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What's new in WPF for .NET 11 Preview

This article provides a high-level overview of what's new with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) in .NET 11 Preview. For detailed information, see Release announcements. Use the release announcements to get an overview of the entire .NET 11 release.

.NET 11 Preview 6 was released in July 2026.

Release announcements

Each release announcement provides detailed information about WPF changes for .NET 11:

Bug fixes

  • Self-contained WPF apps published for Windows now include ijwhost.dll as a native asset, preventing launch failures when the app loads mixed-mode WPF assemblies.
  • WPF prevents crashes from Desktop Window Manager (DWM) failures and fixes Fluent window backdrop and background issues on Windows 10.
  • WPF fixes an InvalidOperationException that occurs when WeakEventTable.Purge modifies the data table during enumeration with EnableWeakEventMemoryImprovements enabled. The fix defers table updates during purge to avoid invalidating the enumerator.