[release-notes] .NET 11 GA

release-notes/11.0/11.0.0/README.md

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+# .NET 11 - Release Notes
+
+Browse the .NET 11 release notes by component:
+
+- [Libraries](libraries.md)
+- [Runtime](runtime.md)
+- [SDK](sdk.md)
+- [MSBuild](msbuild.md)
+- [NuGet](nuget.md)
+
+## Languages
+
+- [C#](csharp.md)
+- [F#](fsharp.md)
+
+## Workloads, Libraries, & More
+
+- [.NET MAUI](dotnetmaui.md)
+- [ASP.NET Core](aspnetcore.md)
+- [Container images](containers.md)
+- [EF Core & Data](efcore.md)
+- [Windows Forms](winforms.md)
+- [WPF](wpf.md)
+
+## Get Started
+
+See the [.NET 11 getting started guide](../get-started.md) for installation instructions. Find installers and binaries at [dotnet.microsoft.com](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/11.0) and [.NET 11 Releases](../README.md).
+
+## Stay up-to-date
+
+For an overview of features introduced throughout the release, see [What's new in .NET 11](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/whats-new/dotnet-11/overview).
+
+- [What's new in C# 15](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/whats-new/csharp-15)
+- [F# documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/fsharp/)
+- [What's new in ASP.NET Core in .NET 11](https://learn.microsoft.com/aspnet/core/release-notes/aspnetcore-11?view=aspnetcore-11.0)
+- [What's new in Aspire](https://aspire.dev/whats-new/)
+- [What's new in .NET MAUI](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui/whats-new/)
+- [What's new in EF Core in .NET 11](https://learn.microsoft.com/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-11.0/whatsnew)
+- [What's new in Windows Forms for .NET 11](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/desktop/winforms/whats-new/net110)
+- [What's new in WPF for .NET 11](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/desktop/wpf/whats-new/net110)
+
+Before upgrading an existing app, review [Breaking changes in .NET 11](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/compatibility/11).

release-notes/11.0/11.0.0/aspnetcore.md

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+# ASP.NET Core in .NET 11 - Release Notes
+
+The final ASP.NET Core updates for .NET 11 focus on quality and stability.
+
+For features introduced throughout the release, see [What's new in ASP.NET Core in .NET 11](https://learn.microsoft.com/aspnet/core/release-notes/aspnetcore-11?view=aspnetcore-11.0).
+
+## Breaking changes and migration
+
+Before upgrading an existing app, review [Breaking changes in ASP.NET Core in .NET 11](https://learn.microsoft.com/aspnet/core/breaking-changes/11/overview?view=aspnetcore-11.0).
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+### Data Protection
+
+- [Reduce managed encryption and decryption allocations for SHA-256 and SHA-512 validation](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/pull/69789)
+
+### Validation
+
+- [Validate attributes on active union cases in MVC](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/pull/69834)
+- [Honor skipped validation and traverse union cases in Minimal API collections](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/pull/69870)
+
+### Hosting and caching
+
+- [Honor custom output-cache policies that explicitly allow already-authenticated users](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/pull/69724)
+- [Fix first-request HTTP 404 errors for IIS in-process apps hosted in virtual directories](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/pull/69837)
+
+### SignalR
+
+- [Bind SignalR connection tokens to their originating endpoint mapping, preventing reuse across separately mapped endpoints](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/pull/69835)
+
+## Community contributors
+
+- [@marcominerva](https://github.com/marcominerva): [Output caching fix](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/pull/69724)
+- [@Souheyl7Gouadria](https://github.com/Souheyl7Gouadria): [IIS startup routing fix](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/pull/69837)

release-notes/11.0/11.0.0/build-metadata.json

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