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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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1575 open issues indexed

Better documentation of asynchronous I/O implementation per OS Open

area-System.IO Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3772 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Missing exception type on xml docs for SingleOrDefault(src, predicate) Open

area-System.Linq Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3963 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
API reference doesn't show members for .Net Standard types not referenced from NETStandard.Library Open

area-Infrastructure docs-experience external Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1205 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
IComparer and IComparer<T> documentation should note ordering properties required Open

area-System.Collections Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3587 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Lines in API reference XML files are too long Open

area-Infrastructure external Pri2 Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1230 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Ensure our cross-platform docs are not Framework-centric and Windows-centric any longer Open

area-Infrastructure doc-enhancement help wanted Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1199 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
sample for ConcurrentDictionaryis not thread safety Open

area-System.Collections help wanted Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1121 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Documentation missing for ProcessStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput Open

area-System.Diagnostics.Process cross-platform dotnet-api/prod example-request Pri2 waiting-on-feedback

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1122 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Documentation of Math library Open

area-System.Numerics help wanted Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#4951 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 2 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Docs for FileStream constructors are confusing about accessing devices Open

area-System.IO Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1124 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Split GetHostEntry(IPAddress) into its own sample Open

area-System.Net Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3588 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
How can I access the encoding of the DisplayName property in MailAddress Open

area-System.Net Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1125 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Review APIs with System.MonoTODO attribute Open

area-Infrastructure Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3589 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Document which SocketType is required for each ProtocolType Open

area-System.Net doc-enhancement dotnet-api/prod Pri2

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1127 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
ZipArchive constructor remarks are incorrect for current .NET Framework and .NET Core Open

area-System.IO.Compression Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1128 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
ValueTuple generic types do not specify rules for comparison Open

area-System.Runtime Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3590 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
List sample path for each Environment.SpecialFolder field and update the description of the fields for targeting to multiple platforms. Open

area-System.Runtime Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3591 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
ILGenerator.BeginFinallyBlock example is invalid Open

area-System.Reflection.Emit Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3592 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
APIs that throw PathTooLongException may sometimes throw DirectoryNotFoundException Open

area-System.IO Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3593 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
DispatcherTimer ctor does not indicate that Start will be called automatically Open

area-WPF Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3594 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Document correct serialization of exceptions in security-transparent assemblies Open

area-System.Runtime Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3595 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
[NewTopic] ZipArchive memory usage should be documented Open

area-System.IO.Compression Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3596 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Please provide CipherMode availability matrix Open

area-System.Security Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3597 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Document when XmlNode.SelectNodes() can return null Open

area-System.Xml Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3598 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Define conditions under which IOException is thrown Open

area-System.IO Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3599 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Correct description of PathTooLongException Open

area-System.IO Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3600 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Expand list of exceptions for methods calling into GetFullPath Open

area-System.IO Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3601 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Task.Wait docs don't tell what happens to Task after timeout Open

area-System.Threading.Tasks Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3602 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
ThreadException notice confusing Open

area-WinForms Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3603 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add remarks for EventCounter APIs Open

area-System.Diagnostics.Tracing doc-enhancement Pri2 Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3278 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Clarify MemoryCacheOptions.SizeLimit doc comments Open

area-Extensions-Caching help wanted Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#5482 · 15 comments · 9 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Documentation for FileInfo.Exists and File.Exists is misleading Open

area-System.IO doc-enhancement help wanted Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3277 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Environment.OSVersion has misleading notes on 8/10 compatibility Open

area-System.Runtime doc-bug Pri1 Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3605 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Detecting that a file is not found or has no appropriate date information Open

area-System.IO Pri2 Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1415 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
[Feature] .NET Core 2.1 System.IO API changes Open

:checkered_flag: Release: .NET Core 2.x area-System.IO doc-update Pri1 Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1685 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Update System.Exception.StackTrace remark to reflect the new behavior for rethrown exceptions Open

area-System.Runtime doc-bug Pri1 Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3297 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Improve System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker-related documentation Open

area-System.ComponentModel Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3606 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
XmlDsigXPathTransform sample fails Open

area-System.Security doc-bug Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3275 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Socket.EndSend reference doc inaccuracy Open

area-System.Net doc-bug dotnet-api/prod Pri1

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#1701 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Update Task.IsCancelled documentation to add other cases cause the Task is cancelled. Open

area-System.Threading.Tasks Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3607 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Example needs continuity <local:ThresholdEffect> Open

area-WPF Pri2 unspecified/svc untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#760 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Documentation Incorrect Open

area-WinForms doc-update Pri2 unspecified/svc

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#761 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Useless information Open

area-WPF Pri2 unspecified/svc

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#762 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Access to token when the Task action is defined in another scope Open

area-System.Threading.Tasks example-request Pri1 unspecified/svc

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#763 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
When the left side of one rectangle overlaps with the right side of the other rectangle, rectangles are considered not intersecting. Open

area-System.Drawing Pri2 unspecified/svc untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#764 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Ping behaviour on linux not documented (raw socket vs command) Open

area-System.Net Pri3 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3609 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Where is the documentation for System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt? Open

.net/svc area-WCF external Pri2 waiting-on-feedback

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3259 · 26 comments · 11 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Sometimes fails to get image Open

.net/svc area-WPF Pri2 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#769 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Documentation for System.Reflection.Metadata (package version 1.5.0) has gone missing Open

area-System.Reflection.Metadata doc-bug Pri3

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#3269 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Endianness Open

.net/svc area-System.Security Pri2 untriaged

dotnet/dotnet-api-docs#772 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026

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