microsoft / microsoft/WindowsAppSDK

appxsym generated by wap project does not contain exe pdb when publish with native aot

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Since Feb 13, 2026.

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Description

Describe the bug

appxsym generated by wap project does not contain exe pdb when publish with native aot. Only pdbs for dll are present. If publishing without native aot, everything is ok.
My ide is visual studio 2026.

Steps to reproduce the bug

Clone this demo repository and run this command:

MSBuild.exe .\WapProj.wapproj -restore /t:Publish /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64 /p:RuntimeIdentifier=win-x64
Expected behavior

Generated appxsym should contain pdbs for project A and B.

Screenshots

This is appxsym content

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This is build result

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NuGet package version

None

Packaging type

Packaged (MSIX)

Windows version

Windows 10 version 1809 (17763, October 2018 Update)

IDE

Visual Studio 2022

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