diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/MindWork AI Studio.csproj b/app/MindWork AI Studio/MindWork AI Studio.csproj
index 87449d584..f712831d9 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/MindWork AI Studio.csproj	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/MindWork AI Studio.csproj	
@@ -122,13 +122,26 @@
         <ReadLinesFromFile File="../../metadata.txt">
             <Output TaskParameter="Lines" PropertyName="Metadata" />
         </ReadLinesFromFile>
-        
+
+        <!--
+            metadata.txt names the .NET SDK which the pipeline pins, but a local build may use another
+            one. Hence, we take the SDK which builds right now. Its .version file starts with the commit
+            it was built from. The .NET runtime is not recorded at all: the app asks for it while it runs.
+        -->
+        <PropertyGroup>
+            <DotnetSdkVersionFile>$(NetCoreRoot)sdk/$(NETCoreSdkVersion)/.version</DotnetSdkVersionFile>
+        </PropertyGroup>
+
+        <ReadLinesFromFile File="$(DotnetSdkVersionFile)" Condition="Exists('$(DotnetSdkVersionFile)')">
+            <Output TaskParameter="Lines" PropertyName="DotnetSdkVersionLines" />
+        </ReadLinesFromFile>
+
         <PropertyGroup>
             <MetaVersion>$([System.String]::Copy( $(Metadata) ).Split( ';' )[ 0 ])</MetaVersion>
             <MetaBuildTime>$([System.String]::Copy( $(Metadata) ).Split( ';' )[ 1 ])</MetaBuildTime>
             <MetaBuild>$([System.String]::Copy( $(Metadata) ).Split( ';' )[ 2 ])</MetaBuild>
             <MetaDotnetSdkVersion>$([System.String]::Copy( $(Metadata) ).Split( ';' )[ 3 ])</MetaDotnetSdkVersion>
-            <MetaDotnetVersion>$([System.String]::Copy( $(Metadata) ).Split( ';' )[ 4 ])</MetaDotnetVersion>
+            <MetaDotnetSdkVersion Condition="'$(DotnetSdkVersionLines)' != ''">$(NETCoreSdkVersion) (commit $([System.String]::Copy( $(DotnetSdkVersionLines) ).Split( ';' )[ 0 ].Substring( 0, 10 )))</MetaDotnetSdkVersion>
             <MetaRustVersion>$([System.String]::Copy( $(Metadata) ).Split( ';' )[ 5 ])</MetaRustVersion>
             <MetaMudBlazorVersion>$([System.String]::Copy( $(Metadata) ).Split( ';' )[ 6 ])</MetaMudBlazorVersion>
             <MetaTauriVersion>$([System.String]::Copy( $(Metadata) ).Split( ';' )[ 7 ])</MetaTauriVersion>
@@ -157,11 +170,10 @@
                 <_Parameter3>$(MetaBuild)</_Parameter3>
                 <_Parameter3_TypeName>System.UInt32</_Parameter3_TypeName>
                 <_Parameter4>$(MetaDotnetSdkVersion)</_Parameter4>
-                <_Parameter5>$(MetaDotnetVersion)</_Parameter5>
-                <_Parameter6>$(MetaRustVersion)</_Parameter6>
-                <_Parameter7>$(MetaMudBlazorVersion)</_Parameter7>
-                <_Parameter8>$(MetaTauriVersion)</_Parameter8>
-                <_Parameter9>$(MetaAppCommitHash)</_Parameter9>
+                <_Parameter5>$(MetaRustVersion)</_Parameter5>
+                <_Parameter6>$(MetaMudBlazorVersion)</_Parameter6>
+                <_Parameter7>$(MetaTauriVersion)</_Parameter7>
+                <_Parameter8>$(MetaAppCommitHash)</_Parameter8>
             </AssemblyAttribute>
             <AssemblyAttribute Include="AIStudio.Tools.Metadata.MetaDataArchitecture">
                 <_Parameter1>$(MetaArchitecture)</_Parameter1>
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Information.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Information.razor.cs
index cef2f5665..1b457a33c 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Information.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Information.razor.cs	
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public partial class Information : MSGComponentBase
 
     private string VersionRust => $"{T("Used Rust compiler")}: v{META_DATA.RustVersion}";
     
-    private string VersionDotnetRuntime => $"{T("Used .NET runtime")}: v{META_DATA.DotnetVersion}";
+    private string VersionDotnetRuntime => $"{T("Used .NET runtime")}: v{DotnetRuntimeVersion.Current}";
     
     private string VersionDotnetSdk => $"{T("Used .NET SDK")}: v{META_DATA.DotnetSdkVersion}";
     
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Metadata/DotnetRuntimeVersion.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Metadata/DotnetRuntimeVersion.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6e1a9636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Metadata/DotnetRuntimeVersion.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace AIStudio.Tools.Metadata;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The .NET runtime which runs the app.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// Asked while the app runs instead of taken from metadata.txt: a release brings its own runtime,
+/// and a development build runs on whichever runtime the developer installed.
+/// </remarks>
+public static class DotnetRuntimeVersion
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// How many characters of the commit we show, as metadata.txt does.
+    /// </summary>
+    private const int COMMIT_LENGTH = 10;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the version of the runtime together with the commit it was built from, such as
+    /// <c>10.0.14 (commit 0427b9abbe)</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string Current { get; } = Describe(Environment.Version, typeof(object).Assembly.GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>()?.InformationalVersion);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Describes a version of the runtime together with the commit which the informational version
+    /// of its core library names after a plus sign, such as <c>10.0.14+0427b9abbead3f…</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="version">The version of the runtime.</param>
+    /// <param name="informationalVersion">The informational version of the core library, if any.</param>
+    /// <returns>The version with its commit, or the version alone when the commit is unknown.</returns>
+    internal static string Describe(Version version, string? informationalVersion)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(informationalVersion))
+            return version.ToString();
+
+        var plusIndex = informationalVersion.IndexOf('+');
+        var commit = plusIndex < 0 ? string.Empty : informationalVersion[(plusIndex + 1)..];
+        return commit.Length < COMMIT_LENGTH ? version.ToString() : $"{version} (commit {commit[..COMMIT_LENGTH]})";
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Metadata/MetaDataAttribute.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Metadata/MetaDataAttribute.cs
index 366688297..0ad585825 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Metadata/MetaDataAttribute.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Metadata/MetaDataAttribute.cs	
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ public class MetaDataAttribute(
     string buildTime,
     uint buildNum,
     string dotnetSdkVersion,
-    string dotnetVersion,
     string rustVersion,
     string mudBlazorVersion,
     string tauriVersion,
@@ -20,8 +19,9 @@ public class MetaDataAttribute(
     
     public uint BuildNum => buildNum;
     
-    public string DotnetVersion => dotnetVersion;
-    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the .NET SDK which built the app. The .NET runtime which runs it is <see cref="DotnetRuntimeVersion.Current"/>.
+    /// </summary>
     public string DotnetSdkVersion => dotnetSdkVersion;
     
     public string RustVersion => rustVersion;
diff --git a/app/Tests/Tools/Metadata/DotnetVersionTests.cs b/app/Tests/Tools/Metadata/DotnetVersionTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..125a86377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Tests/Tools/Metadata/DotnetVersionTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+
+using AIStudio.Tools.Metadata;
+
+namespace AIStudio.Tests.Tools.Metadata;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Checks the versions of .NET which the information page shows.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// The page names the runtime which runs the app and the SDK which built it, each with the commit it
+/// was built from. Both may differ from what metadata.txt says: a release brings its own runtime, a
+/// development build runs on whatever is installed, and a local build may use another SDK than the
+/// pipeline.
+/// </remarks>
+[TestFixture]
+public sealed class DotnetVersionTests
+{
+    private const string VERSION_WITH_COMMIT = @"^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\S* \(commit [0-9a-f]{10}\)$";
+
+    [TestCase("10.0.14+0427b9abbead3fa64c6655eb4290c537397131fa", ExpectedResult = "10.0.14 (commit 0427b9abbe)", TestName = "A runtime with its commit")]
+    [TestCase("10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107+89c8f6a112d37d2ea8b77821e56d170a1bccdc5a", ExpectedResult = "10.0.14 (commit 89c8f6a112)", TestName = "A runtime whose informational version has a label")]
+    [TestCase("10.0.14", ExpectedResult = "10.0.14", TestName = "A runtime without a commit")]
+    [TestCase("10.0.14+0427b9", ExpectedResult = "10.0.14", TestName = "A runtime with a cut-off commit")]
+    [TestCase("", ExpectedResult = "10.0.14", TestName = "A runtime without an informational version")]
+    [TestCase(null, ExpectedResult = "10.0.14", TestName = "A runtime whose core library names no version")]
+    public string TheRuntimeIsDescribedWithItsCommit(string? informationalVersion) => DotnetRuntimeVersion.Describe(new Version(10, 0, 14), informationalVersion);
+
+    [Test]
+    public void TheRuntimeIsTheOneRunningTheApp()
+    {
+        Assert.That(DotnetRuntimeVersion.Current, Does.StartWith($"{Environment.Version} ").And.Match(VERSION_WITH_COMMIT));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void TheSdkIsNamedWithItsCommit()
+    {
+        var metaData = typeof(DotnetRuntimeVersion).Assembly.GetCustomAttribute<MetaDataAttribute>();
+        Assert.That(metaData?.DotnetSdkVersion, Does.Match(VERSION_WITH_COMMIT));
+    }
+}
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