microsoft/windows-container-tools

Collection of tools to improve the Windows Containers experience

Stars: 277
Forks: 77
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 26

Dominant language: C++
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Jun 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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26 open issues indexed

[BUG] Cannot open include file: 'nlohmann/json.hpp': No such file or directory Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 62/100

microsoft/windows-container-tools#227 · Opened May 19, 2026
JsonProcessor.h is not self-contained (missing includes / forward declarations) Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100

microsoft/windows-container-tools#223 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 20, 2026
[BUG] File monitor doesn't handle rotated files with same name Open

bug

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

microsoft/windows-container-tools#221 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 2, 2026
[BUG] LogMonitor keeps executing CreateFile Operations for deleted files, skyrocketing the cost of running this in AKS + Azure File Shares Open

bug

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

microsoft/windows-container-tools#219 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 3, 2025
[BUG] LogMonitor.exe being flagged for BA2008 for missing ControlFlowGuard in BinSkim Open

bug

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

microsoft/windows-container-tools#216 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 4, 2025
[BUG] eventFormatMultiLine: false is not honored for logFormat: custom Open

bug

microsoft/windows-container-tools#200 · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 16, 2025
[BUG] Access Violation (Exception code: 0xc0000005) when running LogMonitor.exe Open

bug

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

microsoft/windows-container-tools#199 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 15, 2025
[BUG]Logs stop being sent to the standard output log for Event Viewer Logs Open

bug

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

microsoft/windows-container-tools#194 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 30, 2024
Filter Event Log by Event Source Open

feature-request

microsoft/windows-container-tools#180 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 9, 2024
STDOUT propagation is broken after termination signal Open

bug

microsoft/windows-container-tools#169 · 5 comments · 2 assignees · Opened Feb 20, 2024
Format Warning/Error Messages Open

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

microsoft/windows-container-tools#160 · Opened Sep 26, 2023
[BUG] [LOGMONITOR] WARNING: Failed to render event log event. The event will not be processed. Error: 15033. Open

bug

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

microsoft/windows-container-tools#153 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 7, 2023
How to use Logmon when running as ContainerUser Open

needs-investigation

microsoft/windows-container-tools#143 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened May 18, 2023
[BUG] Debug Assertion Failed! for debug build Open

bug

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

microsoft/windows-container-tools#134 · Opened Apr 24, 2023
Getting ERROR: Error in log file monitor. Failed to query file information [BUG] Open

bug

microsoft/windows-container-tools#125 · 14 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 16, 2023
[BUG] process monitor does not support multi-byte characters Open

bug work-around

microsoft/windows-container-tools#121 · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 27, 2023
[Discussion] Certificate Tool Open

discussion

microsoft/windows-container-tools#98 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 3, 2022
Log Monitor Feedback and Future Features Open

discussion feedback

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

microsoft/windows-container-tools#84 · 13 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Sep 28, 2022
maintenance: add templates (bug, PR, issue) Open

maintenance

microsoft/windows-container-tools#47 · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 8, 2022
LogMonitor does not capture STDOUT Open

enhancement

microsoft/windows-container-tools#28 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 10, 2020
TdhGetEventInformation returns 1168 for manifest based events Open

needs-investigation

microsoft/windows-container-tools#27 · 8 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 8, 2020
What's missing for rotating log support in LogMonitor? Open

discussion enhancement

microsoft/windows-container-tools#26 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · 2 assignees · Opened Jun 16, 2020
Blank lines in output Open

bug

microsoft/windows-container-tools#22 · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 14, 2020
IIS Certificate binding Open

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

microsoft/windows-container-tools#16 · Opened Nov 24, 2019
How non entry point (random) process running inside Windows Container could write to docker default log output (stdout)? Open

enhancement

microsoft/windows-container-tools#15 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 14, 2019
AB#14 Request for a generic Service Monitor to define as Entrypoint Open

discussion

microsoft/windows-container-tools#14 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 12, 2019

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