diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnet-master.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnet-master.yml
index 33f1588..01940af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnet-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnet-master.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,25 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [ "master" ]
 
+# master branch does a dotnet pack just to test the pipeline, without actually pushing anything to nuget.org.
+# version numbers here do not matters.
+env:
+  VERSION_MAJOR: 0
+  VERSION_MINOR: 0
+  VERSION_SUFFIX: "-anything"
+
 jobs:
   build:
 
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
     steps:
+    - name: Get current date
+      id: date
+      run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y%m%d')"
+    - name: Set Version variable
+      id: version
+      run: echo "::set-output name=PRODUCT_VERSION::${{ env.VERSION_MAJOR }}.${{ env.VERSION_MINOR }}.${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}.${{ github.run_attempt }}${{ env.VERSION_SUFFIX }}"
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Setup .NET6
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v2
@@ -25,3 +38,5 @@ jobs:
       run: dotnet build -c Release --no-restore SmartIOT.Connector.sln
     - name: Test
       run: dotnet test -c Release --no-build --verbosity normal SmartIOT.Connector.sln
+    - name: Pack
+      run: dotnet pack -c Release /p:version=${{ steps.version.outputs.PRODUCT_VERSION }} SmartIOT.Connector.sln
diff --git a/Apps/SmartIOT.Connector.App/Program.cs b/Apps/SmartIOT.Connector.App/Program.cs
index 9bcc1fa..b424e97 100644
--- a/Apps/SmartIOT.Connector.App/Program.cs
+++ b/Apps/SmartIOT.Connector.App/Program.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
         builder.Logging.AddSerilog(dispose: true);
 
         // Add SmartIOT.Connector services to the container.
+        builder.Services.AddSingleton(configuration.Configuration);
         builder.Services.AddSmartIOTConnector(cfg =>
         {
             cfg.WithAutoDiscoverConnectorFactories()
diff --git a/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.Core/Model/Tag.cs b/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.Core/Model/Tag.cs
index 6e20227..4d09208 100644
--- a/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.Core/Model/Tag.cs
+++ b/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.Core/Model/Tag.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using SmartIOT.Connector.Core.Conf;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 
 namespace SmartIOT.Connector.Core.Model;
 
@@ -39,24 +40,43 @@ public Tag(TagConfiguration tagConfiguration)
         IsInitialized = false;
     }
 
+#pragma warning disable S2551 // Shared resources should not be used for locking: we purposefully lock on "this" to avoid races between tag-scheduler and services that request tag write.
+
     /// <summary>
-    /// Questo metodo copia i dati ricevuti in argomento allo startOffset indicato.
-    /// Lo startOffset deve essere passato in valore assoluto, quindi se un tag inizia al byte 100
-    /// e il metodo intende scrivere i byte dal 110 al 120 passerà come argomenti startOffset = 110 e un array di lunghezza = 11.
-    /// In ogni caso, il metodo imposta il flag di richiesta scrittura: se l'array passato in argomento non provoca nessuna variazione
-    /// dei dati, il flag viene alzato comunque (e come effetto verrà scritto l'intero tag).
+    /// This method copies the data received as an argument to the specified startOffset.
+    /// The startOffset must be passed as an absolute value, so if a tag starts at byte 100
+    /// and the method intends to write bytes from 110 to 120, it will pass startOffset = 110 and an array of length = 11 as arguments.
+    /// The method performs a range check to determine the intersection of the passed range, compared to the definition
+    /// of the tag. If there is no intersection, false is returned and nothing is copied.
+    /// If there at least 1 byte of intersection, that range is copied, flag <see cref="Tag.IsWriteSynchronizationRequested"/> is set and true is returned.
+    /// Be aware the flag IsWriteSynchronizationRequested is set even if the underlying data is not changed: no byte compare is performed to check for modifications.
     /// </summary>
-    public void RequestTagWrite(byte[] data, int startOffset)
+    public bool TryMergeData(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data, int startOffset, int size)
     {
-#pragma warning disable S2551 // Shared resources should not be used for locking: we purposefully lock on "this" to avoid races between tag-scheduler and services that request tag write.
-        lock (this)
+        if (startOffset + size > ByteOffset && startOffset < ByteOffset + Size)
         {
-            Array.Copy(data, 0, Data, startOffset - ByteOffset, data.Length);
-            IsWriteSynchronizationRequested = true;
+            int start = Math.Max(startOffset, ByteOffset);
+            int end = Math.Min(startOffset + size, ByteOffset + Data.Length);
+
+            lock (this)
+            {
+                data.Slice(start - startOffset, end - start).CopyTo(Data.AsSpan().Slice(start - ByteOffset));
+                IsWriteSynchronizationRequested = true;
+            }
+
+            return true;
         }
-#pragma warning restore S2551 // Shared resources should not be used for locking
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public bool TryMergeData(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data, int startOffset)
+    {
+        return TryMergeData(data, startOffset, data.Length);
     }
 
+#pragma warning restore S2551 // Shared resources should not be used for locking
+
     /// <summary>
     /// This method returns a copy of the current bytes stored in the tag
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.Core/SmartIotConnector.cs b/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.Core/SmartIotConnector.cs
index 22258cf..6e4cdcd 100644
--- a/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.Core/SmartIotConnector.cs
+++ b/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.Core/SmartIotConnector.cs
@@ -271,40 +271,10 @@ public void RequestTagWrite(string deviceId, string tagId, int startOffset, byte
             .Where(tag => string.Equals(tag.TagId, tagId, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) && tag.TagType == TagType.WRITE)
             )
         {
-            lock (tag)
-            {
-                bool changes = MergeData(tag, startOffset, data);
-                if (changes)
-                    tag.IsWriteSynchronizationRequested = true;
-            }
+            tag.TryMergeData(data, startOffset, data.Length);
         }
     }
 
-    private bool MergeData(Model.Tag tag, int startOffset, byte[] data)
-    {
-        var somethingChanged = false;
-
-        if (startOffset + data.Length > tag.ByteOffset && startOffset < tag.ByteOffset + tag.Size)
-        {
-            int start = Math.Max(startOffset, tag.ByteOffset);
-            int end = Math.Min(startOffset + data.Length, tag.ByteOffset + tag.Data.Length);
-
-            for (int i = start; i < end; i++)
-            {
-                byte newValue = data[i - startOffset];
-                if (!somethingChanged)
-                {
-                    byte oldValue = tag.Data[i - tag.ByteOffset];
-                    if (oldValue != newValue)
-                        somethingChanged = true;
-                }
-                tag.Data[i - tag.ByteOffset] = newValue;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return somethingChanged;
-    }
-
     public async Task RunInitializationActionAsync(Func<IList<DeviceStatusEvent>, IList<TagScheduleEvent>, Task> initAction)
     {
         foreach (var scheduler in _schedulers)
diff --git a/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.RestApi/Services/DeviceService.cs b/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.RestApi/Services/DeviceService.cs
index 2f53873..cf6e013 100644
--- a/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.RestApi/Services/DeviceService.cs
+++ b/Core/SmartIOT.Connector.RestApi/Services/DeviceService.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public void SetTagData(string deviceId, string tagId, TagData tagData)
         if (tagData.StartOffset + tagData.Bytes.Length > tag.ByteOffset + tag.Size)
             throw new DeviceException($"Data packet is too big. Requested: [{tagData.StartOffset}..{tagData.StartOffset + tagData.Bytes.Length - 1}], accepted: [{tag.ByteOffset}..{tag.ByteOffset + tag.Size - 1}]");
 
-        tag.RequestTagWrite(tagData.Bytes, tagData.StartOffset);
+        tag.TryMergeData(tagData.Bytes, tagData.StartOffset);
     }
 
     public Tag? GetTag(string deviceId, string tagId)
diff --git a/Tests/SmartIOT.Connector.Core.Tests/TagSchedulerEngineTests.cs b/Tests/SmartIOT.Connector.Core.Tests/TagSchedulerEngineTests.cs
index bad6b5a..a7905d5 100644
--- a/Tests/SmartIOT.Connector.Core.Tests/TagSchedulerEngineTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/SmartIOT.Connector.Core.Tests/TagSchedulerEngineTests.cs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public void Test_partial_reads()
         // quando viene letto il tag20, simulo la richiesta di scrittura
         driver.ReadTagCallback = (data, startOffset, length) =>
         {
-            tag22.RequestTagWrite(new byte[] { 100, 101 }, 10);
+            Assert.True(tag22.TryMergeData(new byte[] { 100, 101 }, 10));
             driver.ReadTagCallback = null; // autoreset alla prima invocazione
         };
 
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ public void Test_read_write_cycle(bool pduWriteOptimizationEnabled, int singlePd
         }
 
         // verifica di scrittura in errore
-        tag22.RequestTagWrite(new byte[] { 33 }, 10); // richiesta di modifica dati
+        Assert.True(tag22.TryMergeData(new byte[] { 33 }, 10)); // richiesta di modifica dati
 
         driver.WriteReturns = 1;
 
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ public void Test_read_write_cycle(bool pduWriteOptimizationEnabled, int singlePd
         // verifica di scrittura ottimizzata a seconda della dimensione della PDU
         driver.ResetInvocations();
 
-        tag22.RequestTagWrite(new byte[] { 100, 101, 102 }, 10);
-        tag22.RequestTagWrite(new byte[] { 200, 201 }, 20);
+        Assert.True(tag22.TryMergeData(new byte[] { 100, 101, 102 }, 10));
+        Assert.True(tag22.TryMergeData(new byte[] { 200, 201 }, 20));
 
         t22 = engine.GetNextTagSchedule();
         Assert.Equal(tag22, t22.Tag);