From 40474ac13479a7b4a69f18afefb7dfc2d4a0c086 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=D0=9C=D0=B8=D0=BD=D0=B8=D0=BD=20=D0=A1=D1=82=D0=B5=D0=BF?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=D0=B0=D0=BD=20=D0=90=D0=BB=D0=B5=D0=BA=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=B4?=
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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:37:05 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat(variants): allow in-memory objects

---
 src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/FeatureManager.cs    | 5 +++--
 src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/Variant.cs           | 6 ++++++
 src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/VariantDefinition.cs | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/FeatureManager.cs b/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/FeatureManager.cs
index f7bca84a..a6ebed3c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/FeatureManager.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/FeatureManager.cs
@@ -847,10 +847,11 @@ private Variant GetVariantFromVariantDefinition(VariantDefinition variantDefinit
                 variantConfiguration = variantDefinition.ConfigurationValue;
             }
 
-            return new Variant()
+            return new Variant
             {
                 Name = variantDefinition.Name,
-                Configuration = variantConfiguration
+                Configuration = variantConfiguration,
+                ConfigurationObject = variantDefinition.ConfigurationObject,
             };
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/Variant.cs b/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/Variant.cs
index f69a47ce..012b5f3b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/Variant.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/Variant.cs
@@ -19,5 +19,11 @@ public class Variant
         /// The configuration of the variant.
         /// </summary>
         public IConfigurationSection Configuration { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The configuration of the variant.
+        /// When set, variants should prefer this over <see cref="Configuration"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public object ConfigurationObject { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/VariantDefinition.cs b/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/VariantDefinition.cs
index 138d2fc5..0b8b0a3e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/VariantDefinition.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/VariantDefinition.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ public class VariantDefinition
         /// </summary>
         public IConfigurationSection ConfigurationValue { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A parameter object that can be used as an alternative to <see cref="ConfigurationValue"/>.
+        /// Custom <see cref="IFeatureDefinitionProvider"/> implementations can populate this property directly
+        /// instead of constructing an <see cref="IConfiguration"/> instance.
+        /// When set, variants should prefer this over <see cref="ConfigurationValue"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public object ConfigurationObject { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Overrides the state of the feature if this variant has been assigned.
         /// </summary>

From 90fe16e4af3ff3fe91659190b9aa7469733d35dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=D0=9C=D0=B8=D0=BD=D0=B8=D0=BD=20=D0=A1=D1=82=D0=B5=D0=BF?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=D0=B0=D0=BD=20=D0=90=D0=BB=D0=B5=D0=BA=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=B4?=
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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:42:01 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs(variants): allow in-memory objects

---
 src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/VariantDefinition.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/VariantDefinition.cs b/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/VariantDefinition.cs
index 0b8b0a3e..b26fb13e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/VariantDefinition.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/VariantDefinition.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class VariantDefinition
         public IConfigurationSection ConfigurationValue { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// A parameter object that can be used as an alternative to <see cref="ConfigurationValue"/>.
+        /// A configuration object that can be used as an alternative to <see cref="ConfigurationValue"/>.
         /// Custom <see cref="IFeatureDefinitionProvider"/> implementations can populate this property directly
         /// instead of constructing an <see cref="IConfiguration"/> instance.
         /// When set, variants should prefer this over <see cref="ConfigurationValue"/>.