.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 Arrives With Go-Live License
Microsoft has published .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 under a go-live license, with updates spanning its core libraries, F#, MAUI, and Windows Forms.
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Microsoft has released the second release candidate of .NET 11, made available under a go-live license and supported in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders, according to InfoQ.
The update introduces a range of changes across the platform's libraries and development tools. Among them are incremental reading support for CBOR and experimental APIs for post-quantum cryptography. The release also brings improvements to file-based app directives and adds NuGet package cooldowns.
On the language and framework side, F# gains runtime building blocks for asynchronous programming, while .NET MAUI receives a C# option for building user interfaces. Windows Forms sees refinements to its visual styles.
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