Today, we are excited to announce the seventh preview release of .NET 10 with enhancements across the .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, C#, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, and more. Check out the full release notes linked below and get started today.

This release contains the following improvements.

📚Libraries

• Launch Windows processes in new process group
• AES KeyWrap with Padding (IETF RFC 5649)
• ML-DSA
• Composite ML-DSA
• PipeReader support for JSON serializer
• WebSocketStream
• TLS 1.3 for macOS (client)
• Full Release Notes

⏱️Runtime

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🛠️ SDK

• Use the any RuntimeIdentifier with platform-specific .NET Tools
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C#

This preview release does not contain new C# features.

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F#

This preview release does not contain new F# features.

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Visual Basic

This preview release does not contain new Visual Basic features.

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🌐 ASP.NET Core & Blazor

• Configure suppressing exception handler diagnostics
• Avoid cookie login redirects for known API endpoints
• Passkey authentication improvements
• Support for the .localhost top-level domain
• Use PipeReader support in System.Text.Json
• Enhanced validation for classes and records
• Blazor improvements
• OpenAPI.NET dependency upgraded to stable release
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📱 .NET MAUI

• XAML Source Generator
• MediaPicker EXIF Support
• SafeArea Enhancements
• Secondary Toolbar Items
• New Control APIs
• Deprecated API Removals
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• Full list of quality improvements on dotnet/maui GitHub releases.

🖥️ Windows Forms

• ComboBox Dark Mode Rendering Fix
• RichTextBox Dark Mode Improvement and Known Limitation
• PropertyGrid Dark Mode Enhancements
• Full Release Notes

🖥️ Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

• Bug Fixes
• Fluent Theme Improvements
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🎁 Entity Framework Core

• Improved translation for parameterized collection
• Small improvements and bug fixes
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📦 Container Images

• dnx is now on the PATH in SDK images
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🚀 Get started

To get started with .NET 10, install the .NET 10 SDK.

If you’re on Windows using Visual Studio, we recommend installing the latest Visual Studio 2022 preview, which now includes GitHub Copilot agent mode and MCP server support. You can also use Visual Studio Code and the C# Dev Kit extension with .NET 10.

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📢 .NET 10 Discussions

The team has been making monthly announcements alongside full release notes on the dotnet/core GitHub Discussions and has seen great engagement and feedback from the community.

🔔 Stay up-to-date with .NET 10

You can stay up-to-date with all the features of .NET 10 with:

• What’s new in .NET 10
• What’s new in C# 14
• What’s new in .NET MAUI
• What’s new in ASP.NET Core
• What’s new in Entity Framework Core
• What’s new in Windows Forms
• What’s new in WPF
• Breaking Changes in .NET 10
• .NET 10 Releases

Additionally, be sure to subscribe to the GitHub Discussions RSS news feed for all release announcements.

We want your feedback, so head over to the .NET 10 Preview 7 GitHub Discussion to discuss features and give feedback for this release.