The .NET Team introduces .NET 10 Release Candidate 2, emphasizing final quality and stabilization improvements for developers across platforms and frameworks.

Announcing .NET 10 Release Candidate 2

.NET 10 Release Candidate 2 is now available. This update represents the final release candidate before general availability, providing a go-live support license for production use and focused on quality and stabilization throughout the .NET ecosystem.

Key Highlights

  • Production-Ready: This release candidate comes with a go-live license, enabling production applications.
  • Visual Studio 2026 Insiders Support: .NET 10 RC2 is supported in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders and Visual Studio Code with the C# Dev Kit.

.NET MAUI

  • New microphone permission handling
  • SafeAreaEdges feature enhancements
  • XAML Source Generation improvements
  • Support for Android API 36.1 and Xcode 26 bindings
  • Acknowledgement for Uno Platform’s contributions, enabling support for Android 16 and API 36.1
  • Full MAUI Release Notes

Entity Framework Core

  • Background fixes and improvements for complex JSON support
  • Improvement for transaction behavior during migrations
  • Use of ExecutionStrategy for query retries
  • Analyzer warnings for raw SQL string concatenation
  • Full EF Core Release Notes

SDK

Additional areas refined in this release candidate include: Libraries, Runtime, C#, F#, Visual Basic, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, Windows Forms, WPF, and container images. Details are available in their respective release notes.

Getting Started

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Feedback and Community

Stay informed through the GitHub Discussions news feed and participate in the .NET 10 RC2 discussion to provide feedback.

For further collaboration and partnership details (such as the Uno Platform’s work with MAUI), check the Uno Platform blog.

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