[Windows] ReactNativeAsyncStorage.vcxproj incompatible with react-native-windows 0.82 (WindowsAppSDK 1.8)

[chaitanya207]

What happened?

Environment

Package	Version
@react-native-async-storage/async-storage	^2..2.0
react-native-windows	0.82.5
react-native	0.82.x
Windows App SDK	1.8.260209005
Visual Studio	2022
Node	24.14.1

Description

The ReactNativeAsyncStorage.vcxproj file contains a comment saying it was
created with react-native-windows 0.74. When building against react-native-windows
0.82.5, the build fails due to a WindowsAppSDK version mismatch.

RNW 0.82 uses WindowsAppSDK 1.8.260209005, but the .vcxproj still
references the old 1.3.x version from RNW 0.74.

Error Message

error : The WindowsAppSDK version referenced in ReactNativeAsyncStorage.vcxproj
(1.3.x) conflicts with the version required by react-native-windows 0.82 (1.8.260209005).

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new RN app with react-native-windows 0.82.5
2. Install @react-native-async-storage/async-storage
3. Run npx react-native run-windows
4. Build fails with WindowsAppSDK version conflict

Expected Behavior

Build succeeds. The .vcxproj should reference WindowsAppSDK 1.8.260209005
to be compatible with react-native-windows 0.82.

Actual Behavior

Build fails due to mismatched WindowsAppSDK version in
ReactNativeAsyncStorage.vcxproj.

Workaround

Manually editing the .vcxproj with these changes fixes the build:

<!-- WindowsTargetPlatformVersion -->
<WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
<WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.17763.0</WindowsTargetPlatformMinVersion>

<!-- NuGet packages -->
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK" Version="1.8.260209005" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT" Version="2.0.230706.1" />

Using patch-package to persist the fix.

Additional Notes

react-native-windows 0.82 also removes Paper architecture entirely —
please confirm the Windows module is fully Fabric-compatible.

Version

^2.2.0

What platforms are you seeing this issue on?

• Android
• iOS
• macOS
• Windows
• web

System Information

System:
OS: Windows 11 10.0.26100
CPU: "(4) x64 AMD 64-Core Processor
Memory: 3.18 GB / 15.95 GB
Binaries:
Node:
version: 24.14.1
path: C: \Program Files \nodejs \node. EXE
Yarn:
version: 1.22.22
path: C: \Program Files (x86) \Yarn\bin\yarn.CMD npm:
version: 11.11.0
path: C:\Program Files\nodejs \npm. CMD
Watchman: Not Found
SDKS:
Android SDK: Not Found
Windows SDK:
AllowDevelopmentwithoutDevLicense: Enabled
Versions:
- 10.0.22621.0
- 10.0.26100.0
IDES:
info info
React Native v0.85.3 is now available (your project is running on ve.82.1).

Steps to Reproduce

RNW 0.79 to RNW 0.82.5 Fabric update

[tido64]

@vmoroz FYI

[SBS-randerson]

I also experienced this problem with RNW 0.82.28 and fixed by adding to .vcxproj:

In ReactNativeWindowsProps PropertyGroup
<WindowsAppSDKVerifyTransitiveDependencies>false</WindowsAppSDKVerifyTransitiveDependencies>