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The Vulkan API Specification and related tools

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Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
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Incomplete VUIDs for VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState blend properties if blending is disabled Open

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KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2190 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 10, 2023
Aliases in VkFlags64 types not generated as aliases in spec text Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2188 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 7, 2023
clarification on the meaning of `VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_2_ALL_GRAPHICS_BIT` Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2187 · 9 comments · Opened Aug 6, 2023
Missing `vulkan_video_codecs_common` requirement for video headers Open

Video

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KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2179 · 8 comments · Opened Jul 28, 2023
FS input `location`s with `flat` differing between `component`s incompatible with modern GPUs? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2170 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 19, 2023
clarification on VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library interaction with VkGraphicsPipelineCreateInfo.layout Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2168 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 17, 2023
Allow querying HGIG HDR metadata for outputs Open

Resolving Inside Khronos System Integration

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2167 · 9 comments · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 16, 2023
Question about VK_EXT_fragment_density_map. Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2164 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 12, 2023
Work Graphs Open

Feature Request

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KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2153 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 23, 2023
Feature request: Add an "occlusion extents" shader function to enable occlusion culling from within a shader Open

Feature Request

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KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2148 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 19, 2023
Does enabling the `swapchainMaintenance1` feature have any effect? Open

Resolving Inside Khronos System Integration

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2146 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 17, 2023
Guarantees for `VkPhysicalDevice` validity? Open

System Integration

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2141 · 11 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 6, 2023
`VUID-vkCmdEndDebugUtilsLabelEXT-commandBuffer-01912` spec clarification Open

help wanted

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2137 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 1, 2023
vulkan/video: created image width/height vs pictureAccessGranularity Open

Video

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KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2135 · 2 comments · Opened May 30, 2023
Lacking healthy driver coexistence API design Open

System Integration

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KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2130 · Opened May 19, 2023
Dynamic rectangle count for VK_EXT_discard_rectangles Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2119 · 2 comments · Opened May 4, 2023
Matching between shader execution model and stage is not specified Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2105 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 14, 2023
Extension request: SetStablePowerState Open

Feature Request System Integration

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2101 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 6, 2023
Features real world usage example Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2111 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 5, 2023
`VK_EXT_shader_object` interaction with `VkPipelineLayout` clarification Open

Feature Request

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2099 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 3, 2023
Request for compute shader tile memory support Open

Feature Request

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KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2093 · 2 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Mar 31, 2023
Copying between different image aspects Open

Feature Request

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KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2079 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 16, 2023
Enumerant validity rules seem incorrect Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2077 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 12, 2023
vulkaninfo | grep VK_KHR_video Open

Video

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2065 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 22, 2023
VUID-VkExportMemoryAllocateInfo-handleTypes-00656 seems unvalidatable? Open

System Integration

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2057 · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 14, 2023
[wiki]Extraneous stage and access flags in depth clear\reuse example Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2055 · 8 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 12, 2023
[repo]Add a regular Issue template Open

Resolving Inside Khronos

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2054 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 12, 2023
Clarification of VIS operation for WAR/WAW hazards with layout transition Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2052 · 13 comments · Opened Feb 9, 2023
Execution dependency chain with TOP_OF_PIPE/BOTTOM_OF_PIPE/NONE Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2049 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 9, 2023
Clarification on WAW AV/VIS Open

Memory Model TSG

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2048 · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 6, 2023
Checkmark glyphs don't render properly in the PDF version of the spec Open

Markup/Editing Resolving Inside Khronos

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2040 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 25, 2023
Cannot blit from single-plane image to single plane of multi-plane image Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2029 · 20 comments · Opened Jan 6, 2023
Clarifications for `VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM` Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2027 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 6, 2023
Layer violates LLP_LAYER_16 Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2033 · 18 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 4, 2023
Still not possible to safely destroy semaphore used with present (without mandatory extension use) Open

System Integration

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2007 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 13, 2022
"swapchain image" vs "presentable image" Open

System Integration

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2005 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 13, 2022
[enhancement] Specify behavior in the form of Valid Behavior lists Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2004 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 11, 2022
`minScaledImageExtent` should not have `0xFFFFFFFF` special value? Open

System Integration

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2003 · 6 comments · Opened Dec 11, 2022
`VkPresentScalingFlagBitsEXT` should have named `0` Open

System Integration

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2002 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 11, 2022
Not clear if scaled min and max equal normal caps if scaling not supported Open

System Integration

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#2001 · Opened Dec 11, 2022
Clarify VUID-vkCmdPipelineBarrier2-pDependencies-02285 Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#1982 · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 11, 2022
Feature Request: Actual fused multiply+add, high precision floating point division Open

Feature Request Resolving Inside Khronos

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#1973 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 2, 2022
`vkWaitForPresentKHR` should work on retired swapchain Open

System Integration

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#1967 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 11, 2022
`VK_KHR_buffer_device_address` extends `VkMemoryAllocateFlagBits` but doesn't require it Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#1966 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 8, 2022
Shader generic pointers Open

Feature Request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#1963 · 12 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Sep 30, 2022
Clarify success/error behaviour of `vkQueuePresentKHR` with multiple swapchains Open

System Integration

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#1955 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 23, 2022
Proposal: debug naming of transient identity resources Open

Feature Request

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KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#1954 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 22, 2022
Why is the FPRoundingMode decoration limited to 16bit stores with VK_KHR_16bit_storage? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#1953 · 5 comments · Opened Sep 21, 2022
Task list for VK_EXT_mutable_descriptor_type Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#1952 · Opened Sep 19, 2022
No Vulkan equivalent to DXGI_FORMAT_A8_UNORM Open

Feature Request

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KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs#1944 · 15 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 12, 2022

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