Summary of What's New in this Release of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8.2

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Issues fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0.4

• Attach to iis prompt to attach multiple times.
• WPF applications broken after FW 4.8 update.
• installing typescript 3.3 disables version 2.2 compilation.
• Unable to attach debugger when attaching multiple startup projects on Visual Studio 2019.
• Known issue: Application tab of VB project property pages is broken when isntalling the .NET Framework 4.8 Developer Pack.
• Visual Studio extensions may fail to install attempting to overwrite core NuGet files.
• microsoft.diagnosticshub.dotnetobjectalloc.vsix missing from offline installer.

Security Advisory Notices

CVE-2019-0727 Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly performs certain file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete files in arbitrary locations. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged access to a vulnerable system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by securing locations the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector performs file operations in. 

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.8.9:

• Added support for Xcode 10.1 in Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin.
• Updated the Xamarin.Forms template to Xamarin.Forms 3.3.0.
• Update 15.8.6 breaks Installer Projects.
• Internal Compiler error in VS15.8 msc1.cpp line 1518.
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Installer Projects 0.8.8 and VS 15.8.6.
• SFINAE fails to detect matching overloaded function in preview VS preview 3 15.9.0.
• XAML Designer crash on Visual Studio close. 

Summary of Notable New Features in 15.9

• You can now import and export an installation configuration file that specifies which workloads and components should be installed with an instance of Visual Studio.
• We have improved the debugging experience for NuGet packages using the new symbol package format (.snupkg).
• Step back in debugger is now available in C++ for Enterprise customers.
• C++ IntelliSense now responds to changes in the remote environment for both CMake and MSBuild projects targeting Linux.
• We have made updates to UWP Desktop Bridge framework packages and added support for ARM64 C++ Native Desktop scenarios.
• We added support for the range-v3 library with the MSVC 15.9 compiler.
• We fixed several bugs in the F# compiler and F# tools.
• Language service support for new TypeScript features for semantic file renaming and project references.
• Improved Node.js development by updating Vue.js templates and adding support for unit testing using the Jest framework.
• We added SharePoint 2019 project templates, so you can migrate existing SharePoint 2013 and 2016 projects to SharePoint 2019.
• Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin now supports Xcode 10.
• We made improvements to the Xamarin.Android build performance.
• We have added and improved features for Universal Windows Platform developers, including ARM64 support, the latest preview SDK, better debugging of Desktop Bridge applications, and XAML Designer improvements.
• Substantial improvements were made to the experience of using authenticated package feeds.
• There is now support for lock file to enable repeatable restore for PackageReference based projects.
• We have added support for the new license format for NuGet packages.
• We have introduced NuGet client policies in Visual Studio which enables you to lock down environments such that only trusted packages can be installed.
• We made the use of .NET Core within Visual Studio more predictable.

Top Issues Fixed in 15.9

• No way to change "Find All References" background color.
• "Visual C++ Resource Editor Package" load failed.
• VS2017 v15.8 Build does not start if XAML files are not manually saved first.
• Installation failed - manifest signature verification failed.
• Update 15.8.6 breaks Installer Projects.
• Scrolling up with the arrow key causes Visual Studio to page up.
• After updating to 15.8.1, data tip does not show when debugging.
• System.InvalidProgramException: Common Language Runtime detected an invalid program..
• Solution Explorer does not remain pinned after closing Visual Studio.
• Navigation bar in editor has trouble handling long method names. 

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. 

• InvalidOperationException Writing is not allowed after writer was completed
• ICE on valid code after upgrading to 16.2.0
• CPU Usage Tool context menu does not navigate
• Wrong assembly when result of conversion operator is converted to reference to base class.
• DockerUpdateComposeVsGeneratedFiles throws "Value cannot be null" ("Parameter name: path1") after updating to Visual Studio 16.3
• CPU Usage Tool contect menu does not navigate.
• InvalidOperationException Writing is not allowed after writer was completed.
• Publish doesn't work in Visual Studio 16.3.1.
• This fixes an issue with the Snapshot Debugger where customers are using MSA accounts.
• Fixed an issue where customers trying to install Microsoft.Visualstuio.Shell.15.0 NuGet package received a warning message of Framework not found.
• Fixes MSVC compiler bug involving implicit conversion from a lambda to function pointer.
• Fixed issue with Visual Studio crashing due to null reference exception.
• A fix is made to address a compiler interal error when the code has a out-of-line definition of a static data member of a nested class inside a partial specialization. 

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