microsoft/vscode-cpptools

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Official repository for the Microsoft C/C++ extension for VS Code.

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Merged PRs (30d): 61

Dominant language: TypeScript
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Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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1,388 open issues indexed

Handle the "std::error_code" special for watch window because natvis is insufficient Open

debugger Feature Request help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13340 · 3 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 5, 2025
Launch mode with gdbserver running ignores auto-solib-add Open

bug debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13333 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2025
Parameter pack was not expanded error reported in macro argument Open

bug Language Service parser

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13329 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 2, 2025
VSCode Debugger Environment Variable Case Sensitivity Causes DLL Loading Issues Open

bug debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13325 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 1, 2025
CodeLLDB launch config does not show in debug/run panel Open

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13320 · Opened Feb 28, 2025
Hangs on a breakpoint in debugging QGIS source (CentOS9 Stream) Open

bug debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13315 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 27, 2025
File named with odd Chinese characters fails to run Open

bug debugger help wanted world ready

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13314 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 27, 2025
Performance & functionality with real world mid-large C++ codebases Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13293 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 19, 2025
Intellisense wrong structured binding error Open

bug Language Service Visual Studio

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13291 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 18, 2025
Wildcard support for includePath doesn't seem to work Open

bug Feature: Configuration Language Service

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13284 · Opened Feb 15, 2025
Ability to resolve structure global structure members on mouse-hover Open

debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13273 · 5 comments · Opened Feb 12, 2025
Remote GDB - No such file or directory Open

bug debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13265 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 10, 2025
Disassembly View lacks a "Go To Address" function Open

debugger Feature Request help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13262 · 4 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Feb 9, 2025
It should be possible to select and copy text in the Disassembly View. Open

debugger Feature Request help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13261 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 9, 2025
Generic GDB remote support for non-cortexM targes Open

debugger Feature Request help wanted

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 18/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13260 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 9, 2025
Extremely long time to reach the breakpoint with VSCode，but immediately with GDB directly Open

bug debugger help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13251 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 7, 2025
Debugger won't start on Windows arm64 remoting to WSL Open

bug debugger help wanted regression

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13246 · 23 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 6, 2025
Source mapping not working if a folder inside the project root is given Open

bug debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13242 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 6, 2025
Debugging application modifies arguments when passing an ISO 8601 compliant string Open

bug debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13241 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 6, 2025
'databaseFilename' display error in C/C++ Configuration UI Open

bug Feature: Configuration Language Service

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13239 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 6, 2025
[Breakpoints] Stopping due to fatal error: ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'key') Open

bug debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13237 · 6 comments · Opened Feb 5, 2025
Can't debug remote binary while source code in a different machine Open

bug debugger help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13225 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 3, 2025
Public members of private base class show in autocomplete list Open

bug Feature: Auto-complete Language Service Works in VS

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13215 · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 29, 2025
sometimes cppdbg report an error and quit when run on a break point Open

bug debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13198 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 26, 2025
gdb still running when debug ends Open

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13196 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 26, 2025
debug crashes while debugging Open

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13195 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 26, 2025
macos: very long wait time until applicationDidFinishLaunching is reached in VSCode but not XCode Open

bug debugger help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13193 · 5 comments · Opened Jan 25, 2025
MinGW 13.2.0 toolchain's GDB (version 11.2), when run through the C/C++ Debug Adapter, cannot force the program to break without a defined breakpoint. Open

bug debugger help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13191 · 4 comments · Opened Jan 24, 2025
prevent cppvsdbg debug step over Standard Library Open

debugger more info needed

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13189 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 24, 2025
Decouple automatically setting the `_WIN32` macro when the `-fms-extensions` compiler argument is specified Open

bug Language Service Visual Studio

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13188 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 24, 2025
Associations added using `files.assocations` lack sufficient information to distinguish between source files and header files. Open

bug Language Service

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13184 · Opened Jan 23, 2025
Add tests for each file encoding supported by VS Code Open

internal Language Service world ready

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13178 · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 22, 2025
When using internal debug console, the number of arguments is larger than expected Open

debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13162 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 16, 2025
Link bundled LLVM tools against shared VC runtime to reduce size of VSIX Open

internal Language Service

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13151 · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 14, 2025
Migrate from `vscode-nls`/`vscode-nls-dev` to `vscode-l10n` Open

internal Language Service performance world ready

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13145 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 14, 2025
Truncation of intellisense inlay hints doesn't respect editor.inlayHints.maximumLength option Open

enhancement Feature: Inlay Hint Language Service

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13130 · 6 comments · Opened Jan 8, 2025
local values view dead loop when debug Open

bug debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13128 · 11 comments · Opened Jan 8, 2025
vscode debug error:Unable to start debugging. Unexpected GDB output from command "-exec-run". During startup program exited with code 0xc0000139. Open

bug debugger help wanted

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13126 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 8, 2025
Intellisense incorrectly identifies pow() as a non-constexpr, which causes constexpr functions containing pow() to incorrectly show an error Open

bug Language Service Visual Studio

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13122 · 6 comments · Opened Jan 7, 2025
Copilot Hover can get stuck in waiting state Open

bug Feature: Copilot Hover Language Service

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13120 · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Copilot Hover on identifiers does not reference type definition Open

bug Feature: Copilot Hover Language Service

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13119 · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Copilot Hover should better handle all comment formats Open

bug Feature: Copilot Hover Language Service

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13118 · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Copilot Hover context gathering should use latest vscode APIs Open

bug Feature: Copilot Hover Language Service

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13117 · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Copilot Hover breaks in peek window Open

bug Feature: Copilot Hover Language Service

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13116 · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Copilot Hover should better handle cases where symbols can't be resolved Open

bug Feature: Copilot Hover Language Service

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13115 · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Copilot Hover doesn't work with Enum / Enum Class definitions Open

bug Feature: Copilot Context Feature: Copilot Hover Language Service

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13114 · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Copilot Hover uses incomplete definitions for templated methods Open

bug Feature: Copilot Context Feature: Copilot Hover Language Service

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13113 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Copilot Hover gives poor results when used on class symbol at definition Open

bug Feature: Copilot Hover Language Service

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13112 · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Copilot Hover doesn't include context from outside of current TU Open

bug Feature: Copilot Hover Language Service Works in VS

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13111 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 6, 2025
System("cls") doesn't work in the debugger terminal. Open

bug debugger help wanted tasks/build/debug

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microsoft/vscode-cpptools#13110 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 6, 2025

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