Reconcile stable main changes with release/experimental

.github/prompts/review-pr.prompt.md

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 7) Globalization — Culture-aware formatting where applicable
 8) Extensibility — Clear patterns for developers to adapt
 9) SOLID principles — Clean, maintainable SDK code
-10) Repo patterns — Follows [Coding-Guidelines.md](docs/Coding-Guidelines.md) conventions
+10) Repo patterns — Follows [AGENTS.md](../../AGENTS.md) conventions
 11) Docs & automation — Documentation updated, CI pipeline configured
 12) Code comments — Appropriate copyright headers, helpful inline comments
 13) Copilot guidance (conditional): if changed folders contain `*copilot*.md` or `.github/prompts/*.md`, review diffs **against** that guidance and write `13-copilot-guidance.md` (omit if none).

README.md

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 </p>
 
 <h1 align="center">Windows App SDK samples</h1>
-<h1>This Release/Experimental branch that you are looking at is transitioning into retirement in the WinAppSDK 2.0 time frame. To experience experimental APIs, please refer to the Release/x.y-experimental branches. This Release/Experimental branch will no longer be actively maintained, in favor of the per-release experimental branches. </h1>
-<h1>BACKGROUND: Before WinAppSDK adopts SemVer in 2.0, 1.x versions of WinAppSDK maintained a high degree of backwards compatibility; therefore, sample apps generally do not need to be strongly versioned against a particular WinAppSDK version. That practice is no longer applicable for 2.0+, which does not guarantee backward compatibility with 1.x versions. Therefore, this no-clear-version-targetting branch Release/Experimental is no longer suitable for housing new WinAppSDK 2.0+ sample apps that contain experimental APIs.</h1>
 
 This repository hosts samples for the [Windows App SDK](https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK). Samples for various features shipping in the Windows App SDK will be added to this repository. For more information about the Windows App SDK, visit the [Windows App SDK documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/apps/windows-app-sdk/). To learn more about the Windows App SDK design or to contribute to the project, make feature proposals, or start discussions, visit the [Windows App SDK GitHub page](https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK).
 
@@ -17,9 +15,13 @@ This repository hosts samples for the [Windows App SDK](https://github.com/micro
 - [Windows AI sample](Samples/WindowsAIFoundry/cs-winui/):  These samples demonstrate how to use the [Windows AI APIs](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/ai/apis/), like Phi Silica, Text Extraction (OCR) and Imaging APIs.
 
 - [Windows ML](Samples/WindowsML): These samples demonstrate running hardware-accelerated ONNX models (CPU, GPU, or NPU when available) on Windows using C++, C#, and Python. See the [Windows ML overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/ai/new-windows-ml/overview).
+    - [Capture Logs](Samples/WindowsML/capture-logs/): Scripts and profiles
+      for capturing Windows ML diagnostic logs. See the [documentation][logs].
 
 - [AI Dev Gallery](https://github.com/microsoft/ai-dev-gallery): The AI Dev Gallery is a collection of open-source samples showcasing how to integrate on-device AI capabilities into Windows apps using Windows Copilot Runtime and open-source models using ONNX.
 
+[logs]: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/ai/new-windows-ml/logs
+
 ### App Lifecycle and System Services
 - [App Lifecycle](Samples/AppLifecycle): These samples demonstrate app instancing using the AppLifecycle APIs. They include the following features:
     - [Activation](Samples/AppLifecycle/Activation): These samples demonstrate support for rich activation kinds.
@@ -28,9 +30,6 @@ This repository hosts samples for the [Windows App SDK](https://github.com/micro
     - [Restart](Samples/AppLifecycle/Restart): These samples demonstrate synchronously restarting an app with command-line restart arguments.
     - [Share Target](Samples\AppLifecycle\ShareTarget\WinUI-CS-ShareTargetSampleApp): This sample demonstrates an app that can be activated as a share target.
 
-#### Background Task
-- [Background Task](Samples/BackgroundTask): These samples demonstrates usage of Background Task feature in WinAppSDK apps leveraging the WinAppSDK Background Task API.
-
 #### Data and Files
 - [Resource Management](Samples/ResourceManagement): These samples demonstrates app resource management using the MRT Core APIs.
 
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ This repository hosts samples for the [Windows App SDK](https://github.com/micro
 - [Unpackaged](Samples/Unpackaged): These samples demonstrate auto-initialization with the Windows App SDK package from non-MSIX (unpackaged) application.
 
 ### Dynamic Dependencies
-- [DirectX](DynamicDependenciesSample/DynamicDependencies): This sample demonstrates how to use the Dynamic Dependencies API to dynamically load the DirectX Runtime MSIX framework package.
+- [DirectX](Samples/DynamicDependenciesSample/DynamicDependencies): This sample demonstrates how to use the Dynamic Dependencies API to dynamically load the DirectX Runtime MSIX framework package.
 
 ### Graphics
 - [Mica](Samples/Mica): These samples demonstrate how to use the Mica material in different apps and frameworks.
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ The easiest way to use these samples without Git is to download the ZIP file. Se
 
 ## 📄 Samples versioning
 
-The samples will be updated with GA releases of the Windows App SDK. The `main` branch includes the latest samples, which may also include experimental or preview features. Specific release branches are named `release/x.y` and contain samples that reference the corresponding GA version of the Windows App SDK. This repository currently includes the following release branches:
+The samples will be updated with GA releases of the Windows App SDK. The `main` branch includes samples for stable Windows App SDK features only. Experimental and preview samples belong in the `release/experimental` branch. Specific stable release branches are named `release/x.y` and contain samples that reference the corresponding GA version of the Windows App SDK. This repository currently includes the following release branches:
 
 - [release/experimental](https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples/tree/release/experimental)
 - [release/1.8](https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK-Samples/tree/release/1.8-stable)