• Fixed: Android SDK not found after upgrade to 16.2
• Fixed: VS won't start after update with message tht setup is complete.
• Fixed an issue resulting in an installer verification or manifest verification fail when user is updating through the setup UI.
• Fixed an issue that caused Visual Studio to crash or stop responding during shutdown.
• Fixed a timing-related issue while saving changed Xamarin.Android project properties or building the project that resulted in the product to stop responding.
• Fixed an issue with Visual Studio crashing when C# users typed above a namespace.
• Fixed an issue preventing SSIS packages from successfully running in some circumstances after reloading a solution. 

With .NET 6 Preview 3 we are shipping the latest progress for mobile and desktop development with .NET Multi-platform App UI

Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6.0

• When New Git experience feature flag is enabled, a message will appear in Team Explorer guiding users to the new Git tool window.
• Fix for intermittent UI delay while closing VS when WinForms .NET Core designer is in open state.
• Fixed issues creating projects using type providers, throwing missing method exception at runtime.
• Fixed project creation for .NET framework projects.
• New find in files experience respects options in Tools-Options-Find and Replace pane.
• Fixed a bug where Git repository does not change when closing a Folder and opening a Solution.
• Fixed bug when building iOS app using full debug symbols.
• Added back browing of Mac Distribution provisioning profiles and certificates from Windows.
• Fixed a bug causing Visual Studio 2019 to stop responding when working with Xamarin projects on certain scenarios.
• Added keyboard shortcut for "Copy with Headers" option in SQL Script Results Grid
• SSDT users will now be able to set and view sensitivity properties for all version above SQL Server 2008
• Improve Connection Properties dialog for accessibility users.
• Fixed occasional crashes when using Tested By Code Lens indicator.
• Ensure auto population of text in Find in files is as per legacy behavior.
• Ensure left arrow key behavior in find in files is correct.
• An issue blocking C++ users of the C++20 Ranges library from using algorithms. 

Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2.5

• Visual Studio stops respsonding on creating a new SSIS project
• Fixed UI freezes occurring after extended usage of the editor.

Security Advisory Notices

CVE-2019-1232 Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges. An attacker with unprivileged access to a vulnerable system could exploit this vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service properly impersonates file operations.

CVE-2019-1301: Denial of Service Vulnerability in .NET Core

A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Core improperly handles web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service against a .NET Core web application. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication.

The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the .NET Core web application handles web requests.

• Fixed an issue that caused Xamarin.Android projects using the Xamarin.Android.Arch.Work.Runtime NuGet package to fail with "class file for com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture not found".
• Fixed Link assemblies causes app crashes if you have an EditText in VS2019 Preview 2
• Fixed error 'Some or all identity references could not be translated' when opening extension manager; fixed failure to persist some IDE settings.
• Fixed Parallel Stacks shows nonsense number of threads
• Fixed After repair, build cmake folder fails with D8050, compile using tasks.vs.json fails with "cl" is not recognized
• Fixed No longer able to group by trait in Test Explorer with VS 2019 Preview
• Fixed Some c++ code analysis warnings are not localized
• Fixed Service Fabric Project not loading
• Now correctly reports $(MSBuildVersion) as 16.2.x, instead of the erroneous 16.200.19.
• Fixed issue causing a random crash after closing GoToAll/Symbol UI.
• Fixed crash during Visual Studio sign-in.
• Fixed an issue where forms previewer on Android frequently stops responding and needs a restart.
• Added iOS Designer Xcode 10.3 support. 

• Telerik UI for WPF controls disabled in Visual Studio 2019 Preview 3 and Preview 4.
• Unhandled System.OperationCanceledException.
• We have updated the Dockerfile scaffolding in Visual Studio Tools for Kubernetes to use the Microsoft Container Registry instead of Docker Hub.
• We have fixed an issue in Visual Studio Tools for Kubernetes where modifying Dockerfile.develop does not cause the service to be redeployed.
• We have fixed an issue in Visual Studio Tools for Kubernetes where a service in an Azure Dev Spaces project could fail to start.
• We have fixed an issue in Visual Studio Tools for Kubernetes where a service in an Azure Dev Spaces project stops running after debugging is stopped in Visual Studio.
• We have fixed an issue in Visual Studio Tools for Kubernetes where a null reference error dialog is sometimes displayed when picking accounts in the Azure Dev Spaces Dialog.
• We have fixed an issue in Visual Studio Tools for Kubernetes where the cluster selection dialog is displayed when adding Kubernetes orchestration support. 

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.9.7:

• Crashes when expanding variables!.
• /DEBUG:FASTLINK + C7 + PCH crashes debugger.
• Native C++ application crashes because of stack corruption with VS 2017 15.9.2.
• Incorrect Release Mode code.
• Xamarin Unobserved Task Exception WebRequest.
• Link /SOURCELINK option seems to do nothing. This fixes Source Link for Managed C++ Debugging.
• Fixed an issue with corruption of AVX/MPX/AVX512 registers while Debugging.
• Update of Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDestkop framework packages for C++ UWP DesktopBridge applications adding support for ARM64.
• Corrected incorrect version of VCToolsRedistVersion in Microsoft.VCToolsVersion.default.props.
• Corrected unsigned embedded dll for VC Redist installers.
• SSDT/Web Tools: We fixed an issue where SQL LocalDB was not installed on Polish, Turkish, and Czech locales.
• SSDT: We fixed an issue affecting SQL Server Analysis Services (Method not found exception when clicking on UI).
• SSDT: We fixed an accessibility issue which was causing the contents of a table not to be visible in the result window when using High-Contrast mode.

Security Advisory Notices

• WorkflowDesigner XOML deserialization allows code execution.
• .NET Framework and Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability. 

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.8.4:

• Constexpr function with explicit (void) parameter crashes MSVC 15.8.0 release.
• TypeScriptLspCodeActionProvider encountered an error and has been disabled.
• The 'Shared Web Components' package did not load correctly.
• Editing CSS with Browser Link enabled can crash Visual Studio.
• Service Fabric Deployment fails in 15.8.0.
• Incorrect error for constexpr pointer to members with VS2017 15.8.
• Constexpr doesn't support __declspec(dllimport) in VS2017 15.8.
• C++ VS 2017 Update 8 difference in member function pointer between C++14 and C++17 modes leads to crashes.
• TestExplorer locking up UI in latest build.
• [WebKit] "Already defined symbol" for static template member definition (regression).
• VS 15.8.0 Internal compiler error.
• Internal compiler error in constexpr function.
• Test Explorer Window remains blank with Express.
• Visual Studio 2017 fails to open on FIPS-enabled machine..
• VS2017 15.8 Internal Compiler Error 'msc1.cpp', line 1518 when evaluating simple constexpr function.
• Fatal error C1001 after update to VS 15.8.0.
• Migrating to VS2017 15.8: Internal compiler error when using constexpr functions as template parameters.
• Internal compiler error when compiling a template function with a constexpr in VC++ 15.8.0.
• Code generated by VC 15.8.1 compiler lead to crash. 

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.7.2:

• With 15.7, users installing an extension on the command line with a nested extension may see an error installing. This has been addressed in the 15.7.2 servicing release.
• Anaconda fails to uninstall during upgrade and issues warning (Error 87).
• The SSDT 15.6.0 Installer configuration registry key could not be opened..
• Editor performance Issues when editing JavaScript.
• The Code Coverage functionality in Visual Studio 2017 ignores async methods.
• Missing atls.lib in arm/arm64 after update.
• Test Explorer no longer greys out the previously run unit tests.
• Version 15.7.1 debugs .aspx App in a new Chrome instance even if JavaScript debugging is disabled.
• 15.7 compiler fails with Folly.
• ASP project keeps running after closing the web page.
• Chrome Debugger not working and shows an error message, however, the debugger buttons stay active. .
• Rename Python from Rename on the Refactor menu no longer works.
• Visual Studio Installer doesn't work correctly in low disk space conditions.
• Debugger links to browser when previously not set.
• Problems with template argument deduction for class templates.
• C++ constexpr string_view == fails to compile.
• A regression in Type Providers which use native resources (e.g., FSharp.Data.TypeProviders) has been fixed.
• You can now add files to F# ASP.NET Core projects from the UI.
• Listening to Microsoft-Extensions-Logging causes VS diagnostic events window to disconnect with an error message has been fixed in Service Fabric Tools.