Controlled multiline TextInput crashes with access violation (0xc0000005)

[ericfle]

Problem Description

A conditionally-rendered controlled multiline TextInput crashes the app with an access violation. The crash is triggered by DrawBlock::~DrawBlock calling DrawText(), which re-enters msftedit and calls ConvertLocalToScreen on an invalid ReactNativeIsland weak reference.

The crash can manifest at different lifecycle points depending on the app's complexity and timing:

• In a minimal app, it crashes on mount (the ReactNativeIsland isn't fully set up yet)
• In a larger app, mount may succeed but the crash occurs when unmounting a focused multiline TextInput (the island's weak ref is already freed during teardown)

Crash details
ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
FAILURE_ID_HASH: {3d4c5424-d3a0-a029-b29e-00b71a707531}

x86: Attempt to read from address 0x000001dc
x64: Attempt to read from address 0x0000000000000358

Stack:

 msftedit!CTxtEdit::OnTxInPlaceActivate
 → msftedit!CUIM::GetScreenExt
 → textinputframework callbacks
 → RootComponentView::ConvertLocalToScreen
 → m_wkRootView.get() → invalid IWeakReference → CRASH

Steps To Reproduce

Minimal Repro

import React, {useState} from 'react';
import {View, Text, Pressable} from 'react-native';
import {TextInput} from 'react-native-windows';

function App() {
 const [show, setShow] = useState(false);
 const [text, setText] = useState('');

 return (
 <View style={{flex: 1, padding: 20}}>
 <Pressable onPress={() => setShow(!show)}>
 <Text>{show ? 'Close' : 'Open'}</Text>
 </Pressable>
 {show && (
 <TextInput
 value={text}
 onChangeText={setText}
 multiline
 style={{borderWidth: 1, minHeight: 60}}
 />
 )}
 </View>
 );
}

export default App;

Steps: Click "Open" → app crashes.

What works (no crash)

• Removing multiline — single-line controlled TextInput works fine
• Removing value/onChangeText — uncontrolled multiline TextInput works fine

Expected Results

No response

CLI version

20.0.0

Environment

System:
 OS: Windows 11 10.0.22631
 CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8488C
 Memory: 13.43 GB / 31.37 GB
Binaries:
 Node:
 version: 23.11.1
 path: D:\Users\...\AppData\Local\nvs\default\node.exe
 Yarn: Not Found
 npm:
 version: 11.4.2
 path: D:\Users\...\AppData\Local\nvs\default\npm.CMD
 Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
 Android SDK: Not Found
 Windows SDK:
 AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense: Enabled
 AllowAllTrustedApps: Enabled
 Versions:
 - 10.0.19041.0
 - 10.0.22621.0
 - 10.0.26100.0
IDEs:
 Android Studio: Not Found
 Visual Studio:
 - 17.14.37012.4 (Visual Studio Professional 2022)
 - 16.11.36631.11 (Visual Studio Professional 2019)
 - 18.3.11512.155 (Visual Studio Professional 2026)
Languages:
 Java: Not Found
 Ruby:
 version: 3.0.2
 path: C:\tools\ruby30\bin\ruby.exe
npmPackages:
 "@react-native-community/cli":
 installed: 20.0.0
 wanted: 20.0.0
 react:
 installed: 19.1.1
 wanted: 19.1.1
 react-native:
 installed: 0.82.0
 wanted: 0.82.0
 react-native-windows:
 installed: 0.82.0
 wanted: ^0.82.0
npmGlobalPackages:
 "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
 hermesEnabled: true
 newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
 hermesEnabled: Not found
 newArchEnabled: Not found

Community Modules

No response

Target React Native Architecture

None

Target Platform Version

None

Visual Studio Version

None

Build Configuration

None

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

No response

[iamAbhi-916]

This issue was fixed in both 0.82 and 0.81 release, hence closing this.