EntityFramework Core 2 Default Values

Question

I'm trying to use default values on a couple of my EF models and I'm noticing that either I'm misunderstanding the HasDefaultValue behaviour or its not working as it should.

I have the following table and backing model

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[packages]
(
   [Scnumber] BIGINT NOT NULL, 
   [PU] INT NOT NULL,
   [State] SMALLINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, 
   [Status] [smallint] NOT NULL, 
   [Created] DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT GETDATE(), 
   CONSTRAINT [PK_packages] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ([Scnumber] ASC) ON [PRIMARY], 
)

[Table("packages", Schema = "dbo")]
public class Package
{
   [Key]
   [Column(TypeName = "bigint")]
   public long Scnumber { get; set; }

   [Column]
   [Required]
   public int PU { get; set; }

   [Column(TypeName = "smallint")]
   [Required]
   public PackageStatus Status { get; set; }

   [Column(TypeName = "tinyint")]
   public RecordState State { get; set; }

   [Column]
   public DateTime? Created { get; set; }    
}

In order to apply default values I've also got the following in my OnModelCreating()

modelBuilder.Entity<Package>(entity =>
{
   entity.Property(r => r.State)
      .HasDefaultValue(RecordState.Active);

   entity.Property(r => r.Created)
      .HasDefaultValue(DateTime.Now);
});

When I attempt to save a new object I get the following exception:

SqlException: Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'State', table 'app.dbo.packages'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.

This is confusing as if I inspect the object before I save it, it has a default value, but yet I get this exception. I understand the easiest solution would be to simply make sure I set the value of state when I create the object, but this sort of defeats the purpose of HasDefaultValue.

-- edit --

When I try to add a new object I do the following

var package = new Package { Scnumber = 0123456718, PU = 1001 };

_context.Packages.Add(region);
_context.SaveChanges();

Nothing about this is out of the norm but fails, but if I run the following it works

var package = new Package {Scnumber = 0123456718, PU = 1001, Status = PackageStatus.Rejected, State = RecordState.Staging, Created = DateTime.Now };

_context.Packages.Add(region);
_context.SaveChanges();

public enum PackageStatus : short
{
   New,
   PendingValidation,
   CheckedOut,
   Approved,
   Rejected,
   PendingRender,
   Rendered,
   RenderFailed,
   PendingPrint,
   Printed,
   PrintFailed,
   Cancelled,
   PendingDownload,
   Downloaded,
   DownloadError,
   SystemUpdated, 
}

public enum RecordState : byte
{
    Active,
    Deleted,
    Staging,
}

Answer 1

I have a .HasDefaultValueSql("((0))") working in my current project.

Also found .HasDefaultValueSql("getdate()") and .HasDefaultValue(3); here.