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Visual Studio status bar stuck in "Building" state bug
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Description
**Visual Studio Version**:
Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2019
Version 16.9.5
VisualStudio.16.Release/16.9.5+31229.75
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.8.04084
Installed Version: Enterprise
**Summary**:
I found a small bug in Visual Studio, it should be pretty easy to recreate. If you open a _.csproj_, that does not yet belong to a _.sln_ and build. It will prompt you to create/save a new _.sln_ file. However, there is already an in-memory solution that is loaded just not yet persisted to disc. This can cause another dialog, which offers to "Save as", "Overwrite", "Cancel" and something else I can't recall. I choose overwrite, it saved - but remember... I was in the context of a build.
The status bar shows that it's building - but never actually does. The menu options show that build is available, so a build will clear it out. But the status will not update otherwise. Not sure if that's an important one or not
**Expected Behavior**:
The status bar state should have been cleared / reset.
**Actual Behavior**:
The status bar reporting that it was "Building"
**User Impact**:
It was confusing and misleading at first, took me a bit to realize that it wasn't actually building. As the build menu items were again enabled.
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