RELEASE: Releasing 15 package(s) (0.81-stable)

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Packages to Release (15)

@react-native-windows/automation@0.81.35

• Bump @react-native-windows/automation-channel to v0.81.35

@react-native-windows/automation-channel@0.81.35

• Make the vendored Folly headers C++23-ready and update fmt to 11.0.2 (now managed via fork-sync)
• Bump react-native-windows to v0.81.35

@react-native-windows/automation-commands@0.81.35

• Bump @react-native-windows/automation-channel to v0.81.35

@react-native-windows/cli@0.81.9

• delete createRnwApp tests in 0.81 branch
• Make the vendored Folly headers C++23-ready and update fmt to 11.0.2 (now managed via fork-sync)

@react-native-windows/tester@0.0.1

• Bump react-native-windows to v0.0.0-canary.494

@rnw-scripts/debug-test@0.0.0

• Bump @react-native-windows/automation to v0.3.14

@rnw-scripts/playground@0.0.54

• Bump react-native-windows to v0.0.0-canary.494

@rnw-scripts/sample-app-fabric@0.0.1

• (dependency update)

@rnw-scripts/sample-custom-component@0.0.1

• (dependency update)

e2e-test-app@0.0.0

• Bump @react-native-windows/automation-channel to v0.1.68
• Bump react-native-windows to v0.0.0-canary.494
• Bump @react-native-windows/automation to v0.1.79
• Bump @react-native-windows/automation-commands to v0.0.106

e2e-test-app-fabric@0.0.0

• (dependency update)

integration-test-app@0.0.0

• Bump @react-native-windows/automation-channel to v0.1.68
• Bump react-native-windows to v0.0.0-canary.494

react-native-windows@0.81.35

• Make the vendored Folly headers C++23-ready and update fmt to 11.0.2 (now managed via fork-sync)
• Null-check the capturing component view before notifying OnPointerCaptureLost (crash when the capturing component was unmounted)
• Fix placeholder layout constraints fed physical px instead of DIPs; fix no-op NaN fontSize guard in CreatePlaceholderLayout
• Honor programmatic scrollTo when scrollEnabled={false}, matching iOS/Android
• Fix(fabric): dispatch touch/pen contacts with the W3C primary button (button 0, buttons 1) instead of button -1 / buttons 0, so pointer-event-driven press handling responds to finger taps the same as mouse left-clicks
• Bump @react-native-windows/cli to v0.81.9

react-native-windows-init@0.81.9

• Bump @react-native-windows/cli to v0.81.9

sample-apps@0.0.0

• Bump react-native-windows to v0.0.0-canary.494

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Pull request overview

Prepares the React Native Windows 0.81.35 stable release and synchronizes dependent packages.

Changes:

• Bumps RNW and automation packages to 0.81.35.
• Updates consumers, lockfile, and generated version metadata.
• Generates changelogs and consumes release change files.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 29 out of 31 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
yarn.lock	Synchronizes workspace dependency versions.
vnext/PropertySheets/Generated/PackageVersion.g.props	Updates generated RNW version metadata.
vnext/package.json	Bumps RNW to 0.81.35.
vnext/CHANGELOG.md	Adds 0.81.35 release notes.
vnext/CHANGELOG.json	Adds structured 0.81.35 release data.
packages/sample-custom-component/package.json	Updates RNW dependency.
packages/sample-apps/package.json	Updates RNW dependency.
packages/sample-app-fabric/package.json	Updates RNW dependency.
packages/playground/package.json	Updates RNW dependency.
packages/integration-test-app/package.json	Updates release dependencies.
packages/e2e-test-app/package.json	Updates RNW automation dependencies.
packages/e2e-test-app-fabric/package.json	Updates Fabric test dependencies.
packages/debug-test/package.json	Updates automation dependency.
packages/@react-native-windows/tester/package.json	Updates RNW dependencies.
packages/@react-native-windows/find-dotnet-tools/CHANGELOG.md	Updates generated changelog.
packages/@react-native-windows/find-dotnet-tools/CHANGELOG.json	Adds generated release metadata.
packages/@react-native-windows/cli/CHANGELOG.json	Records the no-release CLI change.
packages/@react-native-windows/automation/package.json	Bumps automation to 0.81.35.
packages/@react-native-windows/automation/CHANGELOG.md	Adds automation release notes.
packages/@react-native-windows/automation/CHANGELOG.json	Adds structured automation release data.
packages/@react-native-windows/automation-commands/package.json	Bumps automation commands.
packages/@react-native-windows/automation-commands/CHANGELOG.md	Adds commands release notes.
packages/@react-native-windows/automation-commands/CHANGELOG.json	Adds structured commands release data.
packages/@react-native-windows/automation-channel/package.json	Bumps automation channel.
packages/@react-native-windows/automation-channel/CHANGELOG.md	Adds channel release notes.
packages/@react-native-windows/automation-channel/CHANGELOG.json	Adds structured channel release data.
change/react-native-windows-touch-primary-button-main.json	Consumes the pointer-button change record.
change/react-native-windows-scrollto-scrollenabled-main.json	Consumes the scroll behavior change record.
change/react-native-windows-fix-textinput-placeholder-main.json	Consumes the placeholder fix record.
change/react-native-windows-capture-null-guard-main.json	Consumes the pointer-capture fix record.
change/@react-native-windows-cli-60d1d9e9-e95e-4f94-8cc5-37e48aa5c1a3.json	Consumes the CLI no-release record.

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Copilot reviewed 29 out of 31 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

Suppressed comments (1)

packages/@react-native-windows/find-dotnet-tools/CHANGELOG.json:14

• This new entry repeats the same 0.0.0-canary.3 tag and Bump @rnw-scripts/just-task to v2.3.56 comment already present in the preceding release record (lines 20–35), while the package currently uses 2.3.58. This makes the generated release history inaccurate; remove this stale record and regenerate both changelog formats.

            "comment": "Bump @rnw-scripts/just-task to v2.3.56",
            "commit": "not available"

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Copilot reviewed 37 out of 39 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

Suppressed comments (1)

packages/@react-native-windows/find-dotnet-tools/CHANGELOG.json:7

• This duplicates the existing 0.0.0-canary.3 version and tag at lines 20–22 while attributing an old just-task dependency bump to a new release. Consumers of this structured changelog would see two releases with the same tag. Please remove the stale dependent change from this release and regenerate both changelog files.

    {
      "date": "Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:38:28 GMT",
      "version": "0.0.0-canary.3",
      "tag": "@react-native-windows/find-dotnet-tools_v0.0.0-canary.3",

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