Issues

• Outerproduct conversion clarification

  needs-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#938 · Filter by author buggy213 opened on Sep 30, 2026
  

• Correctly rounded FP32 divide and square root in DirectX shaders

  enhancementneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#926 · Filter by author savant117 opened on Sep 3, 2026
  6

• LinAlg Retail Documentation

  microsoft/hlsl-specs#885 · Filter by author V-FEXrt opened on Jun 19, 2026 · Shader Model 6.10
  2

  

• [Feature Request] Best effort fused multiply-add intrinsic

  enhancementneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#883 · Filter by author scuff3drook opened on Jun 9, 2026

• Deprecate Hull, Domain and Geometry Shaders

  enhancementneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#864 · Filter by author llvm-beanz opened on May 10, 2026
  1

• Missing 1x1 matrix splats in Standard Conversions section

  needs-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#829 · Filter by author Icohedron opened on Mar 23, 2026

• Should the "size type" be signed or unsigned?

  needs-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#816 · Filter by author llvm-beanz opened on Mar 12, 2026

• Simplified access to compute shader state

  enhancementneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#810 · Filter by author Devaniti opened on Mar 4, 2026

• Spec does not mention the ability to elementwise convert an aggregate to a scalar

  needs-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#809 · Filter by author Icohedron opened on Mar 2, 2026

• [0051] Specifying base alignment in SPIR-V

  active proposalneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#802 · Filter by author Cyphall opened on Feb 25, 2026
  1

• Feature Request: static void variables to represent OpUntypedVariable

  enhancementneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#794 · Filter by author devshgraphicsprogramming opened on Feb 11, 2026

• [0050] Specify behavior of fall-throughs in switch statements

  needs-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#784 · Filter by author damyanp opened on Feb 2, 2026
  1

• SUPPORT packed indices in mesh shader output

  enhancementneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#772 · Filter by author SSSS-VIII opened on Jan 14, 2026

• Allow [[vk::location()]] on a global variable

  enhancementneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#749 · Filter by author Keenuts opened on Dec 3, 2025
  1

• [0052] Expound on Top 16Bit proposal benefits

  active proposalneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#733 · Filter by author V-FEXrt opened on Nov 13, 2025

• [0052] Expound on --hlsl-experimental flag

  active proposalneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#732 · Filter by author V-FEXrt opened on Nov 13, 2025

• [0051] Split proposal for AlignedLoad/AlignedStore from BaseAlignment?

  active proposalneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#720 · Filter by author tex3d opened on Nov 5, 2025

• [0051] Where/how is alignment clamping for AlignedLoad/AlignedStore done?

  active proposalneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#719 · Filter by author tex3d opened on Nov 5, 2025
  1

• [0051] Should load/store alignment be clamped to buffer's base alignment?

  active proposalneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#718 · Filter by author tex3d opened on Nov 5, 2025

• [0051] Collapsing base address alignment in DXIL AnnotateHandle chains

  active proposalneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#717 · Filter by author tex3d opened on Nov 5, 2025

• [0051] Should intermediate declarations require alignment attributes?

  active proposalneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#716 · Filter by author tex3d opened on Nov 5, 2025

• [0051] Should AlignedLoad/AlignedStore warn on over-alignment?

  active proposalneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#715 · Filter by author tex3d opened on Nov 5, 2025

• [0051] Use name BufferAlignment instead of BaseAlignment?

  active proposalneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#714 · Filter by author tex3d opened on Nov 4, 2025

• [0051] shader model/language requirement follow-up

  active proposalneeds-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#713 · Filter by author tex3d opened on Nov 4, 2025

• Can DXIL have structs containing opaque types?

  needs-triage
  microsoft/hlsl-specs#694 · Filter by author Flakebi opened on Oct 23, 2025