Why Visual Studio Installer provides outdated versions of Windows SDKs for VS 2019?

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I have Visual Studio 2019, version 16.11.50. My Visual Studio Installer version is 3.14.2082.42463.

When I decided to install the Windows SDK from VS Installer to get updates for it automatically, I noticed that versions of SDKs suggested on the “Individual components” tab are kinda outdated:

  • Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041.0) – the last one seems to be 10.0.20348.1, mentioned on the “Windows SDK” (as “version 2104”) and “No longer serviced Windows SDK and emulators” pages. Chromium devs also stated it as such, for example. However, the “Windows SDK and emulator archive” page claims that 10.0.19041.5609 was published on April 2, 2025, from which one may conclude that this is the currently maintained branch.
  • Windows 11 SDK (10.0.22621.0) – the latest one, as of now, appears to be 10.0.26100.4948. I also found some mentions of this release specifically in VS 2019 context: one, two. So my best guess is that it was the last one supporting this edition. But I would like to get more substantial evidence.

It would be very good to clear up this confusion. I found only one remotely similar question here. So thanks in advance.

Some links lead to the Internet Archive intentionally, to back up my words.

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