diff --git a/build_functions/default_vld.ini b/build_functions/default_vld.ini
index c1861985..f0e2113d 100644
--- a/build_functions/default_vld.ini
+++ b/build_functions/default_vld.ini
@@ -49,4 +49,67 @@ SkipCrtStartupLeaks = yes
 ;   - UuidFromStringA, UuidToStringA: RPCRT4.dll caches computer name via GetComputerNameExW
 ;   - SymLoadModuleExW, SymGetLineFromAddr64, SymFromAddr, GetSymLoadError: dbghelp.dll symbol caches
 ;   - SortGetHandle, InternalLcidToName, GetNamedLocaleHashNode: kernel locale caches
-IgnoreFunctionsList = CryptFindOIDInfo,I_CryptGetAsn1Decoder,I_CryptGetAsn1Encoder,CryptEnumOIDFunction,CertOIDToAlgId,CryptMsgSignCTL,CryptMsgOpenToDecode,UuidFromStringA,UuidToStringA,SymLoadModuleExW,SymGetLineFromAddr64,SymFromAddr,GetSymLoadError,SortGetHandle,InternalLcidToName,GetNamedLocaleHashNode
+;
+;   Winsock / DNS false positives (observed on VS 2025 / Windows Server 2025):
+;
+;   - WahCreateHandleContextTable: undocumented WS2_32.dll internal function.
+;     Creates the Winsock helper (WAH) handle context hash table (2312-byte
+;     blocks allocated via GlobalAlloc). Called by WSAStartup to initialize
+;     the process-wide table, and again via WSASocketW/socket/mswsock for
+;     provider-specific tables. These are process-lifetime allocations that
+;     the OS cleans up at process exit. Using this internal name rather
+;     than the public callers (WSAStartup, WSASocketW, socket) avoids
+;     accidentally suppressing real application leaks in code that uses
+;     those public APIs.
+;
+;   - WahInsertHandleContext: undocumented WS2_32.dll internal function.
+;     Inserts per-socket entries (256-byte blocks) into the WAH handle
+;     context hash table created by WahCreateHandleContextTable. These
+;     appear in call stacks that create sockets or resolve DNS. Using this
+;     internal name avoids suppressing real leaks from public socket APIs.
+;
+;   - MesBufferHandleReset: undocumented RPCRT4.dll internal function.
+;     Called during DNS name resolution to cache the local computer name
+;     via GetComputerNameExW -> MesEncodeDynBufferHandleCreate. This is a
+;     one-time 32-byte RPC serialization buffer allocation that persists
+;     for the process lifetime. Using this internal name is preferred over
+;     the public MesEncodeDynBufferHandleCreate because the latter could
+;     mask real leaks from intentional RPC serialization usage.
+;
+;   - WSALookupServiceBeginW: WS2_32.dll namespace provider lookup function.
+;     During DNS resolution, getaddrinfo -> GetAddrInfoW calls
+;     WSAEnumNameSpaceProvidersW, which internally calls
+;     WSALookupServiceBeginW to enumerate providers. On the first call,
+;     this triggers LoadLibraryExA to load rasadhlp.dll (Remote Access
+;     Service Address Helper), whose DLL initialization allocates 256-byte
+;     blocks (via malloc) that persist for the process lifetime. The
+;     rasadhlp.dll internal functions are unexported and unresolvable
+;     without PDBs, so we suppress at this level instead. Using
+;     WSALookupServiceBeginW rather than the public getaddrinfo avoids
+;     masking real leaks where application code calls getaddrinfo without
+;     a matching freeaddrinfo.
+;     NOTE: This is also covered by IgnoreModulesList below (rasadhlp.dll).
+;     WSALookupServiceBeginW is kept here as a fallback for older VLD
+;     versions that do not support IgnoreModulesList.
+;
+IgnoreFunctionsList = CryptFindOIDInfo,I_CryptGetAsn1Decoder,I_CryptGetAsn1Encoder,CryptEnumOIDFunction,CertOIDToAlgId,CryptMsgSignCTL,CryptMsgOpenToDecode,UuidFromStringA,UuidToStringA,SymLoadModuleExW,SymGetLineFromAddr64,SymFromAddr,GetSymLoadError,SortGetHandle,InternalLcidToName,GetNamedLocaleHashNode,WahCreateHandleContextTable,WahInsertHandleContext,MesBufferHandleReset,WSALookupServiceBeginW
+
+; Suppress false positives from system DLLs loaded during getaddrinfo.
+;
+; When getaddrinfo is first called, the Winsock layer (WS2_32.dll)
+; enumerates namespace providers via WSAEnumNameSpaceProvidersW. This
+; triggers dynamic loading of provider DLLs whose initialization allocates
+; memory that persists for the process lifetime (freed at process exit).
+;
+; The majority of leak blocks come from RPCRT4.dll (RPC binding setup,
+; buffer allocation, context handles) and KERNELBASE.dll (LoadLibraryExW
+; for provider DLLs). The exact DLLs and block sizes vary by OS version
+; and installed network providers. Common leaking DLLs include:
+;
+;   - rasadhlp.dll: Remote Access Service Address Helper. Loaded via
+;     LoadLibraryExA during namespace provider enumeration.
+;
+; NOTE: IgnoreModulesList requires VLD v2.5.15+ with IgnoreModulesList
+; support. Older VLD versions will silently ignore this option.
+;
+IgnoreModulesList = rasadhlp.dll
diff --git a/pipeline_templates/build_and_run_tests.yml b/pipeline_templates/build_and_run_tests.yml
index 1bc489bb..b7064845 100644
--- a/pipeline_templates/build_and_run_tests.yml
+++ b/pipeline_templates/build_and_run_tests.yml
@@ -251,10 +251,10 @@ jobs:
         repo_root: ${{ parameters.repo_root_override }}
 
   - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
-    displayName: 'Publish ${{ parameters.ARCH_TYPE }} ${{ parameters.build_configuration}} Artifacts'
+    displayName: 'Publish ${{ parameters.ARCH_TYPE }} ${{ parameters.build_configuration}} ${{ parameters.GBALLOC_LL_TYPE }} Artifacts'
     inputs:
       targetPath: $(Build.BinariesDirectory)
-      artifactName: ${{ parameters.build_configuration}}_${{ parameters.ARCH_TYPE }}_artifacts
+      artifactName: ${{ parameters.build_configuration}}_${{ parameters.GBALLOC_LL_TYPE }}_${{ parameters.ARCH_TYPE }}_artifacts
       parallel: true
     condition: failed()
 
diff --git a/vcpkg_triplets/arm64-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake b/vcpkg_triplets/arm64-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake
index 12a608a7..b1fa03c3 100644
--- a/vcpkg_triplets/arm64-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake
+++ b/vcpkg_triplets/arm64-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE arm64)
 set(VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE dynamic)
 set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE static)
-set(VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET v143)
+# VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET not set - auto-detect from the current VS installation
 # Unfortunately we have to workaround an issue introduced in Visual Studio 17.10 where due to a change in mutex a break in the ABI seems to exist
 # https://github.com/microsoft/STL/releases/tag/vs-2022-17.10
 # Fixed mutex's constructor to be constexpr. #3824 #4000 #4339
diff --git a/vcpkg_triplets/x64-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake b/vcpkg_triplets/x64-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake
index 60f13d38..34a4e4b5 100644
--- a/vcpkg_triplets/x64-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake
+++ b/vcpkg_triplets/x64-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE x64)
 set(VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE dynamic)
 set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE static)
-set(VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET v143)
+# VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET not set - auto-detect from the current VS installation
 # Unfortunately we have to workaround an issue introduced in Visual Studio 17.10 where due to a change in mutex a break in the ABI seems to exist
 # https://github.com/microsoft/STL/releases/tag/vs-2022-17.10
 # Fixed mutex's constructor to be constexpr. #3824 #4000 #4339
diff --git a/vcpkg_triplets/x64-windows-static-cbt.cmake b/vcpkg_triplets/x64-windows-static-cbt.cmake
index 8b352cdf..0b3017ed 100644
--- a/vcpkg_triplets/x64-windows-static-cbt.cmake
+++ b/vcpkg_triplets/x64-windows-static-cbt.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE x64)
 set(VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE dynamic)
 set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE static)
-set(VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET v143)
+# VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET not set - auto-detect from the current VS installation
 # Unfortunately we have to workaround an issue introduced in Visual Studio 17.10 where due to a change in mutex a break in the ABI seems to exist
 # https://github.com/microsoft/STL/releases/tag/vs-2022-17.10
 # Fixed mutex's constructor to be constexpr. #3824 #4000 #4339
diff --git a/vcpkg_triplets/x86-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake b/vcpkg_triplets/x86-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake
index e744f686..985a0756 100644
--- a/vcpkg_triplets/x86-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake
+++ b/vcpkg_triplets/x86-windows-static-cbt-asan.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE x86)
 set(VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE dynamic)
 set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE static)
-set(VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET v143)
+# VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET not set - auto-detect from the current VS installation
 # Unfortunately we have to workaround an issue introduced in Visual Studio 17.10 where due to a change in mutex a break in the ABI seems to exist
 # https://github.com/microsoft/STL/releases/tag/vs-2022-17.10
 # Fixed mutex's constructor to be constexpr. #3824 #4000 #4339
diff --git a/vcpkg_triplets/x86-windows-static-cbt.cmake b/vcpkg_triplets/x86-windows-static-cbt.cmake
index aed23702..6345fc38 100644
--- a/vcpkg_triplets/x86-windows-static-cbt.cmake
+++ b/vcpkg_triplets/x86-windows-static-cbt.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE x86)
 set(VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE dynamic)
 set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE static)
-set(VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET v143)
+# VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET not set - auto-detect from the current VS installation
 # Unfortunately we have to workaround an issue introduced in Visual Studio 17.10 where due to a change in mutex a break in the ABI seems to exist
 # https://github.com/microsoft/STL/releases/tag/vs-2022-17.10
 # Fixed mutex's constructor to be constexpr. #3824 #4000 #4339