Issues

• Clarify which fields are optional and which are required in layer manifest file

  enhancement
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#2030 · Filter by author ao2 opened on Sep 8, 2026
  1

• loader_gpa_instance_terminator doesn't handle known device functions

  buglayers
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#2029 · Filter by author charles-lunarg opened on Sep 4, 2026
  2

• Relative path ICD is not deterministic, can return duplicate entry

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#2017 · Filter by author hmaarrfk opened on Aug 23, 2026
  4

• Customizing VK_LAYER_PATH or VK_ADD_LAYER_PATH during app initialization

  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1901 · Filter by author Toctave opened on May 18, 2026
  2

• "Invalid physicalDevice" error when using OpenXR within a Vulkan Layer

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1881 · Filter by author gamingdoom opened on Mar 19, 2026

• Loader loads ICDs and reports physical devices twice on Linux when sorting is active

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1874 · Filter by author aqnuep opened on Mar 3, 2026
  

• Can't distinguish ARM and x64 layers on the same system

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1852 · Filter by author charles-lunarg opened on Jan 28, 2026 · P2
  1

• No layer order control with VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS + API enabled + layers + implicit layers interactions

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1833 · Filter by author christophe-lunarg opened on Dec 15, 2025 · P2
  

• VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS layers order is not always followed

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1832 · Filter by author christophe-lunarg opened on Dec 15, 2025 · P2
  

• VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS log messages don't interact when with vk_loader_settings.json layers section

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1831 · Filter by author christophe-lunarg opened on Dec 15, 2025 · P2
  

• Log message when no Vulkan driver is found by the Vulkan Loader

  enhancement
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1827 · Filter by author christophe-lunarg opened on Dec 10, 2025 · P2
  4

  

• terminator_DestroySurfaceKHR aborts in assert when ICD does not support VK_KHR_surface

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1806 · Filter by author TomCoo opened on Nov 14, 2025 · P2
  4

• GCS (Guarded Control Stack) support is missing

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1799 · Filter by author ggardet opened on Nov 5, 2025 · P1

• A message not following the Vulkan Loader Log filter

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1793 · Filter by author christophe-lunarg opened on Oct 29, 2025 · P2
  1

  

• Vulkan Loader doesn't return an error when the driver binary couldn't be found

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1790 · Filter by author christophe-lunarg opened on Oct 24, 2025 · P2
  1

  

• Add environment variables to force abd order physical devices

  enhancement
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1788 · Filter by author christophe-lunarg opened on Oct 20, 2025 · P2
  

• Re-enable a disabled implicit Vulkan layer through environment variables.

  enhancement
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1753 · Filter by author PancakeTAS opened on Aug 5, 2025 · P3

• Loader Settings: Invalid deviceUUID report a warning and exit

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1743 · Filter by author christophe-lunarg opened on Jul 23, 2025 · P2
  4

• Support using RUNPATH to locate layer DSOs

  enhancement
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1736 · Filter by author planetmarshall opened on Jul 2, 2025 · P3
  1

• Linux ICD ordering doesn't match the documentation

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1725 · Filter by author peppsac opened on Jun 10, 2025 · P2
  3

• Is it legal to get "vkGetDeviceProcAddr" from "vkGetDeviceProcAddr"?

  enhancement
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1721 · Filter by author psionic12 opened on Jun 9, 2025 · P3
  3

• Loader Settings: additional drivers with additional_drivers_use_exclusively=false doesn't allow to run additional drivers as GPU0

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1720 · Filter by author christophe-lunarg opened on Jun 8, 2025 · P2
  6

  

• VK_INSTANCE_LAYERS security inconsistent with VK_LOADER_LAYERS_* secutity

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1712 · Filter by author pdaniell-nv opened on May 30, 2025 · P1

• Loader still adds a layer that fails negotation

  bug
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1708 · Filter by author MarkY-LunarG opened on May 26, 2025 · P1
  

• Check binary architecture before report Layer

  enhancement
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader#1690 · Filter by author archimedus opened on Apr 14, 2025 · P2
  3