Issue: protobuf-net.BuildTools Not Generating C# from .proto in WPF .NET 8.0 Project

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Environment:

Project type: WPF (.NET 8.0)
Using protobuf-net v3.2.56 and protobuf-net. BuildTools v3.2.52 via NuGet
proto file placed under Protos\messages.proto
Visual Studio 2022 (latest version)

I dunno whats wrong, my .csproj includes:
```
<ItemGroup>
<Protobuf Include="Protos\messages.proto" ProtoRoot="Protos" />
<AdditionalFiles Include="Protos\messages.proto" />
</ItemGroup>
```

I also set Build Action = C# analyzer additional file in the properties for messages.proto, no build errors from the generator, but no generated .cs appears under obj/Debug/net8.0-windows/protobuf-net/; I confirmed that protobuf-net. BuildTools is installed and referenced properly.

Any idea why source generator isn't running?
are there specific limitations for WPF or .NET 8 SDK-style projects? is there a known workaround for forcing code generation in such cases?

Thanks!

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### Original Comments

#### Ankit Virdi on 7/31/2025, 04:44 PM:

I checked the documentation for Protobuf, it doesnt mention .NET 8.00 so I tried it with 6.0 Framework, didn’t work? I should probably redo the whole project from scratch in a .NET 6.0 template?

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