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The .NET Project System for Visual Studio

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Forks: 415
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 604

Dominant language: C#
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Dec 16, 2025
Latest indexed: Sep 15, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: good first issue
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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604 open issues indexed

Solution Explorer doesn't show files conditionally included Open

Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#935 · 16 comments · 14 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
There is no way to query PackageReferences in a project Open

Area-External-CPS Parity-Legacy-API Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#949 · 20 comments · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Support adding possibly identical references with extern alias Open

Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#953 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add two references with the same name doesn't display an error Open

Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#955 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Project needs to fail to load gracefully when the project's SDK is missing Open

Feature-Acquisition Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#962 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Saving a CPS multi-targeting project unglobbed net45 subtypes Open

Feature-Project-File-Simplification Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#997 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Remove the property intercepters for AssemblyVersion and FileVersion Open

Blocked Triage-Investigate

dotnet/project-system#1017 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Dragging file between folders which match wildcards for different Build Action items results in file being included in both Open

Area-External-CPS Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1048 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
RESX code generation does not respect <LogicalName> Open

Feature-Resource-Explorer Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1058 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
.NET Standard libraries should be allowed to target .NET Core and vice versa Open

Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1155 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Switching from Code Generation -> No code generation doesn't remove designer file Open

Feature-Resource-Explorer Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1156 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Switching from Code Generation -> No code generation leaves an empty Update in the project file Open

Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1157 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
P2P refs choose first tfm in multi-targting reference, not closest one in legacy project system Open

Feature-Multi-Targeting Legacy Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1162 · 37 comments · 12 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
"Edit .... .csproj" is not available if project fails to load. Open

Feature-Project-File-Editing Triage-Investigate

dotnet/project-system#1177 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Setting a property to it's default should remove it from the project file Open

Feature-Project-File-Simplification Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1245 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
"View In Object Browser" does not work for assemblies within packages Open

Feature-Dependency-Node Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1256 · 18 comments · 11 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Debug properties page doesn't support undo Open

Feature-Project-Properties-Designer Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1312 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
System.InvalidOperationException: Could not resolve mscorlib for target framework '.NETStandard,Version=v1.0' Open

Feature-Configurations Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1322 · 10 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
All-configs property settings should be unconditional Open

Feature-Rules/Properties Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1388 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
When a single project fails to reload, dialog should be shown with the error and Solution Explorer should inline the error Open

Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1429 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Should be able to select multiple projects and choose Edit... Open

good-first-issue Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1441 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Should be to select multiple projects and pack Open

Triage-Investigate

dotnet/project-system#1442 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Eternal restore loop when version is dynamically generated Open

Feature-NuGet Performance-Scenario-General Tenet-Performance Triage-Investigate

dotnet/project-system#1457 · 65 comments · 8 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Error list does not always contain all errors from the build output Open

Feature-Error-List Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1470 · 16 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
ResXFileCodeGenerator does not emit GetTypeInfo() Open

Feature-Resource-Designer Feature-Resource-Explorer Triage-Investigate

dotnet/project-system#1519 · 7 comments · 6 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Visual Studio can't handle the case when two dotnet core project file are in same folder Open

Triage-Investigate

dotnet/project-system#1528 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Moving a project on disk breaks IntelliSense, etc due to caching of targets Open

Triage-Investigate

dotnet/project-system#1538 · 10 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Create integration test to verify property pages’ functionality Open

Area-Testing Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1548 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Adding a reference adds an absolute hintpath Open

Parity-Legacy-Feature Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1566 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Allow developers to set an entire folder for copying/publishing Open

Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1582 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Cannot install/query NuGet packages immediately after a project has loaded Open

Feature-NuGet Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1600 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Introduce a UI option to "log design-time builds" Open

Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1602 · 8 comments · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Reference dialog doesn't allow selecting full framework assemblies when Cross-targeting Open

Feature-Multi-Targeting Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1609 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
When dotnet.exe fails to launch keep the console window up Open

Feature-Debugging Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1610 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Framework selector menu should show the friendly name of the framework Open

Feature-Multi-Targeting Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1674 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Build & Run - only one TFM in multi-target project Open

Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1699 · 3 comments · 5 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Remote deploy+debug projects from Visual Studio to Linux/XPlat Open

Feature-Debugging Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1721 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add telemetry for configuration/platform changes Open

Feature-Configurations Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1773 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add VSI test for configuration and platform changes Open

Area-Testing Feature-Configurations Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1774 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Please fix the .vspscc problem Open

Feature-Project-File-Simplification Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1801 · 33 comments · 55 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Please do not put source control concerns in the .csproj (SccProjectName, etc) Open

Feature-Project-File-Simplification Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1802 · 15 comments · 51 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Framework references not populated if called using the DTE Open

Parity-Legacy-API Parity-Legacy-Feature Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1826 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Remove OutputTypeEnumProvider and OutputTypeEx calculation based on the rules Open

Triage-Investigate

dotnet/project-system#1867 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Implement the remaining VsLangProj.ProjectProperties properties Open

Parity-Legacy-API Parity-Legacy-Feature Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1868 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Implement VSProject2 on `Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.VS.Automation.VSProject` Open

Parity-Legacy-API Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1869 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
AddFromTemplate/AddFromFile/AddFromFileCopy does not nest items if parent is a file Open

Feature-File-Nesting Needs-CPS-work Parity-Legacy-API Triage-Investigate

dotnet/project-system#1870 · 14 comments · 8 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
LanguageServiceHost is not correctly resolving reference paths Open

Feature-Language-Service Triage-Investigate

dotnet/project-system#1872 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Dependencies node for non-sdk-based projects Open

Feature-Dependency-Node Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#1984 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Cannot set TFM through DTE Open

Parity-Legacy-API Parity-Legacy-Feature Triage-Investigate

dotnet/project-system#1997 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
For multi-tfm projects that contain a class with the designer attribute constantly set and resets the designer attribute Open

Feature-Multi-Targeting Triage-Approved

dotnet/project-system#2001 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 15, 2026

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