.NET 11 Release Candidate 2: Go-Live License and Updates Across Libraries, F#, MAUI, and WinForms

By Almir Vuk · InfoQ · Monday, 19 October 2026 at 08:00 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

Microsoft has released.NET 11 Release Candidate 2 under a go-live license, supported in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders. The release adds incremental CBOR reading, experimental post-quantum cryptography APIs, file-based app directive improvements, NuGet package cooldowns, F# runtime async building blocks, a C# UI option for.NET MAUI, and refined Windows Forms visual styles.

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