1, because consumers multiply the two. A ghost authored with
+        /// <c>UseUniformScale</c> has no matrix - and cannot gain one at runtime, since the component is only in the
+        /// replicated set when the prefab is registered - so only the uniform scale can be applied there.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static void ApplyPostTransformMatrixScale(this GhostObject ghost, Vector3 scale)
+        {
+            var entityManager = ghost.World.EntityManager;
+            var entity = ghost.Entity;
+            var localTransform = entityManager.GetComponentData<LocalTransform>(entity);
+
+            if (entityManager.HasComponent<PostTransformMatrix>(entity))
+            {
+                entityManager.SetComponentData(entity, new PostTransformMatrix { Value = float4x4.Scale(scale) });
+                localTransform.Scale = 1f;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (!Mathf.Approximately(scale.x, scale.y) || !Mathf.Approximately(scale.y, scale.z))
+                {
+                    Debug.LogWarning($"[{nameof(NetworkObjectBridge)}] Non-uniform scale {scale} cannot be replicated by a ghost authored for uniform scale; applying {scale.x} to all axes.", ghost);
+                }
+                localTransform.Scale = scale.x;
+            }
+
+            entityManager.SetComponentData(entity, localTransform);
+        }
+    }
+#endif
 }
 #endif
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+#if UNIFIED_NETCODE && !NETCODE_GAMEOBJECT_BRIDGE_EXPERIMENTAL
+#error UNIFIED_NETCODE also requires NETCODE_GAMEOBJECT_BRIDGE_EXPERIMENTAL: Netcode for Entities keeps its GameObject bridge (GhostObject, GhostBehaviour, GhostField) internal until that define is set.
+#endif
 #if UNIFIED_NETCODE
 using System;
 using Unity.Entities;
+#if !UNIFIED_NETCODE_7_0_0
 using Unity.NetCode;
+#endif
 using UnityEngine;
 
 namespace Unity.Netcode

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Unity.Collections;
 using Unity.Entities;
+#if !UNIFIED_NETCODE_7_0_0
 using Unity.NetCode;
+#endif
 using UnityEngine;
 
 namespace Unity.Netcode.Components

@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ internal void InternalOnNetworkDespawn()
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// In client-server contexts, this method is invoked on both the server and the local client of the owner when <see cref="Netcode.NetworkObject"/> ownership is assigned.
+        /// In client-server contexts, this method is invoked on both the server and the local client of the owner when <see cref="NetworkObject"/> ownership is assigned.
         /// In distributed authority contexts, this method is invoked on all clients connected to the session.
         /// </summary>
         public virtual void OnGainedOwnership() { }
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ internal void InternalOnOwnershipChanged(ulong previous, ulong current)
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// In client-server contexts, this method is invoked on the local client when it loses ownership of the associated <see cref="Netcode.NetworkObject"/>
+        /// In client-server contexts, this method is invoked on the local client when it loses ownership of the associated <see cref="NetworkObject"/>
         /// and on the server when any client loses ownership.
         /// In distributed authority contexts, this method is invoked on all clients connected to the session.
         /// </summary>

@@ -4,12 +4,18 @@
 using Unity.Collections;
 #if UNIFIED_NETCODE
 using Unity.Entities;
-// Netcode for Entities' namespace differs from this one only by the casing of a single letter, so a
-// blanket import of it competes with Unity.Netcode on every name the two happen to share. Importing
-// only the types used here keeps that surface to exactly those names.
-using NetCodeConfig = Unity.NetCode.NetCodeConfig;
+// N4E's own Netcode class cannot be aliased as "Netcode": inside namespace Unity.Netcode that name
+// resolves to the enclosing Unity.Netcode namespace before any file-scope alias is considered, so it gets
+// its own name here. 6.7.0 additionally keeps the config and world types under the older Unity.NetCode
+// casing, aliased to the 7.0.0 spellings so the use sites below read the same either way.
+#if UNIFIED_NETCODE_7_0_0
+using EntitiesNetcode = Unity.Netcode.Netcode;
+#else
+using EntitiesNetcode = Unity.NetCode.Netcode;
+using NetcodeConfig = Unity.NetCode.NetCodeConfig;
 using NetcodeWorld = Unity.NetCode.NetcodeWorld;
 #endif
+#endif
 using Unity.Netcode.Components;
 using Unity.Netcode.GameObjects.Timing;
 using Unity.Netcode.Logging;
@@ -1375,13 +1381,13 @@ internal void InitializeNetcodeWorld()
 
             if (this == Singleton)
             {
-                if (NetCode.Netcode.IsActive)
+                if (EntitiesNetcode.IsActive)
                 {
                     Log.Info(new Context(LogLevel.Normal, "Netcode is not active but has an instance at this point."));
                 }
                 /// !! Important !!
                 /// Clear out any pre-existing configuration in the event this applicatioin instance has already been connected to a session.
-                NetCode.Netcode.Reset();
+                EntitiesNetcode.Reset();
             }
 
             /// !! Initialize worlds here !!
@@ -1396,14 +1402,14 @@ internal void InitializeNetcodeWorld()
         /// <returns>True if the configuration is correct; otherwise, false.</returns>
         private bool UnifiedIsConfiguredCorrectly()
         {
-            if (NetCodeConfig.Global == null)
+            if (NetcodeConfig.Global == null)
             {
-                Log.Error(new Context(LogLevel.Error, $"You must create a {nameof(NetCodeConfig)} and set it to a single world in order to run in hybrid mode!").AddTag("Unified"));
+                Log.Error(new Context(LogLevel.Error, $"You must create a {nameof(NetcodeConfig)} and set it to a single world in order to run in hybrid mode!").AddTag("Unified"));
                 return false;
             }
-            if (NetCodeConfig.Global.HostWorldModeSelection != NetCodeConfig.HostWorldMode.SingleWorld)
+            if (NetcodeConfig.Global.HostWorldModeSelection != NetcodeConfig.HostWorldMode.SingleWorld)
             {
-                Log.Error(new Context(LogLevel.Error, $"You must configure {nameof(NetCodeConfig)} to only use a single world in order to run in hybrid mode!").AddTag("Unified"));
+                Log.Error(new Context(LogLevel.Error, $"You must configure {nameof(NetcodeConfig)} to only use a single world in order to run in hybrid mode!").AddTag("Unified"));
                 return false;
             }
             return true;

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 using Unity.Netcode.Components;
 using Unity.Netcode.Logging;
 using Unity.Netcode.Runtime;
-#if UNIFIED_NETCODE
+#if UNIFIED_NETCODE && !UNIFIED_NETCODE_7_0_0
 using Unity.NetCode;
 #endif