Commit: patch 9.2.0048: MS-Windows: ConPTY not yet preferred

[Christian Brabandt]

patch 9.2.0048: MS-Windows: ConPTY not yet preferred

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/71cc1b12cd2a92ceadff5cef73dcef387374ce36
Author: bennyyip <yeb...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Feb 24 21:13:40 2026 +0000

patch 9.2.0048: MS-Windows: ConPTY not yet preferred

Problem: MS-Windows: ConPTY not yet preferred
Solution: Mark ConPTY as stable starting with Windows 11 (build 22000).
Vim will now prefer ConPTY over winpty on these systems.

fixes: #19033
closes: #19037

Signed-off-by: bennyyip <yeb...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <c...@256bit.org>

diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 0798934c2..a26412782 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*options.txt* For Vim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Feb 21
+*options.txt* For Vim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Feb 24


VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -9120,8 +9120,8 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.

|ConPTY| support depends on the platform. Windows 10 October 2018
Update is the first version that supports ConPTY, however it is still
- considered unstable. ConPTY might become stable in the next release
- of Windows 10. winpty support needs to be installed. If neither is
+ considered unstable. ConPTY has become stable with the initial release
+ of Windows 11. winpty support needs to be installed. If neither is
supported then you cannot open a terminal window.

*'terse'* *'noterse'*
diff --git a/runtime/doc/terminal.txt b/runtime/doc/terminal.txt
index c86fb207e..4a2c4710c 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/terminal.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/terminal.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*terminal.txt* For Vim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Feb 14
+*terminal.txt* For Vim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Feb 24


VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@ On more recent versions of MS-Windows 10 (beginning with the "October 2018
Update"), winpty is no longer required. On those versions, |:terminal| will use
Windows' built-in support for hosting terminal applications, "ConPTY". When
ConPTY is in use, there may be rendering artifacts regarding ambiguous-width
-characters. If you encounter any such issues, install "winpty". Until the
-ConPTY problems have been fixed "winpty" will be preferred.
+characters. If you encounter any such issues, install "winpty". ConPTY
+support is considered stable with the first release of Windows 11.

Environment variables are used to pass information to the running job:
VIM_SERVERNAME v:servername
diff --git a/runtime/doc/version9.txt b/runtime/doc/version9.txt
index bd93f1bb3..5c35f3a84 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/version9.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/version9.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*version9.txt* For Vim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Feb 16
+*version9.txt* For Vim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Feb 24


VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -52588,7 +52588,8 @@ Popups ~

Other ~
-----
-The new |xdg.vim| script for full XDG compatibility is included
+- The new |xdg.vim| script for full XDG compatibility is included.
+- |ConPTY| support is considered stable as of Windows 11.

*changed-9.3*
Changed~
diff --git a/src/os_win32.c b/src/os_win32.c
index a3d66c4b9..edaf7cb30 100644
--- a/src/os_win32.c
+++ b/src/os_win32.c
@@ -8565,11 +8565,11 @@ mch_setenv(char *var, char *value, int x UNUSED)
#define CONPTY_INSIDER_BUILD MAKE_VER(10, 0, 18995)

/*
- * Not stable now.
+ * Make conpty default on Windows 11
*/
-#define CONPTY_STABLE_BUILD MAKE_VER(10, 0, 32767) // T.B.D.
+#define CONPTY_STABLE_BUILD MAKE_VER(10, 0, 22000)
// Notes:
-// Win 10 22H2 Final is build 19045, it's conpty is widely used.
+// Win 10 22H2 Final is build 19045, its conpty is widely used.
// Strangely, 19045 is newer but is a lower build number than the 2020 insider
// preview which had a build 19587. And, not sure how stable that was?
// Win Server 2022 (May 10, 2022) is build 20348, its conpty is widely used.
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index ceab87616..478b9f1bc 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -734,6 +734,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =

static int included_patches[] =
{ /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+ 48,
/**/
47,
/**/