.NET 10 Release Candidate 2

> This issue is a locked mirror of https://github.com/dotnet/core/discussions/10122. See that thread for discussion.

.NET 10 Release Candidate 2 is now available. This is our second and final release candidate which comes with a [go-live support license](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/platform/support/policy/dotnet-core#previews) so you can confidently use this release for your production applications. This release of .NET 10 is supported in the new [Visual Studio 2026 Insiders](https://aka.ms/VS2026Insiders) release alongside Visual Studio Code with the C# Dev Kit. Check out the full release notes below and get started today.

This release contains the following highlights and improvements.

## 🛠️ SDK

- [Use .NET MSBuild Tasks with .NET Framework MSBuild](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/sdk.md#use-net-msbuild-tasks-with-net-framework-msbuild)
- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/sdk.md)

## 📱 .NET MAUI

- [Microphone permission](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/dotnetmaui.md#microphone-permission)
- [SafeAreaEdges](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/dotnetmaui.md#safeareaedges)
- [XAML Source Generation](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/dotnetmaui.md#xaml-source-generation)
- [Android API 36.1](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/dotnetmaui.md#android-api-361)
- [Xcode 26](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/dotnetmaui.md#xcode-26)
- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/dotnetmaui.md)

## 🎁 Entity Framework Core

- [Numerous fixes for the new EF complex JSON support](https://learn.microsoft.com/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-10.0/whatsnew#json)
- [Stop spanning all migrations with a single transaction](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/issues/35096)
- [Use ExecutionStrategy for query execution (for retrying)](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/issues/35692)
- [Analyzer warnings for string concatenation in raw SQL APIs](https://learn.microsoft.com/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-10.0/whatsnew#warn-for-string-concatenation-with-raw-sql-apis)
- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/efcore.md)

## 📚Libraries

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements and does not contain new Libraries features.

- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/libraries.md)

## ⏱️Runtime

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements and does not contain new Runtime features.

- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/runtime.md)

## C#

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements and does not contain new C# features.

## F#

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements and does not contain new F# features.

## Visual Basic

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements and does not contain new Visual Basic features.

## 🌐 ASP.NET Core & Blazor

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements and does not contain new ASP.NET Core features.

- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/aspnetcore.md)

## 🖥️ Windows Forms

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements and does not contain new Windows Forms features.

- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/winforms.md)

## 🖥️ Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements and does not contain new WPF features.

- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/wpf.md)

## 📦 Container Images

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements and does not contain new container features.

- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc2/containers.md)

## 🚀 Get started

To get started with .NET 10, [install the .NET 10 SDK](https://get.dot.net/10).

If you're on Windows, we recommend installing the latest version of [Visual Studio 2026 Insiders](https://aka.ms/vs/insiders). Read more about this new release on the [Visual Studio blog](https://aka.ms/VS2026Insiders) and [release notes](https://aka.ms/vs/relnotes/insiders).

You can also use Visual Studio Code and the [C# Dev Kit](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csdevkit) extension with .NET 10.

## 🔔 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](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/whats-new/dotnet-10/overview)
- [What's new in C# 14](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csharp-14)
- [What's new in .NET MAUI](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui/whats-new/dotnet-10)
- [What's new in ASP.NET Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/aspnet/core/release-notes/aspnetcore-10.0)
- [What's new in Entity Framework Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-10.0/whatsnew)
- [What's new in Windows Forms](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/desktop/winforms/whats-new/net100)
- [What's new in WPF](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/desktop/wpf/whats-new/net100)
- [Breaking Changes in .NET 10](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/compatibility/10.0)
- [.NET 10 Releases](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/README.md)

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