Explain Custom Lifetime Managers in DI.

Updated Apr 28, 2026

Short answer

Custom lifetime managers allow developers to define advanced scoping rules beyond standard Transient, Scoped, and Singleton.

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For instance, you could create a 'Thread-Scoped' lifetime (one instance per OS thread), an 'Actor-Scoped' lifetime (tied to a specific actor model lifecycle), or a 'Session-Scoped' lifetime for stateful desktop applications.

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