Issues

• Overwatch 2 shader pre-cache: Fossilize processing reaches 22–23 GB RAM and triggers kernel OOM on AMD RADV

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#312 · Filter by author OscarNE opened on Aug 7, 2026
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• fossilize-synth - Can't create shader with

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#306 · Filter by author spencer-lunarg opened on Jul 26, 2026
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• [Enhancement] show status of the current shader compilation

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#303 · Filter by author miguelccoelho opened on Jun 10, 2026
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• Fossilize is spamming warnings to my log

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#300 · Filter by author konomikitten opened on Mar 16, 2026
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• Add support for lists of shader hashes in fossilize-prune

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#296 · Filter by author R1chterScale opened on Feb 2, 2026

• 104GB RAM Usage during "stuck" Processing Vulkan Shaders at 100%

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#288 · Filter by author hjpaul7 opened on Dec 1, 2025
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• Excessive CPU Usage when no game is running

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#279 · Filter by author alkaris2 opened on Aug 22, 2025
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• Excessive memory usage

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#274 · Filter by author K0bin opened on Jun 29, 2025
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• Vulkan Shaders processing endlessly

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#264 · Filter by author zhujik opened on Mar 11, 2025
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• Extremely long shader compilation times

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#256 · Filter by author Daktyl198 opened on Sep 28, 2024
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• Fossilize ERROR: Cannot copy unknown pNext sType: 1000068000. Fossilize WARN: Recording graphics pipeline failed, usually caused by unsupported pNext

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#255 · Filter by author Fabxx opened on Sep 19, 2024
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• Warframe Shader Caching

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#253 · Filter by author tentacleofdoom opened on Sep 9, 2024
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• Valve needs to rethink Fossilize

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#252 · Filter by author jkrhu opened on Sep 8, 2024
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• Fossilize seems to be inaccuratly estimating current progress

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#251 · Filter by author MissPotato opened on Aug 28, 2024

• Why is fossilize always running?

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#247 · Filter by author YellowOnion opened on Jun 26, 2024
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• Launching Steam freezes my system because of fossilize_replay taking whole memory

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#242 · Filter by author Animal-Machine opened on Apr 22, 2024
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• Fossilize_replay vulkan bug, arch proton

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#240 · Filter by author text70 opened on Dec 18, 2023

• 100 GB shadercache folder

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#237 · Filter by author paolobettelini opened on Oct 1, 2023
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• Build of -m32 fossilize terminating with errors

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#229 · Filter by author NTMan opened on Aug 1, 2023

• Compiling Vulkan shaders with less than 50% of free memory leads to OOM situation and system freeze

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#227 · Filter by author Slater91 opened on Jul 12, 2023
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• Steam seems to never finish shader pre-compiling in the background for A Hat in Time

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#224 · Filter by author MateusRodCosta opened on Jun 22, 2023
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• .xsessions-errors full of warnings

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#221 · Filter by author maritz opened on Mar 29, 2023

• Disable VK_AMD_shader_fragment_mask if descriptor buffers are used in replayer

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#219 · Filter by author HansKristian-Work opened on Mar 6, 2023

• Shader compilation freezes the system

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#218 · Filter by author koresh-krasa opened on Feb 25, 2023

• Accumulating many .foz files with Gamescope

  ValveSoftware/Fossilize#212 · Filter by author cchulo opened on Jan 21, 2023
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