From 18d05feb5ccd8c9e85cc36bc173eac2e5735783b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:56:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add .NET 11 RC 1 EF Core release notes

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Copilot-Session: a851ab96-8780-407d-97d0-50eed422ead5
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 release-notes/11.0/preview/rc1/efcore.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
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+# Entity Framework Core in .NET 11 RC 1 - Release Notes
+
+.NET 11 RC 1 focuses on fixes and stabilization for EF Core 11. For the full
+set of EF Core 11 features, see
+[What's new in EF Core 11](https://learn.microsoft.com/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-11.0/whatsnew).
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+- **Query translation**
+  - Fixed `OPENJSON ... AS JSON` queries for native `json` columns on Azure SQL
+    at compatibility level 170
+    ([dotnet/efcore #38665](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/pull/38665)).
+- **Model building and migrations**
+  - Fixed model finalization and migration scaffolding when a foreign key
+    references a key declared on a complex type property
+    ([dotnet/efcore #38764](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/pull/38764)).
+  - Fixed the default `IsTableExcludedFromMigrations` value for entity
+    splitting
+    ([dotnet/efcore #38802](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/pull/38802)).
+- **SQLite**
+  - Handled unavailable WinRT APIs when initializing `Microsoft.Data.Sqlite`,
+    including partially implemented APIs under Wine
+    ([dotnet/efcore #38612](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/pull/38612)).
+
+<!-- Filtered features:
+  - No new broadly useful EF Core feature was identified in the authoritative
+    RC 1 change set. This note intentionally summarizes customer-facing fixes
+    rather than promoting dependency, infrastructure, analyzer-performance, or
+    documentation-only changes as features.
+-->
+
+## Community contributors
+
+Thank you contributors! ❤️
+
+- [@BrycensRanch](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+author%3ABrycensRanch)

From 795cf591ca09783a6ef1d7b3b961820abfbb31c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:08:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add RC 1 EF Core query fixes

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot-Session: a851ab96-8780-407d-97d0-50eed422ead5
---
 release-notes/11.0/preview/rc1/efcore.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/release-notes/11.0/preview/rc1/efcore.md b/release-notes/11.0/preview/rc1/efcore.md
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@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ set of EF Core 11 features, see
   - Fixed `OPENJSON ... AS JSON` queries for native `json` columns on Azure SQL
     at compatibility level 170
     ([dotnet/efcore #38665](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/pull/38665)).
+  - Fixed query shaping for primitive collections that use native provider
+    representations instead of JSON strings
+    ([dotnet/efcore #38810](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/pull/38810)).
+  - Preserved the discriminating `ORDER BY` expression required to materialize
+    many-to-many collections reliably
+    ([dotnet/efcore #38811](https://github.com/dotnet/efcore/pull/38811)).
 - **Model building and migrations**
   - Fixed model finalization and migration scaffolding when a foreign key
     references a key declared on a complex type property