Artifacts for .NET May 2026 Preview Release (.NET 11.0.0-preview.4) (#10414)

* Release notes for .NET 11.0.0-preview.4

* Restore preview structure, MAUI section, VS preview text, and preview support-phase in 11.0 preview.4

* Updated README.md with 11.0.0 Preview 4

* Updated README.md with Preview 4 links.

* Fix support-phase

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Co-authored-by: dotnet-maestro[bot] <dotnet-maestro[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Susan Lester (CSI INTERFUSION INC) <v-susles@microsoft.com>

Author: 3 people

README.md

@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ Welcome to the home of .NET [release notes](./release-notes/README.md) and [news
 
 |  Version  | Release Date | Release type | Support phase | Latest Patch Version | End of Support |
 | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
-| [.NET 11.0](release-notes/11.0/README.md) | November 10, 2026 | [STS][policies] | Preview | [11.0.0-preview.3][11.0.0-preview.3] | TBD |
+| [.NET 11.0](release-notes/11.0/README.md) | November 10, 2026 | [STS][policies] | Preview | [11.0.0-preview.4][11.0.0-preview.4] | TBD |
 | [.NET 10.0](release-notes/10.0/README.md) | [November 11, 2025](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-10/) | [LTS][policies] | Active | [10.0.8][10.0.8] | November 14, 2028 |
 | [.NET 9.0](release-notes/9.0/README.md) | [November 12, 2024](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-9/) | [STS][policies] | Maintenance | [9.0.16][9.0.16] | November 10, 2026 |
 | [.NET 8.0](release-notes/8.0/README.md) | [November 14, 2023](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-8/) | [LTS][policies] | Maintenance | [8.0.27][8.0.27] | November 10, 2026 |
 
-[11.0.0-preview.3]: release-notes/11.0/preview/preview3/11.0.0-preview.3.md
+[11.0.0-preview.4]: release-notes/11.0/preview/preview4/11.0.0-preview.4.md
 [10.0.8]: release-notes/10.0/10.0.8/10.0.8.md
 [9.0.16]: release-notes/9.0/9.0.16/9.0.16.md
 [8.0.27]: release-notes/8.0/8.0.27/8.0.27.md

release-notes/11.0/README.md

@@ -10,65 +10,66 @@
 
 | Date | Release |
 | :-- | :-- |
+| 2026/05/12 | [11.0.0-preview.4](./preview/preview4/11.0.0-preview.4.md) |
 | 2026/04/14 | [11.0.0-preview.3](preview/preview3/README.md) |
 | 2026/03/10 | [11.0.0 Preview 2](preview/preview2/README.md) |
 | 2026/02/10 | [11.0.0 Preview 1](preview/preview1/README.md) |
 
 ### .NET Libraries
 
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/libraries.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/libraries.md)
 
 ### .NET Runtime
 
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/runtime.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/runtime.md)
 
 ### .NET SDK
 
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/sdk.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/sdk.md)
 
 ### MSBuild
 
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/msbuild.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/msbuild.md)
 
 ### C\#
 
 - [What's new in C#](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/)
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/csharp.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/csharp.md)
 
 ### F\#
 
 - [What's new in F#](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/fsharp/whats-new/)
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/fsharp.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/fsharp.md)
 
 ### Visual Basic
 
 - [What's new in Visual Basic](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/visual-basic/whats-new/)
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/visualbasic.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/visualbasic.md)
 
 ### ASP.NET Core
 
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/aspnetcore.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/aspnetcore.md)
 
 ### .NET MAUI
 
 - [What's new in .NET MAUI](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui/whats-new/)
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/dotnetmaui.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/dotnetmaui.md)
 
 ### Entity Framework Core
 
 - [What's new in EF Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/ef/core/what-is-new/)
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/efcore.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/efcore.md)
 
 ### Windows Forms
 
 - [What's new in Windows Forms](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/desktop/winforms/whats-new/)
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/winforms.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/winforms.md)
 
 ### Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
 
 - [What's new in WPF](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/desktop/wpf/whats-new/)
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/wpf.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/wpf.md)
 
 ### Container images
 
-- [Preview 3](preview/preview3/containers.md)
+- [Preview 4](preview/preview4/containers.md)

release-notes/11.0/preview/README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 | Date | Release |
 | ---- | ------- |
+| 2026/05/12 | [11.0.0 Preview 4](./preview4/README.md) |
 | 2026/04/14 | [11.0.0 Preview 3](./preview3/README.md) |
 | 2026/03/10 | [11.0.0 Preview 2](./preview2/README.md) |
 | 2026/02/10 | [11.0.0 Preview 1](./preview1/README.md) |

release-notes/11.0/preview/preview4/11.0.0-preview.4.md

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 |  Version  | Release Date | Release type | Support phase | Latest Patch Version | End of Support |
 | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
-| [.NET 11.0](./11.0/README.md) | November 10, 2026 | [STS][policies] | Preview | [11.0.0-preview.3][11.0.0-preview.3] | TBD |
+| [.NET 11.0](./11.0/README.md) | November 10, 2026 | [STS][policies] | Preview | [11.0.0-preview.4][11.0.0-preview.4] | TBD |
 | [.NET 10.0](./10.0/README.md) | [November 11, 2025](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-10/) | [LTS][policies] | Active | [10.0.8][10.0.8] | November 14, 2028 |
 | [.NET 9.0](./9.0/README.md) | [November 12, 2024](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-9/) | [STS][policies] | Maintenance | [9.0.16][9.0.16] | November 10, 2026 |
 | [.NET 8.0](./8.0/README.md) | [November 14, 2023](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-8/) | [LTS][policies] | Maintenance | [8.0.27][8.0.27] | November 10, 2026 |
 
-[11.0.0-preview.3]: ./11.0/preview/preview3/11.0.0-preview.3.md
+[11.0.0-preview.4]: ./11.0/preview/preview4/11.0.0-preview.4.md
 [10.0.8]: ./10.0/10.0.8/10.0.8.md
 [9.0.16]: ./9.0/9.0.16/9.0.16.md
 [8.0.27]: ./8.0/8.0.27/8.0.27.md

release-notes/11.0/preview/preview4/release.json

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
   "releases-index": [
     {
       "channel-version": "11.0",
-      "latest-release": "11.0.0-preview.3",
-      "latest-release-date": "2026-04-14",
+      "latest-release": "11.0.0-preview.4",
+      "latest-release-date": "2026-05-12",
       "security": false,
-      "latest-runtime": "11.0.0-preview.3.26207.106",
-      "latest-sdk": "11.0.100-preview.3.26207.106",
+      "latest-runtime": "11.0.0-preview.4.26230.115",
+      "latest-sdk": "11.0.100-preview.4.26230.115",
       "product": ".NET",
       "support-phase": "preview",
       "release-type": "sts",

release-notes/11.0/releases.json

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ The following table lists supported releases.
 
 |  Version  | Release Date | Release type | Support phase | Latest Patch Version | End of Support |
 | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
-| [.NET 11.0](release-notes/11.0/README.md) | November 10, 2026 | [STS][policies] | Preview | [11.0.0-preview.3][11.0.0-preview.3] | TBD |
+| [.NET 11.0](release-notes/11.0/README.md) | November 10, 2026 | [STS][policies] | Preview | [11.0.0-preview.4][11.0.0-preview.4] | TBD |
 | [.NET 10.0](release-notes/10.0/README.md) | [November 11, 2025](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-10/) | [LTS][policies] | Active | [10.0.8][10.0.8] | November 14, 2028 |
 | [.NET 9.0](release-notes/9.0/README.md) | [November 12, 2024](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-9/) | [STS][policies] | Maintenance | [9.0.16][9.0.16] | November 10, 2026 |
 | [.NET 8.0](release-notes/8.0/README.md) | [November 14, 2023](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-8/) | [LTS][policies] | Maintenance | [8.0.27][8.0.27] | November 10, 2026 |
 
-[11.0.0-preview.3]: release-notes/11.0/preview/preview3/11.0.0-preview.3.md
+[11.0.0-preview.4]: release-notes/11.0/preview/preview4/11.0.0-preview.4.md
 [10.0.8]: release-notes/10.0/10.0.8/10.0.8.md
 [9.0.16]: release-notes/9.0/9.0.16/9.0.16.md
 [8.0.27]: release-notes/8.0/8.0.27/8.0.27.md
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ The following table lists end-of-life releases.
 [2.0.9]: release-notes/2.0/2.0.9.md
 [1.1.13]: release-notes/1.1/1.1.13/1.1.13.md
 [1.0.16]: release-notes/1.0/1.0.16/1.0.16.md
-[11.0.0-preview.3]: release-notes/11.0/11.0.0-preview.3/11.0.0-preview.3.md
+[11.0.0-preview.4]: release-notes/11.0/preview/preview4/11.0.0-preview.4.md
 [policies]: release-policies.md