Retroactively adding this note. Sadly these will be release in the next hotfix, but they will be available on master once #178487 lands.

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#178472

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- [flutter/178472](#178472) Widget preview command can crash on exit if in the middle of analyzing changes to a Dart file.

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Unnecessary noise in our crash reporting. Shouldn't have a noticeable impact on development experience.

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#178452

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Flutter fails to build on iOS with error message: "Improperly formatted define flag" in add-to-app scenarios

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Impacts development: Add-to-app apps fails to build / xcode archive fails

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The issue can be reproduced / verified by building [flutter/samples@main/add_to_app/multiple_flutters](https://github.com/flutter/samples/tree/main/add_to_app/multiple_flutters).
Some users have reported that the fix [worked for them](#178452 (comment))

…enabled (#178534)

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Running `flutter widget-preview start` with Flutter web disabled will result in an error message stating that either Chrome couldn't be found or a `StateError` is thrown (for `--web-server`).

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[flutter/178486] When running `flutter widget-preview start` with Flutter Web disabled, an exception is thrown and the widget previewer fails to start.

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…ral directories (#178497)

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Running `flutter pub get` can crash the widget previewer when plugin dependencies are added or updated.

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The widget previewer can crash when `flutter pub get` is run and causes plugins to be updated or added to the project. IDEs regularly run `flutter pub get` and automatically start up the widget previewer, making this the top tool crasher for 3.38. Also, when an IDE-managed widget previewer crashes, it silently dies without any indication to the user as the preview environment continues to work but will no longer hot reload when the user makes changes to their sources.

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#176399

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Visual Studio 2026 is not supported when compiling Windows desktop applications.

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Developers that only have Visual Studio 2026 installed are unable to compile Windows applications.

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…un in the root project (#178394)

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The widget previewer fails to start if `flutter pub get` has not been run in the target project.

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The widget previewer will fail to launch. For CLI users, the error message stating that the command needs to be run within a Flutter project is misleading. For IDE users, they may get a dialog stating the widget previewer failed to start with no actionable feedback.

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#178318

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Certain `flutter` crash scenarios can result in multiple crash reports being submitted for a single process crash.

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Crash analytics data can be skewed to make certain bugs appear much more severe then they actually are.

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Don't crash? :)

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#178639

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Classes marked with `@Deprecated.implement` should not be crossed out.

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Confusing dartdoc rendering on https://api.flutter.dev

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Fixes #178677

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#178421

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Fixes an issue where debugging from an IDE hangs when using a physical iOS 26 device.

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When debugging from an IDE with a physical iOS 26 device, it installs and app but hangs on a white screen during launching.

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Use a simulator or use release mode

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Create an app
Use an IDE (like VS Code) to debug the app on an iOS 26 physical device

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