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.NET API reference documentation (.NET 8+)

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Last GitHub push: Sep 14, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 15, 2026
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1574 open issues indexed

Form.Size should explain deviations because of OS theme Open

area-WinForms Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8803 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
AppDomain.FriendlyName of the default application domain for custom CLR host is not mentioned Open

area-System.Runtime Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8809 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
X509Certificate2.Verify() references old RFC and old OS Open

area-System.Security Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8817 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
LdapDirectoryIdentifier - Improve explanation Open

area-System.DirectoryServices help wanted Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8828 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Remarks for FileSystemWatcher is wrong and/or incomplete Open

area-System.IO Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8848 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
System.Random thread safety topic is missing note about System.Random.Shared added in .NET6 Open

area-System.Runtime Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8851 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Icon constructor has confusing remarks Open

area-System.Drawing Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8860 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Offline API Documentation Access Open

area-Infrastructure Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8864 · 2 comments · 6 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Winform Masked Textbox causes ModifiedChanged event to not fire Open

area-WinForms Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8878 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Clarify the Matrix3x2 docs to indicate that it is supposed to be used for 2d operations. Open

area-System.Numerics Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8884 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.SecurityAlgorithms docs not available for .NET 6 Open

:watch: Not Triaged area-System.Runtime Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8933 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
System.Random class and thread safety - mention Random.Shared Open

area-System.Runtime Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8899 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
`SpinWait` example ignores compiler HW/optimization Open

area-System.Threading Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8914 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
System.Xml.Linq.SaveOptions.DisableFormatting documentation is incorrect Open

area-System.Xml doc-bug Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8936 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
what is ClaimsIdentity.AuthenticationType for ? Open

area-System.Security Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8953 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Methods which take `StringComparison` are not sufficiently clear about how hard they are to use correctly Open

area-System.Globalization Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8973 · 17 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Is AutoResetEvent really susceptible to dropping Set() calls? Open

area-System.Threading Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8982 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Missing Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint API docs Open

area-Meta Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8988 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
TPL Dataflow install instructions may be confusing Open

area-System.Threading.Tasks Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#8994 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Incorrect HTTP redirect for unsupported locales Open

area-Infrastructure broken-link Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9000 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Race condition in sample code Open

area-System.Threading Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9012 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
`StringSort` does not work as described in the docs Open

area-System.Globalization doc-bug Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9014 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Insufficient method and member summary in API docs Open

docs-experience Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9020 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Examples should use C# keywords rather than .NET types Open

area-System.Numerics docs-experience Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9027 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Reconcile dotnet-api-docs descriptions with dotnet/runtime /// Open

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dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#10722 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
How to download in VB language PDF Format? Open

area-Infrastructure Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9046 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
GetAwaiter() Remarks Are Not Clear Open

area-System.Threading.Tasks Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9064 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
System.TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById(String id) should be better documented. Open

area-System.DateTime Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9083 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Type.GetMethod overloads accepting a Type array to match arguments will allow parameter base classes / interfaces Open

area-System.Reflection doc-bug Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9090 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
XmlReader.MoveToContent Examples Throw Exception Unless XmlReader Has Correct Conformance Level Open

area-System.Xml Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9114 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Samples for Byte.CompareTo wouldn't work using the current snippets Open

area-System.Runtime Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9135 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Update doc for `OpCodes.Constrained` to "support" static abstract interface members. Open

area-System.Reflection.Emit doc-bug Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9139 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Improve language for platform-specific cryptographic primitives when steering toward factory methods Open

area-System.Security Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9146 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Activator.CreateInstance remarks outdated Open

area-System.Runtime doc-bug Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9172 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Update ProcessWindowStyle to indicate that UseShellExecute is not a requirement Open

area-System.Diagnostics.Process help wanted Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9179 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
FileSystemSecurity.xml: The example doesn't compile, contains non-existent method, no typos Open

area-System.Security Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9180 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Plan to include F# Core Types in the .NET API Browser Open

area-Infrastructure Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9184 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Align MemoryStream Position and Seek to mention origin on ArgumentOutOfRangeException Open

area-System.IO help wanted Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9201 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Documentation updation ILogger interface Open

area-Extensions-Logging Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9205 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Document exceptions/behavior of ChannelWriter writing after writer is completed. Open

area-System.Threading.Channels doc-enhancement Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9250 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Type.GetInterfaceMap(Type) does not throw for open generic types Open

area-System.Reflection Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9310 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Stream.Read(Span<byte>) and Stream.Write(ReadOnlySpan<byte>) are missing exception documentation Open

:books: documentation area-System.IO doc-bug documentation Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9315 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Double and float round-trip string format confusion Open

area-System.Runtime doc-enhancement Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9320 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Investigate inheritdoc warnings in repo Open

:world_map: reQUEST area-Infrastructure Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9343 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Can't find documentation on Microsoft.VisualStudio.ReleaseManagement api? Open

area-Microsoft.VisualBasic doc-enhancement Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9348 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.Run Open

area-System.ServiceProcess doc-enhancement Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9349 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Upgrade from `v4.0` to LTS (or STS) version Open

area-Meta dotnet-target-version Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9353 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
FileSystemGlobbing.Matcher examples Open

area-System.IO doc-bug help wanted Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9370 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.ConfigurationManager summary is out of date wrt XML doc comment Open

area-Extensions-Configuration Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9380 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
References to DBNull.Value are confusing Open

area-System.Reflection doc-enhancement Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#9437 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026

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