[0.72] [Win32] view.focus sometimes skips setting focus

.ado/compliance.yml

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ parameters:
   default:
     Medium:
       name: rnw-pool-4-microsoft
-      demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022
+      demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022-node18
     Large:
       name: rnw-pool-8-microsoft
-      demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022
+      demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022-node18
 - name: forceCodeQL
   displayName: Force CodeQL to rebuild databases
   type: boolean

.ado/continuous.yml

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ parameters:
     default:
       Small:
         name: rnw-pool-2
-        demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022
+        demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022-node18
       Medium:
         name: rnw-pool-4
-        demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022
+        demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022-node18
       Large:
         name: rnw-pool-8
-        demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022
+        demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022-node18
 
 stages:
   - template: stages.yml

.ado/image/rnw-img-vs2022-node18.json

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{
+    "imageType": "Managed",	
+    "baseImage": "/MicrosoftWindowsServer/WindowsServer/2022-datacenter/latest",
+    "artifacts": [
+        {
+            "name": "windows-EnableDeveloperMode"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-enable-long-paths"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-gitinstall"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-AzPipeline-ImageHelpers"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-AzPipeline-InitializeVM"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-AzPipeline-powershellCore"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-AzPipeline-7zip"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-visualstudio-bootstrapper",
+            "parameters": {
+                "Workloads": "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.ManagedDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.Universal --add Microsoft.Component.MSBuild --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.UWP.Support --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.NativeDesktop.Core --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.19041 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentGroup.UWP.VC --includeRecommended --includeOptional",
+                "SKU": "Enterprise",
+                "VSBootstrapperURL": "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_Enterprise.exe"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Windows-NodeJS",
+            "parameters": {
+                "Version": "18.16.1"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-npm-global",
+            "parameters": {
+                "packages": "yarn@1.22.19, midgard-yarn@1.23.34, verdaccio@5.2.0",
+                "addToPath": true
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-chrome"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-AzPipeline-WinAppDriver"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-dotnetcore-sdk",
+            "parameters": {
+                "DotNetCoreVersion": "3.1.425"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "windows-dotnetcore-sdk",
+            "parameters": {
+                "DotNetCoreVersion": "6.0.403"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}

.ado/jobs/cli-init.yml

@@ -434,6 +434,12 @@ jobs:
                   configuration: ${{ parameters.configuration }}
                   buildEnvironment: ${{ parameters.buildEnvironment }}
 
+              - task: CmdLine@2
+                displayName: Create npm directory
+                name: createNpmDirectory
+                inputs:
+                  script: mkdir %APPDATA%\npm
+
               - template: ../templates/react-native-init.yml
                 parameters:
                   language: ${{ matrix.language }}

.ado/jobs/e2e-test.yml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           displayName: E2E Test App ${{ matrix.Name }}
 
           variables: [template: ../variables/windows.yml]
-          pool: ${{ parameters.AgentPool.Medium }}
+          pool: ${{ parameters.AgentPool.MediumNode16 }}
           timeoutInMinutes: 60 # how long to run the job before automatically cancelling
           cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 5 # how much time to give 'run always even if cancelled tasks' before killing them
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
           displayName: E2E Test App Fabric ${{ matrix.Name }}
 
           variables: [template: ../variables/windows.yml]
-          pool: ${{ parameters.AgentPool.Medium }}
+          pool: ${{ parameters.AgentPool.MediumNode16 }}
           timeoutInMinutes: 60 # how long to run the job before automatically cancelling
           cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 5 # how much time to give 'run always even if cancelled tasks' before killing them
 

.ado/jobs/node-tests.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ parameters:
 
   - name: versions
     type: object
-    default: [16]
+    default: [18]
 
 jobs:
   - ${{ each nodeVersion in parameters.versions }}:

.ado/jobs/playground.yml

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
           displayName: Playground ${{ matrix.Name }}
 
           variables: [template: ../variables/windows.yml]
-          pool: ${{ parameters.AgentPool.Medium }}
+          pool: ${{ parameters.AgentPool.MediumNode16 }}
           timeoutInMinutes: 60
           cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 5
 

.ado/publish.yml

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ parameters:
   default:
     Medium:
       name: rnw-pool-4-microsoft
-      demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022
+      demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022-node18
     Large:
       name: rnw-pool-8-microsoft
-      demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022
+      demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022-node18
 
 - name: desktopBuildMatrix
   type: object

.ado/templates/prepare-js-env.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ steps:
     - task: NodeTool@0
       displayName: Set Node Version
       inputs:
-        versionSpec: '16.x'
+        versionSpec: '18.x'
 
   - template: yarn-install.yml
     parameters:

.ado/windows-vs-pr.yml

@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@ parameters:
     default:
       Small:
         name: rnw-pool-2
-        demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022
+        demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022-node18
       Medium:
+        name: rnw-pool-4
+        demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022-node18
+      MediumNode16:
         name: rnw-pool-4
         demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022
       Large:
         name: rnw-pool-8
-        demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022
+        demands: ImageOverride -equals rnw-img-vs2022-node18
 
 stages:
   - template: stages.yml

.unbroken_exclusions

@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ URL not found https://docs.github.com/get-started/quickstart while parsing CONTR
 !packages/@rnw-scripts/format-files/node_modules
 !packages/@rnw-scripts/promote-release/node_modules
 !.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE
+!.github/security.md

change/@office-iss-react-native-win32-2a5de4b2-a121-42e6-8388-1f71a7c705af.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "[Win32] view.focus sometimes skips setting focus",
+  "packageName": "@office-iss/react-native-win32",
+  "email": "30809111+acoates-ms@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}

change/react-native-windows-1d2f797d-2e27-460b-acbb-450fe696a40b.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "Add SelfContained to MS.RN.Manged.Codegen.csproj",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "30809111+acoates-ms@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}

packages/@office-iss/react-native-win32/overrides.json

@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@
       "baseFile": "packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInputState.js",
       "baseHash": "60655baaca427e1c7c1b8884833b848335c4033b"
     },
+    {
+      "type": "platform",
+      "file": "src/Libraries/Components/TextInput/Win32TextInputNativeComponent.js"
+    },
     {
       "type": "copy",
       "file": "src/Libraries/Components/ToastAndroid/ToastAndroid.win32.js",