Reuse the same DistributedContext more often.

src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Shell/Builders/ShellContext.cs

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ public PlaceHolder()
                 _released = true;
                 _disposed = true;
             }
+
+            public bool PreCreated { get; init; }
         }
 
         /// <summary>

src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Shell/Extensions/ShellContextFactoryExtensions.cs

@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ public static async Task<ShellContext> CreateMaximumContextAsync(this IShellCont
     public static Task<ShellContext> CreateMinimumContextAsync(this IShellContextFactory shellContextFactory, ShellSettings shellSettings) =>
         shellContextFactory.CreateDescribedContextAsync(shellSettings, new ShellDescriptor());
 
-    private static async Task<ShellDescriptor> GetShellDescriptorAsync(this IShellContextFactory shellContextFactory, ShellSettings shellSettings)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the shell descriptor from the store.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static async Task<ShellDescriptor> GetShellDescriptorAsync(this IShellContextFactory shellContextFactory, ShellSettings shellSettings)
     {
         ShellDescriptor shellDescriptor = null;
 

src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore/Shell/Builders/ShellContextFactory.cs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ async Task<ShellContext> IShellContextFactory.CreateShellContextAsync(ShellSetti
                 _logger.LogInformation("Creating shell context for tenant '{TenantName}'", settings.Name);
             }
 
-            var describedContext = await CreateDescribedContextAsync(settings, MinimumShellDescriptor());
+            var describedContext = await CreateDescribedContextAsync(settings, new ShellDescriptor());
 
             ShellDescriptor currentDescriptor = null;
             await describedContext.CreateScope().UsingServiceScopeAsync(async scope =>
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ await describedContext.CreateScope().UsingServiceScopeAsync(async scope =>
             return describedContext;
         }
 
-        // TODO: This should be provided by a ISetupService that returns a set of ShellFeature instances.
         Task<ShellContext> IShellContextFactory.CreateSetupContextAsync(ShellSettings settings)
         {
             if (_logger.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
             {
                 _logger.LogDebug("No shell settings available. Creating shell context for setup");
             }
+
             var descriptor = MinimumShellDescriptor();
 
             return CreateDescribedContextAsync(settings, descriptor);

src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore/Shell/Distributed/DistributedContext.cs

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public DistributedContext(ShellContext context)
             DistributedCache = distributedCache;
         }
 
+        public ShellContext Context => _context;
+
         public IDistributedCache DistributedCache { get; }
 
         public DistributedContext Acquire()