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Indexed issues: 112
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Dominant language: C++
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 4, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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112 open issues indexed

INIT_NOTIFYING_PROPERTY should qualify its access to m_propertyChanged Open

microsoft/wil#659 · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 28, 2026
static_cast<UINT>() silently truncates >4GB to UINT32 _MAX Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/wil#651 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 6, 2026
Missing specialization wil::details::MapTokenStructToInfoClass<TOKEN_GROUPS> Open

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microsoft/wil#650 · Opened Jul 6, 2026
''inline variables require at least '/std:c++17'' Issue Open

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

microsoft/wil#648 · Opened Jun 27, 2026
Replacing setx in the readme.md Open

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microsoft/wil#630 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 14, 2026
lshaz: a possibly useful static optimization analysis tool? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/wil#626 · Opened Mar 24, 2026
Missing wiki documentation for tracelogging & activities Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

microsoft/wil#625 · Opened Mar 23, 2026
wil::reg::set_value doesn't work with std::wstring values Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/wil#624 · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 15, 2026
folder_change_reader_t should close directory handle before closing thread pool I/O Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 66/100

microsoft/wil#622 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 26, 2026
Port "crash resistant event handler" from Widgets Open

microsoft/wil#618 · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Feb 22, 2026
Incorrect use of _When_ annotation with non-pointer values Open

code-analysis

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 50/100

microsoft/wil#608 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 16, 2026
Suggestion to add callbacks or extension points to CppWinRT property implementations Open

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

microsoft/wil#588 · 6 comments · Opened Dec 12, 2025
RemoveDirectoryRecursive fails if directory has read-only attribute Open

feature-request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/wil#565 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 20, 2025
all `unique_any` simple memory patterns are false, they don't use `unique_any` Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/wil#546 · Opened Sep 25, 2025
Revisit lock-free ThreadLocalStorage storage management Open

microsoft/wil#542 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · 2 assignees · Opened Aug 24, 2025
Clang x64 RelWithDebInfo Tests Hang in cpplatest Tests in CI Open

microsoft/wil#540 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 13, 2025
Automatically setting variant type when assigning values Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/wil#538 · Opened Jul 31, 2025
Make smart pointer constructors (e.g. `wil::com_ptr`) constexpr when initializing to nullptr Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/wil#535 · Opened Jul 12, 2025
Use CppWinRTClassFactory to implement DllGetClassObject? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/wil#534 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 17, 2025
Suggestion: Support functions for COM class & TypeLib registration Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/wil#531 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 16, 2025
[Feature Request] Result macros for c++23's `std::expected` Open

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microsoft/wil#525 · Opened May 16, 2025
com_timeout(DWORD timeoutInMilliseconds) and explicit support for relative time that excludes sleep/hibernation from timeout Open

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

microsoft/wil#521 · Opened Apr 24, 2025
C++/WinRT: provide wrappers for authoring a DependencyProperty Open

feature-request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

microsoft/wil#507 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 26, 2025
Warnings when building a WDK driver with code analysis ON Open

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microsoft/wil#501 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 10, 2025
CreateDirectoryDeep/CreateDirectoryDeepNoThrow should allow directory creation with specific security atributes Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/wil#500 · Opened Feb 3, 2025
`cppwinrt.h`: Improve conversion of error information Open

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

microsoft/wil#495 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 7, 2025
Add `wil::println()` - C++23's `std::println()` but for HANDLEs Open

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

microsoft/wil#492 · 7 comments · Opened Dec 21, 2024
`wil::reg::try_get_value()` is gated by `_OPTIONAL_` and `__cpp_lib_optional`, but can't be re-included Open

improvement

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

microsoft/wil#489 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 11, 2024
Problem to install in VisualStudio Open

info-needed

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/wil#487 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 6, 2024
No documentation on usage of `wil::register_com_server` Open

documentation

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microsoft/wil#484 · 6 comments · Opened Nov 7, 2024
Function missing wil::reg::set_value_multistring_nothrow Open

feature-request

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

microsoft/wil#479 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 24, 2024
Replace static_lazy<> with normal statics Open

improvement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/wil#471 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 30, 2024
wil/resource.h conditionally enables unique_key using different logic than winreg.h Open

improvement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/wil#470 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 28, 2024
Support for using WIL from inside an Enclave Open

feature-request

microsoft/wil#460 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 8, 2024
Feature request: a path class Open

feature-request

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

microsoft/wil#456 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 1, 2024
try_open_file is part of WIL_ENABLE_EXCEPTIONS block Open

feature-request

microsoft/wil#453 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 25, 2024
Feature request: when built with `/std:c++latest` or future `/std:c++23`, support `std::expected<>` for `wil::reg::try_*` Open

feature-request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/wil#452 · 4 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jul 23, 2024
Output Stream for OutputDebugString Open

feature-request

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

microsoft/wil#450 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 28, 2024
Feature request: Add functions to enumerate Toolhelp32Snapshot Open

feature-request

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

microsoft/wil#436 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 6, 2024
Standard facility to convert between ANSI and UNICODE. Similar to ATL::CA2W and ATL::CW2A Open

feature-request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/wil#426 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 21, 2024
Async cancellation bridge between coroutine and synchronous code Open

feature-request

microsoft/wil#402 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 30, 2023
Add support for different inputs to wil::reg::set_value_binary Open

feature-request

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

microsoft/wil#399 · 5 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Nov 28, 2023
C26493 analyzer warnings in result_macros.h Open

code-analysis

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

microsoft/wil#389 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 9, 2023
GetCurrentProcessExecutionOption should allow a process name to be passed in Open

feature-request

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

microsoft/wil#379 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 6, 2023
wil::GetFinalPathNameByHandleW suggestion Open

feature-request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/wil#378 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 5, 2023
THROW_WIN32_IF_MSG / THROW_WIN32_IF_MSG doesn't exist. Open

feature-request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/wil#377 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 2, 2023
wil should have a AdaptFixedSizeToAllocatedResult for non-string types Open

feature-request

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microsoft/wil#376 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 2, 2023
WIL github new issue should have category chooser Open

feature-request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/wil#371 · Opened Sep 27, 2023
WIL diagnostic level 2 not working Open

bug

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

microsoft/wil#370 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 27, 2023
unique_hlocal_string should be available under UWP Open

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

microsoft/wil#364 · Opened Sep 23, 2023

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