.NET 10 Release Candidate 1 is now available. This is our first of two release candidates which come 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.

.NET 10 Release Candidate 1 is now available. This is our first of two release candidates which come 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.

## **📚Libraries**

- [Cryptography: ML-DSA External Mu](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/libraries.md#cryptography-ml-dsa-external-mu)
- [Cryptography: Post Quantum Cryptography "API Complete"](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/libraries.md#cryptography-post-quantum-cryptography-api-complete)
- [UTF-8 support for hex-string conversion](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/libraries.md#utf-8-support-for-hex-string-conversion)
- [Tensor, TensorSpan, and ReadOnlyTensorSpan](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/libraries.md#tensor-tensorspan-and-readonlytensorspan)
- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/libraries.md)

## **⏱️Runtime**

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements does not contain new Runtime features.

## **🛠️ SDK**

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements and does not contain new SDK features.

## **C\#**

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements does not contain new C# features.

## **F\#**

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements does not contain new F# features.

## **Visual Basic**

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements does not contain new Visual Basic features.

## **🌐 ASP.NET Core & Blazor**

- [Persistent component state support for enhanced navigation](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/aspnetcore.md#persistent-component-state-support-for-enhanced-navigation)
- [New ASP.NET Core Identity metrics](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/aspnetcore.md#new-aspnet-core-identity-metrics)
- [Validation improvements for Minimal APIs and Blazor](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/aspnetcore.md#validation-improvements-for-minimal-apis-and-blazor)
- [OpenAPI schema generation improvements](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/aspnetcore.md#openapi-schema-generation-improvements)
- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/aspnetcore.md)

## **📱 .NET MAUI**

- [Diagnostics and metrics tracking](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/dotnetmaui.md#diagnostics)
- [HybridWebView events](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/dotnetmaui.md#hybridwebview-events)
- [RefreshView IsRefreshEnabled property](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/dotnetmaui.md#refreshview-isrefreshenabled)
- [.NET for Android: CoreCLR runtime experimental support](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/dotnetmaui.md#experimental-coreclr)
- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/dotnetmaui.md)

## **🖥️ Windows Forms**

- [Dark Mode Now Fully Integrated](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/winforms.md#dark-mode-now-fully-integrated)
- [Clarification on ControlStyles `ApplyThemingImplicitlyUsage`](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/winforms.md#clarification-on-controlstyles-applythemingimplicitlyusage)
- [Several additional improvements to renderer, async, and state management](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/winforms.md#additional-improvements)
- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/winforms.md)

## **🖥️ Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)**

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements does not contain new WPF features.

## **🎁 Entity Framework Core**

- [SQL Server vector search](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/efcore.md#sql-server-vector-search)
- [SQL Server JSON type support](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/efcore.md#sql-server-json-type-support)
- [Cosmos full-text and hybrid search](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/efcore.md#cosmos-full-text-and-hybrid-search)
- [Complex types](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/efcore.md#complex-types)
- [Padding for parameterized collections](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/efcore.md#padding-for-parameterized-collections)
- [Full Release Notes](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/preview/rc1/efcore.md)

## **📦 Container Images**

This release candidate is focused on quality improvements does not contain new container features.

## 🚀 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)

Additionally, be sure to subscribe to the GitHub Discussions [RSS news feed](https://github.com/dotnet/core/discussions/categories/news.atom) for all release announcements.

_Originally posted by @jamesmontemagno in https://github.com/dotnet/core/discussions/10081_

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