From aee7a9d1630525dd9f9680692afac5ab4474948f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Staples <andystaples@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:02:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add SetUseSeparateQueueForEntityWorkItems

---
 .../AzureStorageOrchestrationService.cs                  | 9 +++++++++
 .../DurableTask.AzureStorage.csproj                      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/AzureStorageOrchestrationService.cs b/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/AzureStorageOrchestrationService.cs
index 1c87113b7..ba6cb55f2 100644
--- a/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/AzureStorageOrchestrationService.cs
+++ b/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/AzureStorageOrchestrationService.cs
@@ -2150,6 +2150,15 @@ public Task<string> DownloadBlobAsync(string blobUri)
             return cachedQueue;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets the value for settings.UseSeparateQueueForEntityWorkItems, allowing modification after initialization.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="newValue"></param>
+        public void SetUseSeparateQueueForEntityWorkItems(bool newValue)
+        {
+            this.settings.UseSeparateQueueForEntityWorkItems = newValue;
+        }
+         
         /// <summary>
         /// Disposes of the current object.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/DurableTask.AzureStorage.csproj b/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/DurableTask.AzureStorage.csproj
index d72d6567d..f9ca217bf 100644
--- a/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/DurableTask.AzureStorage.csproj
+++ b/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/DurableTask.AzureStorage.csproj
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MajorVersion>2</MajorVersion>
     <MinorVersion>8</MinorVersion>
-    <PatchVersion>0</PatchVersion>
+    <PatchVersion>1</PatchVersion>
     <VersionPrefix>$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).$(PatchVersion)</VersionPrefix>
     <FileVersion>$(VersionPrefix).0</FileVersion>
     <!-- FileVersionRevision is expected to be set by the CI. This is useful for distinguishing between multiple builds of the same version. -->

From 60a09e59cf3503bb136e8cfaa191248f18d7e9dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Staples <andystaples@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:28:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Change to property

---
 .../AzureStorageOrchestrationService.cs               | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/AzureStorageOrchestrationService.cs b/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/AzureStorageOrchestrationService.cs
index ba6cb55f2..38cb7fac3 100644
--- a/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/AzureStorageOrchestrationService.cs
+++ b/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/AzureStorageOrchestrationService.cs
@@ -2151,14 +2151,15 @@ public Task<string> DownloadBlobAsync(string blobUri)
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Sets the value for settings.UseSeparateQueueForEntityWorkItems, allowing modification after initialization.
+        /// Whether to use separate work item queues for entities and orchestrators.
+        /// Wraps the value of AzureStorageOrchestrationServiceSettings.UseSeparateQueueForEntityWorkItems.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="newValue"></param>
-        public void SetUseSeparateQueueForEntityWorkItems(bool newValue)
+        public bool UseSeparateQueuesForEntityWorkItems
         {
-            this.settings.UseSeparateQueueForEntityWorkItems = newValue;
+            get => this.settings.UseSeparateQueueForEntityWorkItems;
+            set => this.settings.UseSeparateQueueForEntityWorkItems = value;
         }
-         
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Disposes of the current object.
         /// </summary>