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Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.8.6
Issued Addressed in this Release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8.6:
- a high priority bug blocking developers from pushing code to Azure Functions or other Azure resources from Visual Studio 2019.
- VS 16.8.5 Create a Git repository - Create a new GitHub repository - PUBLIC (unchecked Private option) - FAIL


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.8.5
CVE-2021-1639 TypeScript Language Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability:
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Visual Studio loads a malicious repository containing JavaScript or TypeScript code files

CVE-2021-1721 .NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability:
- A denial-of-service vulnerability exists when creating HTTPS web request during X509 certificate chain building

CVE-2021-24112 .NET 5 and .NET Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability:
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists when disposing metafiles when a graphics interface still has a reference to it. This vulnerability only exists on systems running on MacOS or Linux.

Issued Addressed in this Release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8.5:
- Fixed an issue where x86 Microsoft.VCLibs Appx installed under ExtensionSDKs updated with correct signature
- Fixed a memory leak when using C++ DesignTime features
- Fixed an issue where an exception would occur if a password is not remembered when importing an existing database into an SSDT project
- Fixed an issue where the publish button is disabled the first time customers publish .NET Core projects to a folder or other hosting targets
- Fixed a hang that occasionally occurred when developers opened the publish profiles view page
- Adds Xcode 12.4 support

Items From Developer Community:
- Fixed an issue where .sqlproj is not updating with changes
- Visual Studio 2019 crashes with OOM failures on Chromium solutions
- Bug in optimization compiler of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7.6
- Visual Studio crashes when Adding New Item -> Table on a Database project
- VSDIIUnregisterServer is slowing Visual Studio 2019 down
- Unexpected Visual Studio 2019 crash when docking or splitting windows


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.8.4
- Fixed an issue where C#-specific IntelliCode components may not be installed if IntelliCode had previously been installed from the Visual Studio Marketplace in older versions of Visual Studio
- Transitive project references are now respected when a PackageReference projects references packages.config projects with PackageReference dependencies
- Adds Xcode 12.3 support
- Fixes x86_64 watchOS 7.0+ simulator support


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.8.3
- Fixed an internal compiler error when a nested function template is defined outside of the parent class
- Fixed incorrect error C2355 when 'this' is used in the initializer of a non-static data member
- Ruleset loading error has been fixed for custom ruleset using /analyze:ruleset option with /analyze:rulesetdirectory and/or /analyze:projectdirectory option
- Fix for an intermittent crash in Visual Studio while using WinForms .NET Core designer
- .NET 5.0.1 insertion into Visual Studio v 16.8.3
- Fixed an issue where some of the UI context activiated tool windows can cause Visual Studio to crash
- Fixed Push from Manage Branches page when there is no Git remote tracking branch
Added Xcode 12.2 support


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.8.2
- Fixed for optimization bug in loops
- Fixed internal compiler error in implementation of guaranteed copy elision (C++17 feature)
- Fixed build perf regression for large uses of anonymous types
- Resolved an issue where a gold bar with the message "Specified argument was out of the range of valid values" would appear when editing C# code
- Fixed an issue that could cause a MissingMethodException when building a project that had T4 templates
- Fixes an issue where the search in the New Project Dialog could return zero results


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.8.1
- Fixed a high-impacting issue where “The 'SourceExplorerPackage' package did not load correctly.” warning pops up when cloning a repo in Team Explorer. When users encountered this problem, it would cause the product to stop responding.


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.8.0
F#:
- F# 5 is now released alongside .NET 5
- Performance improvements and fixes for Visual Studio tooling via F# Tools version 11.0.0
- Full release notes available on GitHub

C++:
- C++20 Coroutines are now supported under /std:c++latest and the header.
- IntelliSense now provides support for C++20 and headers, and rename and browsing for concept definitions.
- Our STL now has support for the majority of C++20 Ranges.
- Conditionally trivial special member functions are now supported in MSVC.
- C11 and C17 are now supported under the /std:c11 and /std:c17 switches.
- Additional STL improvements include full support for std::atomic_ref, std::midpoint and std::lerp and std::execution::unseq, optimizations for std::reverse_copy, and more.
- Upgraded version of CMake shipped with Visual Studio to CMake 3.18.
- Our code analysis tools now support the SARIF 2.1 standard: the industry standard static analysis log format.
- Missing build tools in Linux projects will now issue a warning in the toolbar and a clear description of the missing tools in the error list.
- You can now debug Linux core dumps on a remote Linux system or WSL directly from Visual Studio.
- For C++ Doxygen comment generation, we added additional comment style options (/*! and //!).
- Additional vcpkg announcements
- Compiler support for lambdas in unevaluated contexts
- /debug:full link performance improved by multi-threading pdb creation. Several large applications and AAA games see between 2 to 4 times faster linking.
- The Visual Studio debugger now has support for char8_t.
- Support for ARM64 projects using clang-cl.
- Intel AMX intrinsics support.

Debugger:
- .NET Core Linux core dump debugging support
- .NET and .NET Core Auto Analysis
- .NET and .NET Core memory hot path auto analysis

Experimental Razor Editor Updates:
- Blazor light bulbs
- C# light bulbs
- Enhanced Razor formatting
- Rename Razor components in markup from .razor files
- Go-to-definition on Blazor component tag namespace
- C# hover colorization
- C# completion toolitip colorization
- Go-to-definition/implementation for Razor, including closed files
- Find All References in closed Razor files
- Improved Razor editing preformance and stability for large projects and solutions

Fakes with SDK Style Projects:
- When using the new Fakes support for SDK style projects some users encountered the following error when generating shims

Git Productivity:
- Learn more about how to use all the Git features in our new online documentation
- Open the Git Repository window at any time through the Git Changes window, the View menu, and the Status bar
- Fetch, Pull, and Push from multiple remotes in the Git Changes window
- View success and error messages for Git commands at the top of the Git Repository window
- Create a new branch from an Azure DevOps work item
- Open a Git repository from a list of your local repositories in the Git menu
- The default source control provider is now Git instead of TFVC
- Single click to switch between branch histories in the Git Repository window
- View and select from a list of solutions in Solution Explorer after opening a repository
- Modify the history view and search for commits through a tool bar in the Git Repository window
- Fetch, pull, and push from the incoming and outgoing commits sections in the history graph of a branch
- Get prompted to create a pull request after pushing a branch to your remote
- View branch names in the merge and rebase commands in the branch list context menu
- Access Git commands through the context menu in Solution Explorer and the Editor
- Observe clone progress through a new modal dialog with the option to move the process to the background

IntelliCode:
- Get personalized IntelliCode completions in Visual Studio documentation
- Keep your IntelliCode completions up-to-date with your codebase and share as part of your team's CI workflow documentation

.NET Productivity:
- Roslyn analyzers are now included in the .NET 5.0 SDK
- Refactoring that introduces the new C# 9 not pattern matching syntax when a suppression operator is present
- Inline method refactoring to help replace usages of static, instance, and extension method within a single statement body
- Code fix to convert instances of typeof to nameof in C# and GetType to NameOf in Visual Basic
- C# and Visual Basic support for inline parameter name hints that inserts adornments for literals, casted literals, and object instantiations prior to each argument in function calls
- Refactoring that extracts members from a selected class to a new base class in both C# and Visual Basic
- Code cleanup has new configuration options that can apply formatting and file header preferences set in your EditorConfig file across a single file or an entire solution
- Code fix to remove the in keyword where the argument should not be passed by reference
- Refactoring that introduces the new C#9 pattern combinators and pattern matching suggestions such as converting == to use is where applicable
- Code fix to make a class abstract when you are trying to write an abstract method in a class that is not abstract
- IntelliSense completion in DateTime and TimeSpan string literals automatically appear when the first quote is typed
- Code fix to remove unnecessary pragma suppressions and unnecessary SuppressMessageAttributes
- Rename and Find All References understands references to symbols within the target string of global SuppressMessageAttributes
- ByVal fades to say it's not necessary along with a code fix to remove the unnecessary ByVal in Visual Basic
- Interactive window support for multiple runtimes, such as .NET Framework and .NET Core.
- Added a new RegisterAdditionalFileAction API that allows analyzer authors to create an analyzer for additional files.

Visual Studio 2019 IDE:
- Add your Github account using the account management experience
- In this release, the legacy Find in Files experience has been deprecated and all users are being moved to the new experience. The Editor team is working with folks who leave feedback in Developer Community who are experiencing issues with the modern Find in Files experience.
- The ClickOnce publish provider is now available for .NET Core 3.1 and .NET 5.0 Windows Desktop Apps.

XAML Tools (WPF, UWP, & Xamarin.Forms):
- XAML Binding Failures diagnostic improvements
- XAML Hot Reload Settings moved to "Debugging > Hot Reload"
- Toolbox population from unreferenced NuGet packages

JavaScript/TypeScript:
- The JavaScript/TypeScript debugger now supports debugging service workers, web workers, iFrames, and your page JavaScript all at the same time! In addition, the new debugging experience adds support for debugging your back-end node server applications and client-side JavaScript in the browser simultaneously. This feature is still experimental. You can enable the new debugging experience in the Debugging options menu
- You can now trigger refactors anywhere they might be available by using the code action shortcut (ctrl + .). You don't even need to select any text - TypeScript is now smart enough to look around your cursor location for the best available refactors!
- You can now fine tune which packages TypeScript searches for automatic import completion. This can lead to performance improvements in some projects with a lot of dependencies. For more details, please reference the TypeScript 4.0
- We added a message in the output pane showing which types we install to support intellisense. We recommend adding a tsconfig to your project to customize which types are used.
- Please note we include the TypeScript 4.0 compiler and language service


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.7.7
- Added Xcode 12.1 GM support
- Update of MSVC 14.16, 14.20, 14.24, and 14.26 toolsets to match latest servicing releases
- Fixed a bug that caused a crash when renaming a type and file currently not open in the editor


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.7.6
- Get the message "Working on it" when switching to a tab
- Visual Studio Feedback - new Web-Browser based Version crashes due to proxy failure
- Unable to build xamarin.ios library project with .xib interface declaration on specific version of VS
- Cannot generate shim for System.DateTime
- IntelliCode suggestion, filtering compilation errors
- Inserting .NET Core SDK 3.1.403 into Visual Studio 2019
- Fixed a bug that affects debugging https enabled Service Fabric Application
- Support Service Fabric nuget packages with external dependencies


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.7.5
- Incorrect code gen on ARM64 with vector math (DirectXMath.h)
- Faulty type casts : VS.2019 V16.7.1, native C++
- C++ builds with Windows SDK 8.1 fail after upgrade to Visual Studio 16.7
- With VC++ 16.7 ABI change in vtable.
- fatal error C1001: Internal compiler error with 16.7.0
- CET/EHCONT Exception handling metadata is broken in vcruntime140.dll. This fix may have an increased chance of requiring a reboot of the machine in order to install an updated VC++ Redistributable package.
- PGO switch MEMMAX seems not respected
- [19.26.28900] New compiler causing possible bad codegen
- Code analysis crashed with buffer underflow
- Fixed a bug in the C++ compiler when importing classes with methods containing a combination of default arguments and [params] / [ParamArray] argument list


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.7.4
- Adds Xcode 12.0 GM support
- Adds support for setting a Color set as Accent Color in the Info.plist editor


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.7.3
Fixed:
- Fixed a compiler crash for switch statements or switch expressions that use pattern matching
- Restored the "Stop Debugging(Shift +F5)" workflow for Unit Testing by terminating the test run
- Prevent VS crash on switching project configuration when WinForms .NET Core designer has unsaved changes
- Out of support versions of .NET Core will no longer be reinstalled during a repair or upgrade if they were removed outside of VS setup
- Fixed an issue where External Dependencies weren't accurately searched in Find in Files
- Reintroduced the "Commit..." button in the Git submenu in Solution Explorer's context menu
- Fixed a bug that caused the TFVC Check-in Notes label to be invisible
- Fix crash when using WinForm designer in SDK-style csproj with multiple target frameworks
- Fixed issue where <d:Style.DataContext> was reporting an invalid markup error
- VS 2019 cannot find the commit code function after the modified commit code
- WinForms Designer not load Forms with visual inheritance. VS CRASH!
- Find in Files--Some *.h files are not included in the search even though they clearly belong to a project
- Regression c++ background intellisense hangs on opensslconf.h fron a unc path in 16.7
- C++ refactoring by change signature forgets header files
- TFVC check-in notes not displayed in vs 2019
- WPF XAML Designer - Style Data Context Design Time
- Stop Debugging (Shift+ F5) does not stop the test run VS 2019 update 16.7.2.
- VS2019 won't open folder with CMake project


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.7.2
- Gold bar following RPC exception in StreamPipeReader.AdvanceTo: No reading operation to complete
- We have resolved a crashing issue that would occur when typing the comma separating positional records, but before having typed the next character
- Visual Studio 2019 v16.7 Xamarin Android crash on start up in debug


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.7.1
- SQL Server Project is crashing when editing columns using design panel
- SQL Server Database project : Fast scrolling in Design View of a table crashes VS
- CImage::Draw() has ambiguous call to DrawImage() in 16.7.0 Preview1
- Compiler Error when lowering x86 switch statements
- arm64: function too large after upgrade from 15.9.16 to 16.4.11
- Arm64: Indirect register (x8) contains invalid value at start of function
- Unexpected error C2027: use of undefined type when using templates with /permissive-
- Fixed a bug causing the C++ compiler to crash when building NanoRange


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.7.0
Fixed:
- Fixed WMI Provider component installation failure
- Fixed an issue where users were not able to see test run progress by clicking the left button at the bottom of the bar
- Improved performance of discovering available Visual Studio Codespace billing plans
- When creating a Visual Studio Codespace, we changed the default suspend time from 30minutes to 3 hours
- Fix bug where the Git Changes window informs the user they have incoming/outgoing commits, when in fact they have none
- Improved stability of the Diagnostic Tools and Performance Profiler
- Addressed an issue where Azure Sphere Visual Studio extension will not be automatically updated due to a minor version mismatch. With the fix, Azure Sphere will be able to get automatically updated when the VSIX auto updater runs


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.6.5
Fixed:
- Added Apple Xcode support to Visual Studio 2019
- WPF XAML IntelliSense not working on 16.6.0


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.6.4
CVE-2020-1393 Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability:
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service fails to properly sanitize input, leading to an unsecure library-loading behavior

CVE-2020-1416 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability:
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when it loads software dependencies

CVE-CVE-2020-1147 .NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability:
- A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to an ASP.NET Core application, or other application that parses certain types of XML. The security update addresses the vulnerability by restricting the types that are allowed to be present in the XML payload.

Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6.4:
- WPF XAML IntelliSense not working in 16.6.0
- Creating new files no longer crashes Visual Studio


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.6.3
Fixed:
- WMI Provider MSI still failing to install in 16.6
- View History on context menu in Solution Explorer doesn't do anything
- Cannot generate shim for X509Certificate2 with Visual Studio 2019 16.6.0
- Add Controller and Add New Scaffolded Item dialogs are not showing all data contexts after upgrading Visual Studio Enterprise 16.5.6->16.6.0
- Cannot open new json file
- About Microsoft Visual Studio frozen
- Visual Studio 2019 16.6.0 Microsoft Fakes Issue
- VSSDK IVsHierarchy Regression in VS 16.6.x
- Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041.1)- ARM64 memcpy crashes when accessing unaligned uncached memory
- Add script to SQL Server Database project does not open User Scripts list
- Fakes generation with ref argument
- Frequent soft hang with Code Analysis callstack in Open Folder project
- Visual Studio Class Designer dark theme support
- Added support for Text Template Transformation Toolkit (T4) in .NET Core projects
- Separate IntelliCode team completions model acquisition from model production
- Addressed an issue where users may have experienced critical update or installation failures due to the WMIProvider package that would block use of the IDE. Failures in this component no longer block use of the IDE.
- Fixed a problem causing the product to stop responding when working with Xamarin projects on certain scenarios
- Fixed a bug where VS would crash when attempting to decrypt an invalid UWP code-signing certificate


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.6.2
Fixed:
- Visual Studio 2019 16.60 hang at run or build when modified not saved in C++/CLI project
- An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignTools.WpfTap.dll
- Recurring null reference when reopening documents
- "Create new project" dialog search does not find templates for third-party language providers
- IntelliSense shows that "tilde-slash" (~/) points to ASP .NET Core 3.1 project root instread of wwwroot subfolder after upgrading Visual Studio Enterprise 16.5.6->16.6.0
- Fixed a compiler error (error C2475: redefinition; 'constexpr' specifier mismatch) affecting std::atomic when compiled as C++/CX in C++17 mode
- URL completion values and format was fixed in Razor views. App-relative URL format is now used again and the values in the URL completion list show files and folders rooted under app root, i.e. wwwroot
- Fixed a crash when using snippets
- Restore item templates that could be hidden by extensions


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.6.1
Fixed:
- Fixed issue when using HotRestart to deploy iOS application
- Fixed and issue where Xamarin.iOS fails to build with MessagingRemoteException
- Fixed an issue which would place constant-initialized static local 'const' variables in 'inline' functions which were previously dynamically-initialized in the read-only data segment. This can cause compatibility issues when linking against OBJs compiled with older toolsets.
- Fixed a build error in Xamarin.Android projects that could be encountered when Android layout files contain certain characters
- Fixed an issue with .resx localization at runtime for Xamarin.Android applications
- C++ IntelliSense vcpkgsrv.exe frequently crashes with set_parent_scope_on_push
- Fixed WMI Provider component installation failure
- Fixed a crash in some cases when displaying the Quick Info tooltip for C++ code
- Fixed a crash when closing Visual Studio
- Adds Xcode 11.5 SDK support
- Removes abstract modifier to BGTask


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.6.0
Fixed:
- When New Git experience feature flag is enabled, a message will appear in Team Explorer guiding users to the new Git tool window
- Fix for intermittent UI delay while closing VS when WinForms .NET Core designer is in open state
- Fixed issues creating projects using type providers, throwing missing method exception at runtime
- Fixed project creation for .NET framework projects
- New find in files experience respects options in Tools-Options-Find and Replace pane
- Fixed a bug where Git repository does not change when closing a Folder and opening a Solution
- Fixed bug when building iOS app using full debug symbols
- Added back browing of Mac Distribution provisioning profiles and certificates from Windows
- Fixed a bug causing Visual Studio 2019 to stop responding when working with Xamarin projects on certain scenarios
- Added keyboard shortcut for "Copy with Headers" option in SQL Script Results Gri
- SSDT users will now be able to set and view sensitivity properties for all version above SQL Server 200
- Improve Connection Properties dialog for accessibility users
- Fixed occasional crashes when using Tested By Code Lens indicator
- Ensure auto population of text in Find in files is as per legacy behavior
- Ensure left arrow key behavior in find in files is correct
- An issue blocking C++ users of the C++20 Ranges library from using algorithms


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.5.5
Fixed:
- Team Explorer not loading after update to mandatory latest visual studio version for Visual studio 2019
- Find Highlighting Fails when Matching with Match Case Disabled and Regex Option Enabled


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.5.4
- Modified the find "List View" to work with the VsColorOutput extension
- Fixed a regression introduced with version 16.5 where use of default indexed properties with value-types caused an internal compiler error
- Modified find in files to preserve user settings between Visual Studio 2019 sessions
- Fixed an issue where Goto next/previous entry failed to work in the find results list when "preview selected files in find results" is turned off
- Fixed an issue with find when doing a regex search a pattern that did not contain regex special characters
- Fixed the button placement in find in files tool window when its in a docked position. Changed alignments for better experience in docked mode.
- Fixed an issue where the find list view did not navigate to results when enter was hit
- Fixed an issue where Goto next/previous entry failed to work in the find results list when "preview selected files in find results" is turned off


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.5.3
- An error occurred while generating the SSH keys. Please check that the environment is properly configured. Details: cat: /Users/cc/Library/Caches/Xamarin/XMA/Keys/1984b83a-dde9-4031-919d-b1d1b8411d0d: No such file or directory
- InvalidOperationException while debugging Xamarin Forms app
- Frame note in module in Xamarin Forms Android
- Internal compiler error is fixed and analysis for WDK completes as usual.
- We fixed an issue in the new Find in Files experience where hidden files and auto-generated files were not searchable.
- Fixed issue with deployment of UWP apps to remote machines where deployment fails with message "DEP0600: Deployment failed. DkmException - Error in the application."
- Local static variable not initialized in inlined function of class imported from dll
- VS 2019 16.5.X: Multiple startup projects while Live Visual Tree was last opened in a debug session crashes
- Fixed issues where for the C++ formatting indentation of new lines with only ending parenthesis
- Fixed a bug preventing some users from installing 16.5
- Fix an issue where Visual Studio can crash when the display configuration changes.
- Fixed an issue causing slow downs when opening solutions that are impacting the IntelliSense code and related operations
- Fixed a crash with the debugger that users can run into when the target application being debugged raises an exception
- Added support for Xcode 11.4


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.5.2
Fixed:
- An error occurred while generating the SSH keys. Please check that the environment is properly configured. Details: cat: /Users/cc/Library/Caches/Xamarin/XMA/Keys/1984b83a-dde9-4031-919d-b1d1b8411d0d: No such file or directory
- InvalidOperationException while debugging Xamarin Forms app
- Frame note in module in Xamarin Forms Android
- Internal compiler error is fixed and analysis for WDK completes as usual
- We fixed an issue in the new Find in Files experience where hidden files and auto-generated files were not searchable
- Fixed issue with deployment of UWP apps to remote machines where deployment fails with message "DEP0600: Deployment failed. DkmException - Error in the application."
- Local static variable not initialized in inlined function of class imported from dll
- VS 2019 16.5.X: Multiple startup projects while Live Visual Tree was last opened in a debug session crashes
- Fixed issues where for the C++ formatting indentation of new lines with only ending parenthesis
- Fixed a bug preventing some users from installing 16.5
- Fix an issue where Visual Studio can crash when the display configuration changes
- Fixed an issue causing slow downs when opening solutions that are impacting the IntelliSense code and related operations
- Fixed a crash with the debugger that users can run into when the target application being debugged raises an exception
- Added support for Xcode 11.4


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.5.1
- A bug is fixed in loop unroller which might lead to wrong condition codes being generated in the unrolled loop
- Fixed a bug that caused ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x64 to stop working
- Fixes issue in Chinese version of compiler errors C4533 and C2362 which resulted in incorrect order of string substitution for those languages
- Improved stability of the Diagnostic Tools and Performance Profiler
- Code generation problem causing crash with pure virtual destructor in const object
- Fixed a constant evaluation regression from 16.5 Preview 2
- Fixed an issue where MacOS couldn't be paired
- Fixed an issue where the Diagnostic Tools while debugging and Performance Profiler fail to launch on XBox devices


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.5.0
Visual Studio IDE:
- On-hover a close button appears for each document in the tab group overflow list
- Multi-selection of Azure directories
- Implemented user suggested improvements in vertical tabs

Debugging:
- Decompilation of C# code
- Attach to processes running in Docker Windows containers
- Open Enclave debugging for Azure Confidential Computing
- Improvements to Allocation view in .NET Object Allocation Tracking tool
- View which managed thread is holding a .NET object lock
- Open Enclave debugging for Azure Confidential Computing
- Pin properties in DataTips and the Autos, Locals, and Watch windows in C++

Azure Tools:
- Productivity Improvements | Now provides .NET Core Worker Server support
- Support was added for Azure Functions v3. This gives a new option during project creation to use v3 instead of v2
- When publishing to App Service Linux, Visual Studio now waits until the app is running before opening the browser window

C++:
- IntelliCode Team Completions model & member variables support
- IntelliSense improvements
- Connection Manager over the command line
- Debug/deploy for WSL
- Support for FIPS 140-2 compliance mode
- Language services for CMake Language files & better CMake project manipulation
- Visual Studio Linux projects now have more accurate IntelliSense and allow you to control remote header synchronization on a project-by-project basis

F# language and tools:
- Performance improvements for large solutions
- Preview FSharp.Core features are now guarded by the LangVersion flag
- Various bug fixes and enhancements

.NET Productivity:
- Refactoring to turn a fragment of code from an existing method into a local function
- Refactoring to make members static
- Refactoring to simplify string interpolations
- EditorConfig option to exclude analyzers to run on generated files or folders
- Analyzer authors can now distribute custom code refactorings as a NuGet package
- Ability to convert if to switch statements or switch expressions
- IntelliSense completion for unimported extension methods
- Ability to use System.HashCode to implement the GetHashCode method when System.HashCode is available

Testing:
- Profile a unit test in .NET Core
- Default processor architecture 'Auto' setting
- Performance improvements in memory consumption and load time
- Better diagnostics for Live Unit Testing

JavaScript/TypeScript:
- Code Search for JavaScript/TypeScript
- ESLint for TypeScript files
- TypeScript 3.8 Beta compiler and language service for JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Experimental: Faster syntax highlighting engine that uses the syntax tree instead of TextMate grammars

SQL:
- Unable to view or open SQL Table Designer from SQL Server Object Explorer and Server Explorer

UWP/WPF Tooling:
- Enabled support for the 1909 version of Windows 10 as a UWP target platform.
- Dragging an image from project into the XAML editor generates an Image tag
- Changing “Artboard Background” color for the XAML Designer now works with WPF .NET Core projects
- XAML Designer now supports loading .NET Core 3.x Projects that include PublishSingleFile, RuntimeIdenfier and PublishTrimmed settings

Xamarin:
- Use XAML Hot Reload on multiple emulators, simulators, and devices at once
- Document Outline for Xamarin.Forms XAML UIs
- Android Apply Changes
- Custom Profiles with Startup Tracing
- Kotlin support for Xamarin.Android generator
- Improved AndroidManifest.xml Merging
- Custom Control Quick Changes for Android Layouts
- Improved Android IntelliSense


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.4.6
Fixed:
- Miscompile, boolean condition deduced to be always true
- Issue with loop unroll in Visual Studio 2019 compiler
- CL (VC v19.24) crashes when building in a docker volume folder
- CL (VC v19.22) crashes when it starts with the /ZI parameter in the docker container
- Compiling SSE intrinsics with MSVC compiler 19.20: compiled code yields incorrect results in one specific case
- C++ AMP code will not compile in Visual Studio 2019 16.3.1
- Sometimes coroutine_handle<>::destroy() resumes coroutine instead of destroying it
- New Spectre mitigation options in C++ compiler: /Qspectre-load & /Qspectre-load-cf for speculative load hardening

Security Advisory Notice:
- Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles file operations, or the Windows Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service fails to properly sanitize input.

Spoofing vulnerability when creating Outlook Web -Add-in:
- A spoofing vulnerability exists when creating an Outlook Web-Addin if multi-factor authentication is enabled, as it includes a reply URL that is not secured by SSL. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could compromise the access tokens, exposing security and privacy risks.

Visual Studio Extension Installer Service Denial of Service Vulnerability:
- A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause a target system to stop responding.


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.4.5
-Merge Conflict: "Take Source"/"Keep Target" is missing
-Crashes when trying to debug uwp application
-Unable to select target platform azure v12 for database project
-Fixed crashes or errors that can occur when running Visual Studio after an install action that requires a reboot
-Fixed an issue deploying Xamarin.Android apps. This peviously required a manual uninstall of the app from the device or emulator
-This change fixes a bug where the compiler may sometimes incorrectly remove an instruction in a C++ coroutine


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.4.4
Fixed:
- Custom Project Template Not Found
- msvsmon.exe crashes when hitting breakpoint in native C++ code
- Search for a folder in solution explorer, then click home or the X in the search box. The view is reset.
- External Tools argument current line is always zero
- Can't create v3 Function project
- Access violation reading location 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. after updating to VS 2019 Update 16.4.3
- Cannot create function app under 16.4
- MSVC2019 generates AVX-512 instruction in AVX/AVX2 mode
- Bad code generation with rsqrtss (register clobber)
- Visual Studio 2019 Debugger crashes when viewing FastLink callstack
- C#: Fixed a crash when an attribute constructor is decorated with itself and Nullable Reference Types is enabled
- Fixed an optimization-analysis bug where we lose track of alias information for arrays of indeterminate length (declared as extern int a[]) when we unroll loops, leading to possible incorrect dead-store removal.


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.4.3
CVE-2020-0602 ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability:
- A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the ASP.NET Core application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the ASP.NET Core web application handles web requests.

CVE-2020-0603 ASP.NET Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability:
- A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the ASP.NET Core application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the ASP.NET Core web application handles in memory.

CVE-2020-0605 .NET Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability:
- Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of .NET Core. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how .NET Core checks the source markup of a file.

CVE-2020-0606 .NET Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability:
- Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of .NET Core. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how .NET Core checks the source markup of a file.

Fixed:
- DateTime.Now = Cannot provide the valuehost value not found
- MSVC codegen error vector reverse_iterator x64 C++17 debug build
- C2440 error building atlenc.h with /permissive- in VS 16.4 Preview 1
- Last Visual Studio update broke NTLM authentication on Android (seems like new version of Momo would be a reason)
- Visual Studio 16.3.1 fails at compiling template code (e.g. from Basler Pylon SDK)
- Using TypeScript 3.7 for IntelliSense
- XCode 11.3 is too new all of a sudden after update to 8.4
- You uploaded an APK or Android App Bundle with invalid or missing signing information for some of its files. You need to create a valid signed APK or Android App Bundle
- Unable to Run UWP project
- JavaScript IntelliSense not working after update 16.4.1
- Xib Xcode is to new(rendering problem when using custom components)
- Storyboard error'Xcode is too new'
- Stability improvements for debugging watchOS applications
- Adds Xcode 11.3 SDK support
- Fixed crash when fstack-protector-strong flag is enabled
- Fixed some inconsistent behavior with Debugger


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.4.2
- VS2019 Preview 4 broke conditional compilation symbols in C#
- API has been deprecated
- Android debugging not working in latest release 16.4 "Debuggee returned error code INVALID_ARGUMENT"
- Fixed a frequent UI delay that can occur while using the editor
- Fixed a crash when an attribute constructor is decorated with itself and Nullable Reference Types is enabled while using C#
- Fixed an issue that resulted in Visual Studio failing to start or crashing on C# solution load on certain Virtual Machine setups
- Fixed a bug where user defined conditional compliation symbols are lost when the build properties page is reopened


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.4.1
Fixed:
- Fixed "the write operation failed. you must first acquire write access from dataschemamodelcontroller" error trying to publish a database
- Fix ExecutionEngineException exceptions when using SignalR on iOS devices in some configurations
- Runtime Fix "CEE_RET: value type stack" crash when interpreter was enabled with some libraries
- TypeScript 3.7.3 is now included by default, which contains several fixes for issues that effect the JavaScript and TypeScript editing experience.
- May allow mitigation of a Per-Monitor awareness related crash in Visual Studio


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.4.0
- Visual Studio now supports “FIPS compliance mode”
- XAML Designer zoom/position now defaults to Fit All
- Create Data Binding Dialog has been added
- Improvements to regions IntelliSense
- Snippets in XAML IntelliSense
- Pop-up XAML editor as a separate window from designer
- Displaying resources for referenced assemblies
- Just My XAML in Live Visual Tree
- Merge Resource Dictionary
- XAML Islands support
- Edit Template now works with controsl from 3rd party controls
- Better Clang-Tidy support in C++ CMake projects
- AddressSanitizer support for projects compiled with MSVC on Windows
- Support for publishing local Git repositories to GitHub
- Change your document tabs to a vertical layout with Vertical Document Tabs
- .NET Productivity additions in this release include the ability to configure the severity level of a code style rule directly in the error list, Find All References now has the option to group by type and member, and a refacotring to make a local function static and pass in variables defined outside of the function to the function's declaration and calls
- Integrated terminal adds new functionality as well as general stability fixes (only available on preview releases)
- Containers tool window adds the ability to inspect, stop, start, and remove Docker containers and images
- Option to improve startup peformance by auto hiding tool windows
- Clang-Tidy support in C++ MSBuild and CMake projects, for both Clang and MSVC
- Automatic detection of SQL Server and Azure Storage connections strings when managing publish dependencies or using Connected Services
- Added support for developing Azure Functions using the 64bit runtime
- Added support for .NET Core 3.0 app publishing options: Ready to Run (Crossgen), Linking, and SingleExe
- .NET Productivity additions in this release include the ability to configure the severity level of a code style rule directly through the editor, navigate easily up the inheritance chain with the new Go To Base command, adding null checks for all parameters, and XML documentation for overriding methods.


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.3.10
- Xamarin fastlane: "There was an error while syncing the developer information: 'Limit of requests to iTunes Connect is reached'"
- MSIX Package Project with WPF App - Create App Packages no longer works


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.3.9
- Edit Continue Crashes IDE
- Link.exe exited with code - 1073741819 when generating map files
- ClickOnce installer prerequisite vcredist 14 (x64) is invalid after download
- Every time I hit a breakpoint and apply changes with edit & continue Visual Studio crashes to desktop
- Fixed crash when editing code while debugging ASP.NET applications


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.3.8
- Added support for Xcode 11.2
- 'TypeConverter cannot convert from System.String' after upgrade to Visual Studio 2019
- Fixed an issue where loading existing extensions (.design dll) in UWP crashes Visual Studio


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.3.7
- C++ Linux project - Remote header sync is broken in Visual Studio 16.3
- Visual Studio 16.3 opens some files with notepad
- Fixed an issue with the Show Output window either closing too quickly
- Fixed an issue where Visual Studio 2019 stops responding in several scenarios, including opening a solution, changing solution configuration, and closing a solution


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.3.6
- Automatic ANSI .rc file conversion to UTF8
- Fixed an inaccurate error message when developers try publishing .NET Core 3.0 apps to Azure
- Stability improvement in msbuild/dotnet restore when plugins are used to restore against authenticated feeds


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.3.5
- Change log not available for this version


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.3.0
New:
- Support for adding new Open API & GRPC service references to .NET Core 3.0 projects
- Support for F# 4.7 and various F# tooling improvements
- Improvements for C++ developers, including toggleable line comments and improved IntelliSense member list filtering
- Search through recent projects, solutions, and folders within the start window
- Search for templates in the New Project Dialog with advanced search capabilities
- Publish .NET Core 3.0 worker projects to Azure Container Registry, DockerHub, etc.
- .NET Productivity additions in this release include the ability to rename the containing file when renaming a class as well as Edit and Continue enhancements within the debugger
- Debug Azure Functions running in Linux containers
- Search individual components while installing or modifying in the Visual Studio Installer
- Streamlined Visual Studio update experience that integrates Visual Studio IDE and Installer updates
- Differentiate workloads and components when adding them in the Visual Studio IDE
- Code Search via VS Search (Ctrl+Q)
- Easily find newly installed project templates, view selected values on filters, and pin recently used templates in the New Project Dialog
- Easily configure your applications' dependencies in publish profiles using the new [Add Dependency] wizard(#webtools-add-dependency-wizard)
- The Visual Studio installer components for .NET Core 2.1 and 2.2 now also include templates (instead of just the runtime)
- Tooling support for serving static assets from within a Razor class library
- Updated Python Testing Experience using the newly-added Python testing framework pytest as well as a modified unittest experience
- Reduced time to index large folders and search for files in these folders
- Added support for Xcode 11 and iOS 13
- Added support for Android 10
- Use XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms. to rapidly iterate on your Xamarin.Forms UI
- Android Material Design in the XAML Previewer for Xamarin.Forms
- New constraint editor in the Xamarin Designer for iOS
- Enabled publishing iOS apps on Windows
- There are new options for editing .plist files
- Improved tasks view when debugging in Parallel Stacks Window
- A variety of C++ productivity improvements, including new C++ Core checks, a new default semantic colorization scheme, and on-by-default IntelliCode
Support for parallel builds in MSBuild-based Linux C++ projects that leverage the native WSL experience
- .NET Productivity additions in this release include the ability to wrap chains of fluent calls, introduce a local variable immediately after writing its initializer, .NET Core tooling support for analyzers, and an option to expand the list of completions for unimported types
- JavaScript/TypeScript syntax classifications and refactorings are more responsive in files
- Updated the C++ IntelliCode base model to be on-by-default and included Repeated Edits for C#
- Support for TypeScript 3.6 and more responsive JavaScript/TypeScript refactorings
- The Performance Profiler via ALT-F2 now provides a database tool for .Net Core projects
- Added a prompt to install Docker Desktop when adding Docker Support
- Added the capability to load symbols manually for Azure Watson and .NET Core remote debugging
- Restored certificate generation and improved the UWP Package signing experience

Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3.0:
- "Create Test Certificate" option missing from UWP SDK in VS2019
- VS2019 - Query designer stopped working
- Project Properties - Code Analysis - Text is WRONG
- Visual Studio 2019 freezes and crashes on creating new project
- Editor and productivity features are not fully localized in Visual Studio 2019 16.3 Preview 3
- Problem with command Tab order (in design mode)
- Error: Some or all identity references could not be translated.
- Visual Studio 16.2 hangs opening any dialog for editing
- error MSB6006: "CL.exe" exited with code 2.
- Blank code metrics result
- VS2019 is crashing during start of the debug session if "Enable Edit and Continue" is switched off.
- Visual Studio 2019(16.0.2) generator incorrect code with inline+/O2 in Qt 5.12.3 QBezier
- Error Signing into VS Feedback Tool
- Rename refactoring does not work in files included in Shared Projects - Rename operation was cancelled or is not valid
- Brace completion when member list is up does not put the character in the right position
- Problem with command Tab order (in design mode)
- error MSB6006: "CL.exe" exited with code 2.
- Error Signing into the VS Feedback Tool
- blank code metrics result
- Rename refactoring does not work in files included in Shared Projects - Rename operation was cancelled or is not valid
- C++/CLI bug with inline namespaces header
- Error: Some or all identity references could not be translated.
- rvalue-reference-to-array can bind to lvalue-reference-to-array
- Brace completion when member list is up does not put the character in the right position
- Secure Secrets with Azure Key Vault Not In Connected Services List
- VS file search is signficantly slower than VA file search
- Visual Studio crash when TFS is not found.
- Visual Studio error displaying .razor file.
- Increase AndroidClientHandler timeouts.
- "Create Test Certificate" option missing from UWP SDK in VS2019.


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.2.5
Fixed:
- Visual Studio stops respsonding on creating a new SSIS project
- Fixed UI freezes occurring after extended usage of the editor

Security Advisory Notices:
- Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges. An attacker with unprivileged access to a vulnerable system could exploit this vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service properly impersonates file operations

Denial of Service Vulnerability in .NET Core:
- A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Core improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against a .NET Core web application. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.2.3
- Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2.3
- Fixed: Android SDK not found after upgrade to 16.2
- Fixed: VS won't start after update with message tht setup is complete
- Fixed an issue resulting in an installer verification or manifest verification fail when user is updating through the setup UI
- Fixed an issue that caused Visual Studio to crash or stop responding during shutdown
- Fixed a timing-related issue while saving changed Xamarin.Android project properties or building the project that resulted in the product to stop responding
- Fixed an issue with Visual Studio crashing when C# users typed above a namespace
- Fixed an issue preventing SSIS packages from successfully running in some circumstances after reloading a solution


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.2.2
Fixed:
- Fixed Test Explorer doesn't show my tests on VS2019 16.2.0
- Fixed a problem where Visual Studio can stop responding during shutdown

Security Advisory Notices:
- CVE-2019-1211 Git for Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in the context of another local user. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to modify Git configuration files on a system prior to a full installation of the application. The attacker would then need to convince another user on the system to execute specific Git commands. The update addresses the issue by changing the permissions required to edit configuration files


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.2.0
IDE:
- Hold down the Alt key + a letter indicated by an underline in the word to quickly jump to different actions in the start window and new project dialog screens for complete keyboard accessibility
- Take any file type including solution files and drop them on to the start window when you launch Visual Studio to load the file
- Resize the start window and new project dialog by dragging the edges. Visual Studio remembers changed sizes between invocations of the windows. Ability to maximize the windows by double clicking in the title bar area and minimize the windows by clicking on the task bar icon when in their launch states
- Access the Developer Command Prompt and Developer Power Shell by either going to “Tools > Command Line” or by searching for them via the Visual Studio Search. Accessing them from within the IDE, automatically sets their path according to the currently opened solution or folder
- The Preview Features tools options page has a new look that provides more information of the feature. Check this page for new features and to provide feedback on features
- Preview Feature: Enable the “Standard tool window layout” preview feature to improve the startup time for Visual Studio by minimizing the impact of opening tool windows
- Backup files are now saved to a temporary folder to avoid using unnecessary storage space in My Document folders that are synchronized with OneDrive
- Users only have to sign in one time to access Azure resources in Visual Studio, Azure CLI or Azure PowerShell
- Developer PowerShell enables users to do everything available in Developer Command Prompt, but now from the familiar PowerShell interface
- Visual Studio retains filters for language, platform, and project type between invocations of the new project dialog for easier access generally used templates with fewer clicks

Extensibility:
- LSP: Folding Range has been updated to better support large snippets
- An extension that uses Newtonsoft.Json may take advantage of features in the new version

C++:
- For local CMake projects configured with Clang, Code Analysis now runs clang-tidy checks, appearing as part of background code analysis as in-editor warnings (squiggles) and in the Error List

Updated the header for C++17's P0067R5 Elementary string conversions:
- Added floating-point to_chars() overloads for chars_format::fixed and chars_format::scientific precision (chars_format::general precision is the only part not yet implemented)
- Optimized chars_format::fixed shortest

Added the following C++20 Standard Library preview features:
Available under /std:c++latest:
- P0020R6: atomic
- P0463R1: endian enumeration
- P0482R6: char8_t type for UTF-8 characters and strings
- P0653R2: to_address() for converting a pointer to a raw pointer

Available under /std:c++17 and /std:c++latest:
- P0600R1: [[nodiscard]] in the library

Available unconditionally:
- P0754R2: header
- P0771R1: std::function move constructor should be noexcept
- Windows SDK is no longer a dependency for the CMake for Windows and CMake for Linux components
- Improvements to the C++ linker to significantly improve iteration build times for the largest of input. /debug:fast and /incremental times have been improved on average by 2x, and /debug:full by 3-6x

Visual Studio Installer support:
- The Visual Studio Installer now handles improved size space detection based on what a user already has installed. If the required amount of space is significantly larger than what is available, the previous warning is now converted to an error and blocks installations


Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 16.1.6
Security Advisory Notices:
- CVE-2019-1077 Visual Studio Extension Auto Update Vulnerability
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension auto-update process improperly performs certain file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete files in arbitrary locations. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged access to a vulnerable system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by securing locations the Visual Studio Extension auto-update performs file operations in.

CVE-2019-1075 ASP.NET Core Spoofing Vulnerability:
- A spoofing vulnerability exists in ASP.NET Core that could lead to an open redirect. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could redirect a targeted user to a malicious website. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a link that has a specially crafted URL and convince the user to click the link.
- The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how ASP.NET Core parses URLs. Details can be found in the .NET Core release notes.

CVE-2019-1113 WorkflowDesigner XOML deserialization allows code execution:
- A XOML file referencing certain types could cause random code to be executed when the XOML file is opened in Visual Studio. - There is now a restriction on what types are allowed to be used in XOML files. If a XOML file containing one of the newly unauthorized types is opened, a message is displayed explaining that the type is unauthorized.