KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader

Vulkan Loader

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Forks: 343
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 44
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Merged PRs (30d): 17

Dominant language: C
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Last GitHub push: Sep 15, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 18, 2026
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44 open issues indexed

Please document JSON file format compatibility rules Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#248 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Allow setting a load order for implicit layers Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#328 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Implement a device sorting for all systems Open

drivers enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#657 · 9 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Sort physical devices on macOS platforms Open

drivers enhancement macOS

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#778 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Vulkan loader/layer interface makes it difficult to query what extensions an ICD supports Open

enhancement layers

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#866 · 10 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Better document valid/invalid json manifests Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1203 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Extend layer/driver JSON manifest to list library dependencies as a hint Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1316 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Log the origin of the manifest search paths (system, env-var, settings file, etc) Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1401 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
vkGetInstanceProcAddr returns non-NULL for unsupported functions Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1443 · 23 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Downstream packaging best practices in combination with Vulkan-Headers Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1463 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
vkEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties is incorrectly implemented Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1487 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Better document the intent of instance_extensions and device_extensions in layer manifests Open

enhancement layers

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1548 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Crash when querying surface support for VK_EXT_headless_surface surface with multiple icds Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1567 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Windows debug builds modify global CRT error modes Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1573 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Vulkan loader does not support unicode strings in ImplicitLayers registry Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1592 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Vulkan Loader settings log inconsistency Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1594 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Loader on Linux should prefer drivers defined in /etc over those in /usr/ Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1647 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
terminator_GetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceSupportKHR bug when multiple ICDs Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1666 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
X11 and XCB WSI on macOS Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1678 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Check binary architecture before report Layer Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1690 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Loader still adds a layer that fails negotation Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1708 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS security inconsistent with VK_LOADER_LAYERS_* secutity Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1712 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Loader Settings: additional drivers with additional_drivers_use_exclusively=false doesn't allow to run additional drivers as GPU0 Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1720 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Is it legal to get "vkGetDeviceProcAddr" from "vkGetDeviceProcAddr"? Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1721 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Linux ICD ordering doesn't match the documentation Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1725 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Support using `RUNPATH` to locate layer DSOs Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1736 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Loader Settings: Invalid `deviceUUID` report a warning and exit Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1743 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Re-enable a disabled implicit Vulkan layer through environment variables. Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1753 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Add environment variables to force abd order physical devices Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1788 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Vulkan Loader doesn't return an error when the driver binary couldn't be found Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1790 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
A message not following the Vulkan Loader Log filter Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1793 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
GCS (Guarded Control Stack) support is missing Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1799 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
terminator_DestroySurfaceKHR aborts in assert when ICD does not support VK_KHR_surface Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1806 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Log message when no Vulkan driver is found by the Vulkan Loader Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1827 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
`VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS` log messages don't interact when with `vk_loader_settings.json` `layers` section Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1831 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
`VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS` layers order is not always followed Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1832 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
No layer order control with `VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS` + API enabled + `layers` + implicit layers interactions Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1833 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Can't distinguish ARM and x64 layers on the same system Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1852 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Loader loads ICDs and reports physical devices twice on Linux when sorting is active Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1874 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
"Invalid physicalDevice" error when using OpenXR within a Vulkan Layer Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1881 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Customizing VK_LAYER_PATH or VK_ADD_LAYER_PATH during app initialization Open

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1901 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Relative path ICD is not deterministic, can return duplicate entry Open

bug

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#2017 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
loader_gpa_instance_terminator doesn't handle known device functions Open

bug layers

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#2029 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026
Clarify which fields are optional and which are required in layer manifest file Open

enhancement

KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#2030 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 18, 2026

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