microsoft/winget-cli v1.12.240-preview

Windows Package Manager 1.12.240-preview

Repository: microsoft/winget-cli

Tag: v1.12.240-preview

Published: 2025-09-30T18:24:04Z

Prerelease: yes

Release notes: This is a preview build of WinGet for those interested in trying out upcoming features and fixes. While it has had some use and should be free of major issues, it may have bugs or usability problems. If you find any, please help us out by filing an issue.

New in v1.12

• MCP server available; run winget mcp for assistance on configuring your client.
• App Installer now uses WinUI 3. The package dependency on WinUI 2 has been replaced by a dependency on the Windows App Runtime 1.8.
• Manifest schema and validation updated to v1.12. This version update adds "Font" as an InstallerType and NestedInstallerType.

Bug Fixes

• Manifest validation no longer fails using UTF-8 BOM encoding when the schema header is on the first line

Experimental Features

• Experimental support for Fonts

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Experimental support for Fonts

The following snippet enables experimental support for fonts via winget settings. The winget font list command will list installed font families and the number of installed font faces.

{
"$schema" "https://aka.ms/winget-settings.schema.json",
"experimentalFeatures": {
"fonts": true
}
}

What's Changed

• Improve COM static store usage by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5680
• Update schema to 1.12 with Font InstallerType by @dkbennett in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5687
• Download MS Store package for target OS by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5689
• Fixes for older OSes by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5691
• Add RestSource and tests for Manifest v1.12 by @dkbennett in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5695
• Improve slow searches involving installed items by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5701
• Shorter default installer log filename by @JohnMcPMS in https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/pull/5705

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/compare/v1.12.170-preview...v1.12.240-preview