Windows 11 build 25267 (rs prerelease)

Windows 11 build 25267 is the fifth Insider Preview and the fourth available client build of Zinc, the 23H2 development semester of Windows as a service. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on 14 December 2022, along with its server counterpart.

Is last available insider build of Windows 11, released in 2022.

Shell
The search box on the taskbar has been updated with larger corner radius.

Settings
The error code under Windows Update > Update history can now be selectable.

Miscellaneous

 * The screen reader has been updated to exclude the words "system state" when setting focus to each of the Quick Settings icons on the taskbar.
 * When moving the focus set to an app icon on the taskbar by pressing Alt or →, Narrator will say that it has been moved.

General

 * Fixed an issue that was causing the Cast to Device feature to not work properly in certain cases.
 * Fixed an issue where restartable copies of a file with alternate data streams were hanging frequently.

Shell

 * Fixed an issue that was causing the Bluetooth section of Quick Settings to crash sometimes.
 * Fixed a high hitting  crash.
 * Fixed an issue where using "Browse for Folder" from an app in File Explorer would only show Desktop and no other folders.
 * The following issues will only apply if the search box on the taskbar is enabled:
 * Fixed the issue that was causing the search box which appeared to be floating on the desktop when changing the primary monitor or plugging in an external display.
 * Fixed the issue that was causing the text in the search box to be clipped on the bottom when using increased text scaling.

Input

 * Fixed an issue where clicking the notification received the first time users press Alt would unexpectedly open a Command Prompt window.
 * Fixed an issue that was causing the first candidate item to be invisible or clipped sometimes in the Simplified Chinese IME candidate window.

General

 * A black screen may appear when resuming from sleep or hibernate on certain ARM64 devices.
 * Using Windows Hello to sign in with facial recognition may not work on certain devices.
 * The Live Captions feature may not work in certain cases.

Shell

 * Various UI elements in apps may disappear and reappear repeatedly.
 * The taskbar may sometimes be cropped in half when using the tablet-optimized taskbar.
 * The following issues will only apply if the search box on the taskbar is enabled:
 * The search box may not render correctly and display visual artifacts.
 * Several layout issues with the text in the search box may appear on right-to-left locales.
 * Some Japanese IME candidate items may be clipped inside the search box.

Task Manager

 * Filtering by publisher name may not match correctly on the Processes page.
 * Some services may not show in the Services page after filtering is applied.
 * If a new process is starting while a filter is set, then that process may appear for a split second in the filtered list.
 * Some dialogs may not render in the correct theme when applied from the Settings page.
 * The data content area of the Processes page may flash once when theme changes are applied in the Settings page.
 * The Task Manager may not display light and dark content correctly with unreadable text when the "Choose your mode" option under Personalization > Colors in the Settings app is set to Custom.
 * The Startup apps page may not list any apps in certain cases.

Widgets

 * On right-to-left locales, the content may animate out of view before the Widgets board resizes when clicking to expanded view of the Widgets board.
 * The widgets board may get stuck open in an invisible state for users in certain regions, causing clicks on the left side of the screen to not work.
 * Pressing ⊞ Win may resolve this issue.

Safe mode

 * Enabling the search box/icon on the taskbar may cause  to hang or crash.
 * Quick Settings and date/time clock on the taskbar may be missing due to the  service not running.
 * Clicking Bluetooth & devices and Personalization pages may crash the Settings app due to an overrun of a stack-based buffer.