WebView2 Release Notes for Dec. 2025 SDKs (#3635)

mikehoffms · vootlasaichandu · web-flow · commit 697bb09a8f98 · 2025-12-08T10:11:44.000-08:00
* templates

* linkfix

* draft

* cleanup Prerelease APIs

* not Gen changes

* links for sec to del

* 1st draft push

* cleanup session

* indented

* port range

* sort, Foo/IExpFoo, Enum

* phase headings

* linkfix

* inc rvw

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Co-authored-by: vootlasaichandu &lt;V-VCHANDU@microsoft.com&gt;
diff --git a/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/133.md b/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/133.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ See [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 133)](../../devtools/whats-new/2025/
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 ## WebView2
 
-See [1.0.3065.39](../../webview2/release-notes/archive.md#10306539) (Feb. 2025) in _Archived Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+See [1.0.3065.39](../../webview2/release-notes/archive.md#10306539) (February 10, 2025) in _Archived Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 
 
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diff --git a/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/134.md b/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/134.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ See [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 134)](../../devtools/whats-new/2025/
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 ## WebView2
 
-See [1.0.3124.44](../../webview2/release-notes/archive.md#10312444) (March 2025) in _Archived Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+See [1.0.3124.44](../../webview2/release-notes/archive.md#10312444) (March 10, 2025) in _Archived Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 
 
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diff --git a/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/135.md b/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/135.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ See [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 135)](../../devtools/whats-new/2025/
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 ## WebView2
 
-See [1.0.3179.45](../../webview2/release-notes/archive.md#10317945 ) (Apr. 2025) in _Archived Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+See [1.0.3179.45](../../webview2/release-notes/archive.md#10317945 ) (April 7, 2025) in _Archived Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 
 
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diff --git a/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/136.md b/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/136.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ See [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 136)](../../devtools/whats-new/2025/
 <!-- ====================================================================== -->
 ## WebView2
 
-See [1.0.3240.44](../../webview2/release-notes/archive.md#10324044) (May 2025) in _Archived Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+See [1.0.3240.44](../../webview2/release-notes/archive.md#10324044) (May 5, 2025) in _Archived Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 
 
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diff --git a/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/137.md b/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/137.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ See [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 137)](../../devtools/whats-new/2025/
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 ## WebView2
 
-See [1.0.3296.44](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10329644) (June 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+See [1.0.3296.44](../../webview2/release-notes/archive.md#10329644) (June 3, 2025) in _Archived Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 
 
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diff --git a/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/138.md b/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/138.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ See [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 138)](../../devtools/whats-new/2025/
 <!-- ====================================================================== -->
 ## WebView2
 
-See [1.0.3296.44](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10329644) (June 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+See [1.0.3296.44](../../webview2/release-notes/archive.md#10329644) (June 3, 2025) in _Archived Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 
 
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diff --git a/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/139.md b/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/139.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ See [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 139)](../../devtools/whats-new/2025/
 <!-- ====================================================================== -->
 ## WebView2
 
-See [1.0.3405.78](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10340578) (Aug. 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+See [1.0.3405.78](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10340578) (August 11, 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 
 
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diff --git a/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/140.md b/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/140.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ See [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 140)](../../devtools/whats-new/2025/
 <!-- ====================================================================== -->
 ## WebView2
 
-See [1.0.3485.44](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10348544) (Sep. 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+See [1.0.3485.44](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10348544) (September 8, 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 
 
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diff --git a/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/141.md b/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/141.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ See [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 141)](../../devtools/whats-new/2025/
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 ## WebView2
 
-See [1.0.3537.50](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10353750) (Oct. 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+See [1.0.3537.50](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10353750) (October 6, 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 
 
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diff --git a/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/142.md b/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/142.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ See [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 142)](../../devtools/whats-new/2025/
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 ## WebView2
 
-See [1.0.3595.46](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10359546) (Nov. 3, 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+See [1.0.3595.46](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10359546) (November 3, 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 
 
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diff --git a/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/143.md b/microsoft-edge/web-platform/release-notes/143.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ See [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 143)](../../devtools/whats-new/2025/
 
 See [Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md).
 <!-- todo: when wv2 relnotes for runtime 143 exists, change to:
-See [1.0.n.n](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10nnnnnn) (Dec. nn, 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+See [1.0.n.n](../../webview2/release-notes/index.md#10nnnnnn) (December nn, 2025) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 -->
 
 
diff --git a/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/overview-features-apis.md b/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/overview-features-apis.md
@@ -2971,7 +2971,7 @@ See also [Enable or disable the browser responding to accelerator keys (shortcut
 WebView2 can specify a default background color.  The color can be any opaque color, or transparent.  This color will be used if the HTML page doesn't set its own background color.
 
 See also:
-* [Set default background color on WebView2 initialization (DefaultBackgroundColor API)](../release-notes/index.md#set-default-background-color-on-webview2-initialization-defaultbackgroundcolor-api) in _Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
+* [Set default background color on WebView2 initialization (DefaultBackgroundColor API)](../release-notes/archive.md#set-default-background-color-on-webview2-initialization-defaultbackgroundcolor-api) in _Archived Release Notes for the WebView2 SDK_.
 
 ##### [.NET/C#](#tab/dotnetcsharp)
 
diff --git a/microsoft-edge/webview2/release-notes/about.md b/microsoft-edge/webview2/release-notes/about.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ See also:
 
 New APIs are added in three phases, as follows:
 
+<!-- apis are first promoted from Staging (Phase 0) to Experimental (Phase 1)  -->
+
 1. APIs are initially introduced as Experimental APIs in a Prerelease SDK package.  In Win32, the type name includes the word "Experimental".
 
 1. Then the APIs become Stable APIs in a Prerelease SDK package.  In Win32, the type name omits the word "Experimental".
@@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ Release Notes sections use this wording for the phases:
 * The following APIs have been promoted from Phase 2: Stable in Prerelease, to Phase 3: Stable in Release, and are now included in this Release SDK.
 
 See also:
-* [Phases of introducing APIs](../concepts/versioning.md#phases-of-introducing-apis) in _Prerelease and Release SDKs for WebView2_.
+* [Prerelease and Release SDKs for WebView2](../concepts/versioning.md#phases-of-introducing-apis)
+   * [Moving from Experimental APIs to Stable APIs](../concepts/versioning#moving-from-experimental-apis-to-stable-apis) in _Prerelease and Release SDKs for WebView2_.
+   * [Phases of introducing APIs](../concepts/versioning.md#phases-of-introducing-apis) in _Prerelease and Release SDKs for WebView2_.
 
 <!-- terminology:
 APIs are Experimental or Stable
diff --git a/microsoft-edge/webview2/release-notes/archive.md b/microsoft-edge/webview2/release-notes/archive.md
diff --git a/microsoft-edge/webview2/release-notes/includes/templates.md b/microsoft-edge/webview2/release-notes/includes/templates.md
diff --git a/microsoft-edge/webview2/release-notes/index.md b/microsoft-edge/webview2/release-notes/index.md
