Choosing the Right Lifetime for Services

When registering services, you must decide how long they should live in your application:

• Singleton: One instance for the entire application. Best for stateless or shared services.
• Scoped: One instance per request or operation. Best for services tied to a unit of work.
• Transient: A new instance every time it’s requested. Best for lightweight and short-lived services.

General advice:

• Use Singleton if the service is stateless or used in background tasks.
• Use Scoped if it relies on request-specific data (like database contexts).
• Use Transient if it should always be fresh and independent.

Choosing the right lifetime prevents resource leaks, avoids threading issues, and makes your application more reliable.