Merge to Live

.github/skills/whats-new-include-content-rules/SKILL.md

@@ -25,23 +25,25 @@ All include files go in:
 
 * Lowercase, hyphenated, descriptive names using whole words only.
 * Each word and number must be separated by a hyphen. Do not combine words or abbreviate them, and do not combine numbers with words.
-  - **Wrong**: `infer-pk-display-name-preview2.md` (`pk` is an abbreviation, and `preview2` combines a word with a number)
-  - **Correct**: `infer-passkey-display-name-preview-2.md` (whole words, number separated by hyphen)
-* Append the preview number suffix to each filename: `-preview-{N}` (where `{N}` is the preview number, e.g., `-preview-2`).
-  **CRITICAL**: Every new file MUST include the preview suffix. This was a mistake
-  in the initial automation — a file was created without the suffix and had to be
-  corrected.
+  - **Wrong**: `infer-pk-display-name.md` (`pk` is an abbreviation)
+  - **Correct**: `infer-passkey-display-name.md` (whole words)
+* Do NOT append a preview number suffix to the filename.
+  **CRITICAL**: Never add a `-preview-{N}` suffix. Preview version suffixes cause
+  confusion when the same feature is updated for a later preview release, and they
+  aren't needed. Name each file for its feature only (for example,
+  `async-validation-minimal-apis.md`), and update that same file in place across
+  preview releases.
 * Examples:
-  - `native-otel-tracing-preview-2.md`
-  - `openapi-3-2-support-preview-2.md`
-  - `infer-passkey-display-name-preview-2.md`
-  - `performance-improvements-preview-2.md`
+  - `native-otel-tracing.md`
+  - `openapi-3-2-support.md`
+  - `infer-passkey-display-name.md`
+  - `performance-improvements.md`
 
 ### One file per feature
 
 * Create one include file per feature or section.
 * **Exception — Performance**: Combine all performance improvements into a
-  single `performance-improvements-preview-{N}.md` file.
+  single `performance-improvements.md` file.
 
 ### Exclusions — do NOT create include files for
 
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ release notes. Reformat and de-duplicate, but do not summarize away information.
 
 Before completing, verify:
 
-- [ ] Every new include filename ends with `-preview-{N}`.
+- [ ] No include filename has a `-preview-{N}` suffix.
 - [ ] Every word and number in filenames is separated by a hyphen (no abbreviations, no combined word-numbers).
 - [ ] No Blazor content was included.
 - [ ] No bug-fix-only content was included.

aspnetcore/release-notes/aspnetcore-11.md

@@ -29,45 +29,45 @@ This section describes new features for Blazor Hybrid.
 
 This section describes new features for SignalR.
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/signalr-authentication-refresh-preview-6.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/signalr-authentication-refresh.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/signalr-cancel-hub-invocations-preview-6.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/signalr-cancel-hub-invocations.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/signalr-auth-refresh-redirects-preview-7.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/signalr-auth-refresh-redirects.md)]
 
 ## Minimal APIs
 
 This section describes new features for Minimal APIs.
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/endpoint-filters-binding-failures-preview4.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/endpoint-filters-binding-failures.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/csharp-unions-preview-6.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/csharp-unions.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/async-validation-minimal-apis-preview-6.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/async-validation-minimal-apis.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/short-circuit-endpoints-attribute-preview-6.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/short-circuit-endpoints-attribute.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/validation-localization-preview-7.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/validation-localization.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/validation-attributes-no-longer-experimental-preview-7.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/validation-attributes-no-longer-experimental.md)]
 
 ## OpenAPI
 
 This section describes new features for OpenAPI.
 
 [!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/openapi-binary-file-response.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/openapi-3-2-support-preview2.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/openapi-3-2-support.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/http-query-openapi-preview4.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/http-query-openapi.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/file-result-openapi-preview4.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/file-result-openapi.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/openapi-schema-improvements-preview-5.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/openapi-schema-improvements.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/openapi-3-2-default-preview-6.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/openapi-3-2-default.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/openapi-server-sent-events-preview-7.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/openapi-server-sent-events.md)]
 
 [!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/openapi-generation-environment.md)]
 
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ This section describes new features for authentication and authorization.
 
 [!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/identity-time-provider.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/infer-passkey-display-name-preview2.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/infer-passkey-display-name.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/user-jwts-file-based-apps-preview-6.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/user-jwts-file-based-apps.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/consistent-authorization-metadata-preview-7.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/consistent-authorization-metadata.md)]
 
 ## Miscellaneous
 
@@ -91,27 +91,27 @@ This section describes miscellaneous new features in .NET 11.
 
 [!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/development-certificate-trust.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/native-otel-tracing-preview2.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/native-otel-tracing.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/performance-improvements-preview2.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/performance-improvements.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/zstandard-compression-preview-3.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/zstandard-compression.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/http3-early-request-processing-preview-3.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/http3-early-request-processing.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/mcp-server-template-preview4.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/mcp-server-template.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/tls-handshake-observability-preview4.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/tls-handshake-observability.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/response-compression-vary-header-preview4.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/response-compression-vary-header.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/runtime-async-shared-framework-preview4.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/runtime-async-shared-framework.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/rate-limiting-retry-after-preview-4.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/rate-limiting-retry-after.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/kestrel-trailer-header-timeouts-preview-5.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/kestrel-trailer-header-timeouts.md)]
 
-[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/tls-channel-binding-token-preview-7.md)]
+[!INCLUDE[](~/release-notes/aspnetcore-11/includes/tls-channel-binding-token.md)]
 
 ## Breaking changes