Visual Studio 2026 release notes:
Released December 16th, 2025
| Top bug fixes | From the community |
|---|---|
| Internal compiler error in msvc 14.50.35717 | Feedback ticket |
| VS2026 (18.0.0) is missing option to install LTSC C++ tools | Feedback ticket |
| After update extensions VS2026 is broken | Feedback ticket |
| Fixed an issue where ReSharper users experience longer startups on Visual Studio 2026 as compared to Visual Studio 2022. | Feedback ticket |
| Tool Windows don't have a Close Item in their context menu | Feedback ticket |
| Observing non-deterministic output when building UCRT for CHPE builds | Feedback ticket |
| Search is broken in the MCP Registries window | Feedback ticket |
| Fixed an issue where ARM64 Enclave VCRuntime would fail to link correctly. | |
| Updated the Visual Studio Installer to include the latest servicing release of the 10.0.26100 Windows SDK (10.0.26100.7175). |
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Visual Studio 2026 Release Notes
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