[Release Readiness] .NET 11.0 preview7 — candidate from net11.0

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Release Readiness — .NET 11.0 preview 7 (CANDIDATE from net11.0) — 2026-07-26

Overall status: BLOCKED

⚠️ Nightly dogfood feed is 3 days old (dotnet11 · 11.0.0-preview.7 (preview.7)). Latest build 11.0.0-preview.7.26372.3 published 2026-07-22. A fresh nightly is expected daily.

🔴 High-priority items — 11 item(s)

P/0 issues, P/0 PRs, dependency-flow PRs (darc + manual component bumps), and merge-up PRs in the main → net11.0 daily-flow chain. Resolve these before treating the release as ready.

Kind	Item	Title	Context	Next action
🔥 P/0 PR	#36658	[Extensibility] BlazorWebView: Add custom platform handler registration	base net11.0, 8d old	Needs review or triage.
🔥 P/0 PR	#36657	[Extensibility] Essentials: Bridge DI implementations to static facades	base net11.0, 8d old	Needs review or triage.
🔥 P/0 PR	#36655	[Extensibility] GestureManager: Expose factory and skip incompatible handlers	base net11.0, 8d old	Needs review or triage.
🔥 P/0 PR	#36654	[Extensibility] SingleProject: Register neutral-TFM backends	base net11.0, 8d old	Needs review or triage.
🔥 P/0 PR	#36633	[Extensibility] Controls: Restore public AlertManager interfaces	base net11.0, 9d old	Needs review or triage.
🔥 P/0 PR	#36619	[ci-fix-net11] Needs review: Fix CA1416 platform-compatibility build errors in Essentials (refs #36451)	base net11.0, 9d old	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
🔥 P/0 PR	#36604	[ci-fix-net11] De-flake Essentials.AI file-based tests (FileShare.ReadWrite)	base net11.0, 10d old	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
🔥 P/0 PR	#36114	[ci-fix-net11] De-flake Issue1939Test (intermittent macOS grouped-ListView failure)	base net11.0, 31d old	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
🔥 P/0 PR	#35901	[Extensibility] XAML: Expose GTK, macOS, and WPF in OnPlatform	base net11.0, 44d old	Needs review or triage.
📦 Dependency-flow PR	#36200	[net11.0] Update dependencies from dnceng/internal/dotnet-optimization	base net11.0, 27d old	Needs review or triage.
🔀 Merge-up PR (main → net11.0)	#36798	[automated] Merge branch 'main' => 'net11.0'	base net11.0, 0d old	Needs review or triage.

Release Captain Notes

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🏷️ Preview 7 component build — branch pins + inferred sub health

Important

Branch pins below are the component builds currently bundled on net11.0 (eng/Version.Details.xml — public git). This is NOT the confirmed official/blessed build — that designation lives in the internal .NET Release Tracker, which this Action can't reach (contents:read + GITHUB_TOKEN only). The Flow signal column infers each component's subscription health from the public dependency-flow PR trail (the Action can't read Maestro subscription config directly). It surfaces both a never-wired sub (❌ none seen) and a silently stalled one (⚠️ stale — the "we stopped getting Maestro PRs a month ago" decay case). The blessed build AND the authoritative subscription wiring are both confirmed locally — run the release-readiness skill:

The Upstream column is a hard git fact (not an inference): it compares our pinned SHA against the tip of each component's same-named branch (net11.0 — derived, never hardcoded) via the public compare API. ⬆️ N ahead means the source moved past what we bundle — an FYI you may want to pull in, not a required bump (maui pins blessed builds deliberately, so those commits may be post-preview churn or not yet blessed).

Run release readiness for release/11.0.1xx-preview7: report the blessed/official preview build (SDK + runtime) from the .NET Release Tracker, and verify the dotnet/android + dotnet/macios preview subscriptions are wired to the .NET 11.0.1xx SDK Preview 7 channel.

Component	Branch pin (bundled)	Commit	Flow signal (inferred sub health)	Upstream (vs our pin)
dotnet/dotnet (VMR / SDK)	11.0.100-preview.7.26365.101	cb8306a	✅ #36121 merged 4 days ago	— no same-named upstream branch
dotnet/android	37.0.0-ci.main.2139	2c84312	✅ #36737 merged today	— no same-named upstream branch
dotnet/macios	26.5.11989-net11-p7	a04ce3e	✅ #36737 merged today	⬆️ 2 commits ahead — FYI

Flow-signal legend: 🔄 open dep-flow PR (flowing now) · ✅ merged ≤ 14 d · ⚠️ newest merge > 14 d (sub may have stalled) · ❌ no dep-flow PR into net11.0 seen (sub may be missing — or the branch is brand new). Inferred from the public PR trail; confirm authoritative wiring locally with darc get-subscriptions --target-repo https://github.com/dotnet/maui --target-branch net11.0. dotnet/dotnet (VMR) typically flows on manual trigger, so a quiet VMR is less alarming than a quiet android/macios.

Upstream legend: ✅ current = our pin is the tip of the component's net11.0 branch · ⬆️ N ahead = that branch has N newer commit(s) than we bundle (FYI — may be post-preview churn or not-yet-blessed work; not necessarily a bump you need) · ⚠️ diverged = our pin isn't a clean ancestor of the branch tip (build tag / different line) — compare manually · — = couldn't determine (no same-named upstream branch, or the compare API was unavailable). Branch is derived from the survey ref, never hardcoded. dotnet/dotnet (VMR) advances constantly on manual trigger, so 'N ahead' there is expected churn and rarely actionable.

🧹 Cleanup follow-ups — 1 item(s)

Not release-blocking — these are post-ship housekeeping items to track separately.

Area	Details	Next action
Bug template versions	11.0.0-preview.7 NOT in .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml version-with-bug dropdown on net11.0. Top entries: 11.0.0-preview.6, 11.0.0-preview.5, 11.0.0-preview.4.	Add 11.0.0-preview.7 to the dropdown (PR against net11.0). Not release-blocking — this is post-release cleanup so users can file bugs against the right version.

Recent CI Failure Scanner signals (ci-scan)

Filtered to issues whose **Branch**: <name> body marker matches net11.0 (auto-filed by the CI Failure Scanner workflow every 12h). Fresh issues (<24h) are flagged 🆕.

Issue	Title	Filed
🆕 #36794	[ci-scan-net11] [CI] AppThemeTests.ParentSetResolvesAppThemeDynamicResourceWithoutListener fails on Windows Helix (Expected Light, Actual Unspec [Content truncated due to length]	10h ago
#36722	[ci-scan-net11] Controls (API 30) CollectionView — VerifyHeader* tests time out on Android API 30 emulator (net11.0)	4d ago
#36691	[ci-scan-net11] UI Tests — BottomSheetDetentHeightIsCorrectWhenCollectionViewIsMeasuredBeforeMount fails with TimeoutException on iOS v18.5 (net [Content truncated due to length]	5d ago
#36661	[ci-scan-net11] SafeAreaEdges — VerifyInitialStateParentTopChildBottom fails with negative bottom inset on iOS (net11.0)	7d ago
#36651	[ci-scan-net11] Essentials.AI.UnitTests — StreamingJsonDeserializerTests FileBasedTests fail with IOException (file locked) on Windows Helix (ne [Content truncated due to length]	8d ago
#36622	[ci-scan-net11] Recurring: ValidateDynamic* CollectionView UI tests fail in OneTimeSetUp — Timed out waiting for Go To Test button (maui-pr-uite [Content truncated due to length]	9d ago
#36621	[ci-scan-net11] Recurring: UI test Issue32983.BottomSheetDetentHeightIsCorrectWhenCollectionViewIsMeasuredBeforeMount times out on MacCatalyst ( [Content truncated due to length]	9d ago
#36554	[ci-scan-net11] Issue33287.DisplayAlertAsyncShouldNotCrashWhenPageUnloaded consistently times out on MacCatalyst (net11.0)	12d ago
#36550	[ci-scan-net11] Recurring UI test failure — BottomSheetDetentHeightIsCorrectWhenCollectionViewIsMeasuredBeforeMount timeout on iOS (net11.0)	13d ago
#36549	[ci-scan-net11] Recurring UI test failures — Image/ImageButton visual-baseline mismatch and URI image load error on iOS (net11.0)	13d ago
#36532	[ci-scan-net11] Recurring Helix unit test failure — StreamingJsonDeserializerTests+FileBasedTests IOException on Windows (net11.0)	14d ago
#36527	[ci-scan-net11] Pack Windows fails — Gradle 503 Service Unavailable from dotnet-public-maven (androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1)	14d ago
#36515	[ci-scan-net11] Recurring: Microsoft.Maui.Essentials.DeviceTests — 5 tests failing on iOS Simulator (CoreCLR) across all net11.0 devicetest buil [Content truncated due to length]	15d ago
#36514	[ci-scan-net11] Recurring: Essentials.AI.UnitTests StreamingJsonDeserializerTests.FileBasedTests fails with IOException on Windows Helix	15d ago
#36488	[ci-scan-net11] Windows Helix unit tests — StreamingJsonDeserializerTests (Essentials.AI) flaky with IOException file lock	16d ago

…and 37 more. Full list: open ci-scan issues.

Generated at 2026-07-26T11:29:04Z for dotnet/maui.

🕐 Report generated moments ago.

Tracker: net11-preview7 · mode=candidate · branch=release/11.0.1xx-preview7 · survey=net11.0

🛫 Pre-flight (candidate) mode. Branch release/11.0.1xx-preview7 has not been cut yet. This report surveys net11.0 and shows what WOULD ship if the preview were cut today.

Target

Field	Value
Branch	release/11.0.1xx-preview7
Inflight branch	net11.0
Expected SDK channel	.NET 11.0.1xx SDK Preview 7
Workload release channel	.NET 11 Workload Release
Expected PreReleaseVersionIteration	7

Readiness checklist

Area	Status	Details	Next action
Target branch (candidate)	READY	release/11.0.1xx-preview7 does not exist yet — surveying source net11.0 (candidate mode).	Cut release/11.0.1xx-preview7 from net11.0 when ready.
net11.0 preview iteration (candidate source)	READY	net11.0 has PreReleaseVersionIteration=7.	No version-iteration action needed.
Bug template versions	CLEANUP	11.0.0-preview.7 NOT in .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml version-with-bug dropdown on net11.0. Top entries: 11.0.0-preview.6, 11.0.0-preview.5, 11.0.0-preview.4.	Add 11.0.0-preview.7 to the dropdown (PR against net11.0). Not release-blocking — this is post-release cleanup so users can file bugs against the right version.
Milestone for preview7 (.NET 11.0-preview7)	READY	Milestone .NET 11.0-preview7 exists — fixed preview7 issues have a milestone to land on.	No action needed.
Maestro PRs	WATCH	1 open dependency-flow PR(s) (darc + manual component bumps) need review/merge triage.	Review dependency PRs and merge expected updates.
Release branch PRs	WATCH	51 non-Maestro PR(s) target net11.0 (21 with merge conflicts / do-not-merge label). Not auto-blocking — only P/0 issues and P/0-labelled PRs block shipment.	Confirm which PRs (if any) must merge for the release; the rest can ride normal queue cadence.
P/0 release-branch PRs	BLOCKED	9 open P/0-labelled PR(s) target net11.0. See 🔴 High-priority items at top.	Land or de-prioritize each P/0 PR before shipping.
P/0 priority blockers	READY	No open release-relevant P/0 issues found.	Confirm with release owners.
P/1 priority blockers	READY	No open release-relevant P/1 issues found by public search.	No action required.
Merge-up PRs (main → net11.0)	BLOCKED	1 open merge-up PR(s) in the main → net11.0 daily-flow chain. See 🔴 High-priority items at top. A stuck merge-up at any hop accumulates conflicts and starves the release of upstream fixes.	Resolve and merge each before shipping.
Known Build Errors	WATCH	1 open release-relevant KBE issue(s) found.	Use #35052 CI truth to decide accepted-known vs release-blocking.
CI Failure Scanner signals	WATCH	1 ci-scan issue(s) on net11.0 (label ci-scan-net11) filed in the last 24h (52 total open). Likely affects this release.	Review the freshest ci-scan issues; decide whether any affect ship-readiness.
CI truth	INSUFFICIENT_DATA	#35052 structured CI evidence is not wired into this script yet.	Do not infer release readiness from GitHub checks alone; consume #35052 output when available.
Xcode / ICM	UNKNOWN	REQUIRED_XCODE=26.5.0; DEVICETESTS_REQUIRED_XCODE=unknown.	Verify hosted Mac pool support and file/update ICM immediately when public Xcode availability requires it.
Internal release pipelines	UNKNOWN	Internal release pipeline status is UNKNOWN.	Release owner should inspect dnceng/internal pipeline details ASAP.

Maestro / dependency-flow PRs

PR	Title	Author	Base	State	Age	Next action
#36200	[net11.0] Update dependencies from dnceng/internal/dotnet-optimization	app/dotnet-maestro	net11.0	WATCH	27d	Needs review or triage.

Release branch PRs

PR	Title	Author	Base	State	Age	Next action
#36784	[net11.0][iOS] Respect InputTransparent when updating UserInteractionEnabled	kubaflo	net11.0	WATCH	1d	Needs review or triage.
#36768	Add Blazor Identity web sample (Essentials.Samples.WebServer)	mattleibow	net11.0	WATCH	2d	Needs review or triage.
#36762	Add BlazorWebView.AppType to render the host page from an App.razor component	mattleibow	net11.0	WATCH	2d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#36730	XAML Hot Reload: Improve incremental generation and coverage	Redth	net11.0	WATCH	4d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#36680	[XAML HR] Keep UpdateComponent() stable across generations to avoid E…	noiseonwires	net11.0	WATCH	6d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#36676	[Net11] [iOS/MacCatalyst] Migrate FlyoutPage to handler architecture	Vignesh-SF3580	net11.0	WATCH	6d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#36653	[Extensibility] Resizetizer: Enable external backend processing	kubaflo	net11.0	WATCH	8d	Needs review or triage.
#36640	[Windows] Add AppInstance activation lifecycle hook and WebAuthenticator support	IlGalvo	net11.0	BLOCKED	9d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#36617	Passkeys (WebAuthn/FIDO2) Essentials API — spec + implementation	mattleibow	net11.0	WATCH	10d	Needs review or triage.
#36599	Decouple .NET package versions from SDK previews	jonathanpeppers	net11.0	WATCH	11d	Needs review or triage.
#36581	[net11] Image metadata API in Graphics; stop Android MediaPicker mutating picked source files	mattleibow	net11.0	WATCH	11d	Needs review or triage.
#36484	[net11] Templates: remove Blazor render-mode workaround in maui-blazor-web	mattleibow	net11.0	WATCH	17d	Needs review or triage.
#36443	Fix Color equality regression for derived types by sealing the record	Shalini-Ashokan	net11.0	WATCH	18d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#36405	Cache Brushes	pictos	net11.0	BLOCKED	20d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#36336	[Maps] Support custom icons for cluster markers	kevin68	net11.0	BLOCKED	23d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#36329	Add support for background images with ImageBrush	HarishwaranVijayakumar	net11.0	WATCH	23d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#36328	[Android] [ShellHandler] Extend existing device tests to cover both Renderer and Handler code paths	Vignesh-SF3580	net11.0	BLOCKED	23d	Resolve merge conflicts.
#36293	[iOS] Map: Update pin icon when Pin.ImageSource changes at runtime	kevin68	net11.0	WATCH	24d	Needs review or triage.
#36226	[Android] Enable native edge-to-edge and fix dynamic system bar icon colors	praveenkumarkarunanithi	net11.0	BLOCKED	26d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#36221	[ci-fix-net11] De-flake flaky DispatcherTests by resetting leaked ThreadStatic dispatcher flag	app/github-actions	net11.0	WATCH	26d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#36170	[WinUI][CV2] Fix for Null Item Handling - follow-ups from CollectionView2 Windows handler (#34600)	SuthiYuvaraj	net11.0	BLOCKED	30d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#36130	[Controls] VisualElement: Obsolete BackgroundColor in favor of Background	KarthikRajaKalaimani	net11.0	BLOCKED	31d	Resolve merge conflicts.
#36109	[NET11][iOS/MacCatalyst] Replace NavigationRenderer with NavigationViewHandler	Tamilarasan-Paranthaman	net11.0	BLOCKED	32d	Resolve merge conflicts.
#35973	Add ApplicationArtifact support for Windows App SDK	Redth	net11.0	BLOCKED	39d	Resolve merge conflicts.
#35950	Add Avalonia.Controls.Maui support to templates	drasticactions	net11.0	WATCH	40d	Needs review or triage.
#35892	[Net11]Improve label mapping performance and ensure complete coverage including ToPlatform and subsequent property changes	devanathan-vaithiyanathan	net11.0	BLOCKED	44d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#35846	[iOS, Mac, Windows] Fix PlatformTicker does not respect animation accessibility setting	HarishwaranVijayakumar	net11.0	BLOCKED	46d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#35710	Add themed splash screen support	jfversluis	net11.0	BLOCKED	54d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#35640	[Android] Implemented material3 support for CarouselView	Dhivya-SF4094	net11.0	BLOCKED	60d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#35491	Fix Shell.Background not working	HarishwaranVijayakumar	net11.0	BLOCKED	69d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#35470	[Feature] Add AllowedDomains URL allowlisting for WebView, HybridWebView, and BlazorWebView	mattleibow	net11.0	BLOCKED	72d	Resolve merge conflicts.
#35463	Make Android system chrome follow MAUI bar colors	jfversluis	net11.0	BLOCKED	72d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#35265	Sync Blazor templates with aspnetcore net11-pre4	mattleibow	net11.0	WATCH	87d	Needs review or triage.
#35110	feat: Shell route templates with {param} path parameters	mattleibow	net11.0	WATCH	94d	Needs review or triage.
#34740	[XSG] Pre-compute x:DataType with PropagateDataTypeVisitor	simonrozsival	net11.0	WATCH	118d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#34559	Add configurable ResizeQuality for Resizetizer	jfversluis	net11.0	BLOCKED	129d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#34519	Remove the TrimmerRootAssembly workaround from Controls targets (net11.0)	app/copilot-swe-agent	net11.0	WATCH	131d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#34426	[Android] Fix custom WebViewClient being overridden by MAUI handler mapper	NirmalKumarYuvaraj	net11.0	WATCH	137d	Needs review or triage.
#34408	[XAML] SourceGen: Compile RelativeSource AncestorType bindings under AOT	BagavathiPerumal	net11.0	WATCH	138d	Approved; verify release owner is ready to merge when CI/release gates allow.
#34357	[Feature] Compile-time CSS source generation with Bootstrap support	StephaneDelcroix	net11.0	WATCH	142d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#34234	[iOS] Add CarPlay, WidgetKit support and scene delegate fixes	StephaneDelcroix	net11.0	WATCH	151d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#34155	[Perf] Optimize allocations in the layout engine	simonrozsival	net11.0	WATCH	156d	Needs review or triage.
#34136	[Perf] Cache PropertyChanged/ChangingEventArgs on BindableProperty	simonrozsival	net11.0	WATCH	157d	Needs review or triage.
#34070	Remove InternalsVisibleTo attributes for .NET MAUI Community Toolkit	jfversluis	net11.0	WATCH	160d	Draft PR; wait until ready for review.
#33961	[ci] Enable testing building previous	rmarinho	net11.0	BLOCKED	167d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#33611	[net11.0][XSG] Trimmable EventTrigger	simonrozsival	net11.0	WATCH	188d	Needs review or triage.
#33561	[net11.0][XSG] Trimmable Styles	simonrozsival	net11.0	WATCH	191d	Needs review or triage.
#33007	[Windows] Replace Header with PlaceholderText for Title property of Picker	mhrastegari	net11.0	BLOCKED	234d	Resolve merge conflicts.
#32382	[net11.0] Improve TypedBinding performance	simonrozsival	net11.0	WATCH	264d	Needs review or triage.
#30875	[Net 11] - Annotated remaining Converter classes for nullability - 3	NirmalKumarYuvaraj	net11.0	BLOCKED	363d	Changes requested; author/release owner follow-up required.
#29952	[net11.0] Trimmable element handlers	simonrozsival	net11.0	BLOCKED	409d	Resolve merge conflicts.

net11.0 inflight PRs

None found.

Priority release blockers

None found.

Known Build Error watch list

Issue	Title	Labels	Milestone
#36435	[net11][CoreCLR] Essentials FileSystem_Tests NullReferenceException in FileStream.ReadAsync on iOS/MacCatalyst device tests	platform/macos, platform/ios, area-essentials, Known Build Error

Maintainer next actions

• Bug template versions: Add 11.0.0-preview.7 to the dropdown (PR against net11.0). Not release-blocking — this is post-release cleanup so users can file bugs against the right version.
• Maestro PRs: Review dependency PRs and merge expected updates.
• Release branch PRs: Confirm which PRs (if any) must merge for the release; the rest can ride normal queue cadence.
• P/0 release-branch PRs: Land or de-prioritize each P/0 PR before shipping.
• Merge-up PRs (main → net11.0): Resolve and merge each before shipping.
• Known Build Errors: Use [Epic] Improve CI Analysis Accuracy — Flaky Detection, KBE Integration, Auto-Triage #35052 CI truth to decide accepted-known vs release-blocking.
• CI Failure Scanner signals: Review the freshest ci-scan issues; decide whether any affect ship-readiness.
• CI truth: Do not infer release readiness from GitHub checks alone; consume [Epic] Improve CI Analysis Accuracy — Flaky Detection, KBE Integration, Auto-Triage #35052 output when available.
• Xcode / ICM: Verify hosted Mac pool support and file/update ICM immediately when public Xcode availability requires it.
• Internal release pipelines: Release owner should inspect dnceng/internal pipeline details ASAP.

Public/internal data boundary

This public report intentionally omits internal logs, artifacts, private URLs, raw error text, secret names, account identifiers, and detailed dnceng/internal failure payloads. Use the local script with appropriate internal access for deeper validation.