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.

Shell

 * The corner radius of the search box on the taskbar and the Start menu (when typing) has been changed with a larger one. The old design is still used in Start menu when not typing.
 * The Windows Firewall Security Alert dialog has been updated to match the design aesthetics of Windows 11.

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.
 * The inbox version of Windows Subsystem for Linux has been removed.
 * Starting with this build, users can no longer connect to a remote share by using guest credentials by default.

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 ARM64 devices.
 * The Live Captions feature may not work in certain cases.
 * The system may take longer than expected to upgrade to this build in certain cases.

Shell

 * Various UI elements in apps may disappear and reappear repeatedly.
 * On some locales, the default font used in several UI elements (such as the date and time on the taskbar) may change to regular Segoe UI instead of Segoe UI Variable.
 * 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.
 * Pressing the Expand/Collapse button on the top right side of the widgets board may cause it to get stuck and then crash.
 * 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.