ItemsRepeater crashes when opened inside a new window in UWP

Describe the bug

When a control that contains an ItemsRepeater is opened in a new window, the application crashes immediately. This happens even if the ItemsRepeater has no data and no templates applied.

Why is this important?

This issue is serious because it breaks a basic and valid use case. Our application needs to open views in separate windows, and those views often contain an ItemsRepeater. The crash prevents us from using multi window scenarios in any meaningful way. Even the simplest ItemsRepeater with no data causes the window to fail, which blocks core navigation and limits the entire feature set. This affects end users directly since they cannot open or work with content in a new window without the app closing.

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Create UWP app
2. Add Microsoft.UI.Xaml Nuget package
3. Create a ItemsRepeater in MainPage.xaml
4. Open that MainPage in New Window

Actual behavior

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Expected behavior

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NuGet package version

WinUI 2 - Microsoft.UI.Xaml 2.8.7

Windows version

Windows 11 (23H2): Build 22631

Additional context

ItemsRepeaterCrash_NewWindow.zip

Use the attached ItemsRepeaterCrash_NewWindow.zip to reproduce the crash in the UWP setup described. Start with MainPage.xaml and the step that opens the page in a new window, then collect the failure details and trace the ItemsRepeater initialization path. Done means an empty ItemsRepeater no longer crashes when its containing page opens in a new window.