microsoft/DirectStorage

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DirectStorage for Windows is an API that allows game developers to unlock the full potential of high speed NVMe drives for loading game assets.

Stars: 897
Forks: 111
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 13
Avg merge: 13h 58m
Merged PRs (30d): 12

Dominant language: C++
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Aug 4, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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Before submitting a request via DirectStorage, does the application need to ensure the destination resource is made resident? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#137 · Opened Aug 4, 2026
Unable to decompress GDeflate data Open

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microsoft/DirectStorage#101 · Opened Apr 19, 2026
can't compile? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#58 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 20, 2025
Bulk Load Demo sample not compatible with Visual C++ platform toolset v143 Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#56 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 23, 2025
GPU panic in GDeflateDemo /decompressgpu Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#52 · 7 comments · Opened Sep 5, 2025
Adding optional configuration for building as a shared library vs static? Open

enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#51 · Opened Aug 20, 2025
Memory stomp due to libdeflate_gdeflate_compress_bound returning too small of a value and libdeflate_gdeflate_compress ignoring the output limit Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#41 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 3, 2024
GDeflate documentation lacks instructions or references for nuget.exe prerequisite Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#39 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 7, 2024
Improve metadata annotations Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#38 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 21, 2023
Size of the DSTORAGE_REQUEST_OPTIONS Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#22 · 4 comments · Opened Jan 17, 2023
Explicit upload heap management Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#14 · Opened May 6, 2022
Querying runtime support level Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#10 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 2, 2022
Win32Metadata support Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/DirectStorage#8 · 8 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 17, 2022

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