--- title: .NET 11 Preview 7 is now available! | daily.dev description: .NET 11 Preview 7 has been released, bringing improvements across the entire .NET ecosystem. Key highlights include IEEE 754 decimal floating-point types and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/net-11-preview-7-is-now-available--s4oysnijd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: .NET 11 Preview 7 is now available! | daily.dev og:description: .NET 11 Preview 7 has been released, bringing improvements across the entire .NET ecosystem. Key highlights include IEEE 754 decimal floating-point types and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/net-11-preview-7-is-now-available--s4oysnijd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/s4OySNiJd.png og:image:alt: .NET 11 Preview 7 is now available! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # .NET 11 Preview 7 is now available! **[.NET Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/dotnet)** · 3 min read · 22 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary .NET 11 Preview 7 has been released, bringing improvements across the entire .NET ecosystem. Key highlights include IEEE 754 decimal floating-point types and Generic Complex in libraries, runtime-async tiering and tail-await optimizations, NativeAOT dotnet CLI enabled by default, MSBuild server enabled by default, and new dotnet test options including run-level timeout and maximum-failed-tests flags. C# gains labeled break/continue and union patterns. ASP.NET Core adds auto-pause for Blazor circuits on inactivity, Blazor SSR output caching with CacheView, and built-in validation localization. .NET MAUI introduces cross-platform passkey authentication and XAML incremental hot reload. Entity Framework Core improves LINQ query translation and Azure Cosmos DB provider support. Windows Forms adds .NET 11 visual styles opt-in and dark-mode flash prevention. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What's new in .NET 11 Preview 7's SDK for testing and NativeAOT? NativeAOT is now enabled by default for the dotnet CLI, and MSBuild server is enabled by default as well. Additionally, dotnet test gains run-level --timeout and --maximum-failed-tests options, support for Microsoft.Build.Traversal projects, reporter improvements on Microsoft.Testing.Platform, and .NET MAUI device and environment support. _Teams planning .NET 11 upgrades can track SDK and tooling changes like these on daily.dev._ ### Does .NET 11 change how Blazor handles inactive circuits? Yes, ASP.NET Core in .NET 11 Preview 7 adds auto-pause for Blazor circuits during inactivity, along with the ability to cache Blazor server-side rendering output using CacheView. New Blazor analyzers and built-in validation localization are also included in this preview. _Blazor developers evaluating .NET 11 changes can follow release details like these on daily.dev._ ### What C# language features are being previewed in .NET 11? Preview 7 of .NET 11 introduces labeled break and continue statements, union patterns that can match either the union or its underlying value, exhaustiveness checking for type parameters constrained to a closed type, and an evolved unsafe compat mode with nameof support. _Developers weighing whether to adopt new C# syntax can keep up with previews like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [.NET 11 Preview 1 is now available\!](https://daily.dev/posts/net-11-preview-1-is-now-available--yeaetdtdo) · .NET Blog · 77 upvotes · 4 comments - [Microsoft Releases .NET 11 Preview 6 With Language and Framework Updates](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-releases-net-11-preview-6-with-language-and-framework-updates-oqwjdzv3l) · InfoQ · 6 upvotes · 0 comments - [Microsoft Releases .NET 11 Preview 3 with Updates Across Runtime, SDK, MAUI, and ASP.NET Core](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-releases-net-11-preview-3-with-updates-across-runtime-sdk-maui-and-asp-net-core-4tyjhbtqm) · InfoQ · 5 upvotes · 1 comments - [Microsoft unveils first preview of .NET 11](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-unveils-first-preview-of-net-11-4y7l7j8r0) · InfoWorld · 24 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#.net](https://daily.dev/tags/.net), [#c#](https://daily.dev/tags/c#), [#aspnetcore](https://daily.dev/tags/aspnetcore), [#.net-maui](https://daily.dev/tags/.net-maui) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/net-11-preview-7-is-now-available--s4oysnijd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":".NET 11 Preview 7 is now available!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/net-11-preview-7-is-now-available--s4oysnijd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/net-11-preview-7-is-now-available--s4oysnijd"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T18:29:59.664Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:17:39.102Z","description":".NET 11 Preview 7 has been released, bringing improvements across the entire .NET ecosystem. 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