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Official home of .NET release notes, announcements, and support policy information from Microsoft.

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Gives a single place to track .NET version support phases, latest patch versions, and end-of-support dates. Useful for checking which release to target and when to plan upgrades.

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README excerpt

# .NET Release Notes
Welcome to the home of .NET release notes and news.
## Releases
Releases under active support or development:
| Version | Release Date | Release type | Support phase | Latest Patch Version | End of Support |
| :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
| .NET 11.0 | November 10, 2026 | [STS][policies] | Go-Live | [11.0.0-rc.2][11.0.0-rc.2] | November 10, 2026 |
| .NET 10.0 | November 11, 2025 | [LTS][policies] | Active | [10.0.13][10.0.13] | November 14, 2028 |
| .NET 9.0 | November 12, 2024 | [STS][policies] | Maintenance | [9.0.21][9.0.21] | November 10, 2026 |
| .NET 8.0 | November 14, 2023 | [LTS][policies] | Maintenance | [8.0.32][8.0.32] | November 10, 2026 |
[11.0.0-rc.2]: release-notes/11.0/preview/rc2/11.0.0-rc.2.md
[10.0.13]: release-notes/10.0/10.0.13/10.0.13.md
[9.0.21]: release-notes/9.0/9.0.21/9.0.21.md
[8.0.32]: release-notes/8.0/8.0.32/8.0.32.md
[policies]: release-policies.md
* Release notes
* Binaries and installers
* Installation docs
* dotnet-install scripts
## Discussions
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| News | 🔗 | 🔗 |
| General | 🔗 | 🔗 |

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