protocolbuffers/protobuf Issues

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Latest indexed: Jul 5, 2026
Last GitHub push: May 15, 2026
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Protobuf library requires bash.exe / WSL, seemingly unnecessarily

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #27,307 opened May 9, 2026 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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Recursion Depth Limit: Can reach depth 200 via 100 nested unknown groups beneath a depth=100 messageset item

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #26,437 opened Mar 18, 2026 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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PHP: C extension has undocumented "append" function that has no package parity.

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #26,188 opened Mar 3, 2026 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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Multiple CWE's in protobuf after SAST analysis by PVS-Studio

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,882 opened Dec 15, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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pkg-config can not resolve dependencies

cmakehelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,610 opened Nov 26, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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PHP Extension - Segmentation fault when serialize() is called on a protobuf message

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,369 opened Nov 8, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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[Python] Potential memory leak

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,257 opened Nov 3, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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bug: CodedInputStream.newInstance(List) with an empty bytebuffer produces an error

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,957 opened Oct 14, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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[python] Message constructor argument enum typing

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,670 opened Sep 27, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

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Warning in repeated_ptr_field.h about conversion from `size_t` to `int` causes compiler error

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,248 opened Aug 27, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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Protobuf overrides user-specified CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY on MSVC, making it impossible to force /MD in Debug

cmakehelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,173 opened Aug 16, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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Check for wrapper types in C# code gen should be case insensitive

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #22,744 opened Jul 23, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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Allow configurable handling of invalid UTF-8 for better backward compatibility (C#)

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #22,288 opened Jun 17, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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Iterating a \Google\Protobuf\Internal\Message PHP object segfaults when using the protobuf extension

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #22,173 opened Jun 10, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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Python: Use multi-phase initialisation (PEP 489)

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #21,995 opened May 28, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

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Open

gRPC python type stubs not accurately reflecting runtime

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #21,691 opened May 9, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

22 comments0 reactions1 assignee

Open

Ruby class documentation barely exists

documentationhelp wantedruby

protocolbuffers/protobuf #21,092 opened Apr 4, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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BUG: pkg-config metadata is incorrect on windows

cmakehelp wantedwindows

protocolbuffers/protobuf #20,515 opened Feb 28, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

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CMake uninitialized variable warnings

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #19,683 opened Dec 16, 2024 · C++ · 71,223 stars

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[MSVC] protobuf failed to run test on Windows

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #19,584 opened Dec 10, 2024 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions1 assignee

Stars: (71,223 stars)
Forks: (16,128 forks)
Indexed issues: (65 indexed issues)
open beginner issues: (58 open beginner issues)
Latest indexed: Jul 5, 2026
Last GitHub push: May 15, 2026
License: Other
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Dominant language: C++
PR merge metrics: (Avg merge 2d 11h) (185 merged PRs in 30d)
Beginner labels: help wanted

Issues

58 open indexed issues

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Open

Protobuf library requires bash.exe / WSL, seemingly unnecessarily

bughelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #27,307 opened May 9, 2026 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

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Recursion Depth Limit: Can reach depth 200 via 100 nested unknown groups beneath a depth=100 messageset item

bughelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #26,437 opened Mar 18, 2026 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

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PHP: C extension has undocumented "append" function that has no package parity.

help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #26,188 opened Mar 3, 2026 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

1 comment0 reactions0 assignees

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Multiple CWE's in protobuf after SAST analysis by PVS-Studio

help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,882 opened Dec 15, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

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Open

pkg-config can not resolve dependencies

cmakehelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,610 opened Nov 26, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

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PHP Extension - Segmentation fault when serialize() is called on a protobuf message

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,369 opened Nov 8, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

[Python] Potential memory leak

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protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,257 opened Nov 3, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions0 assignees

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bug: CodedInputStream.newInstance(List) with an empty bytebuffer produces an error

help wantedjava

protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,957 opened Oct 14, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

[python] Message constructor argument enum typing

help wantedpython

protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,670 opened Sep 27, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments1 reaction1 assignee

Open

Warning in repeated_ptr_field.h about conversion from `size_t` to `int` causes compiler error

help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,248 opened Aug 27, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

1 comment0 reactions1 assignee

Open

Protobuf overrides user-specified CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY on MSVC, making it impossible to force /MD in Debug

cmakehelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,173 opened Aug 16, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

2 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

Check for wrapper types in C# code gen should be case insensitive

c#help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #22,744 opened Jul 23, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

2 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

Allow configurable handling of invalid UTF-8 for better backward compatibility (C#)

help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #22,288 opened Jun 17, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

1 comment0 reactions0 assignees

Open

Iterating a \Google\Protobuf\Internal\Message PHP object segfaults when using the protobuf extension

help wantedphp

protocolbuffers/protobuf #22,173 opened Jun 10, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

Python: Use multi-phase initialisation (PEP 489)

help wantedkeep openpython

protocolbuffers/protobuf #21,995 opened May 28, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions1 assignee

Open

gRPC python type stubs not accurately reflecting runtime

help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #21,691 opened May 9, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

22 comments0 reactions1 assignee

Open

Ruby class documentation barely exists

documentationhelp wantedruby

protocolbuffers/protobuf #21,092 opened Apr 4, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

BUG: pkg-config metadata is incorrect on windows

cmakehelp wantedwindows

protocolbuffers/protobuf #20,515 opened Feb 28, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions1 assignee

Open

CMake uninitialized variable warnings

c++cmakehelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #19,683 opened Dec 16, 2024 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

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Open

[MSVC] protobuf failed to run test on Windows

help wantedwindows

protocolbuffers/protobuf #19,584 opened Dec 10, 2024 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions1 assignee

Stars: (71,223 stars)
Forks: (16,128 forks)
Indexed issues: (65 indexed issues)
open beginner issues: (58 open beginner issues)
Latest indexed: Jul 5, 2026
Last GitHub push: May 15, 2026
License: Other
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Dominant language: C++
PR merge metrics: (Avg merge 2d 11h) (185 merged PRs in 30d)
Beginner labels: help wanted

Issues

58 open indexed issues

RSS Atom

Open

Protobuf library requires bash.exe / WSL, seemingly unnecessarily

bughelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #27,307 opened May 9, 2026 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

1 comment0 reactions0 assignees

Open

Recursion Depth Limit: Can reach depth 200 via 100 nested unknown groups beneath a depth=100 messageset item

bughelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #26,437 opened Mar 18, 2026 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

2 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

PHP: C extension has undocumented "append" function that has no package parity.

help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #26,188 opened Mar 3, 2026 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

1 comment0 reactions0 assignees

Open

Multiple CWE's in protobuf after SAST analysis by PVS-Studio

help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,882 opened Dec 15, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

1 comment0 reactions0 assignees

Open

pkg-config can not resolve dependencies

cmakehelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,610 opened Nov 26, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

2 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

PHP Extension - Segmentation fault when serialize() is called on a protobuf message

help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,369 opened Nov 8, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

4 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

[Python] Potential memory leak

help wantedpython

protocolbuffers/protobuf #24,257 opened Nov 3, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

bug: CodedInputStream.newInstance(List) with an empty bytebuffer produces an error

help wantedjava

protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,957 opened Oct 14, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

[python] Message constructor argument enum typing

help wantedpython

protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,670 opened Sep 27, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments1 reaction1 assignee

Open

Warning in repeated_ptr_field.h about conversion from `size_t` to `int` causes compiler error

help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,248 opened Aug 27, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

1 comment0 reactions1 assignee

Open

Protobuf overrides user-specified CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY on MSVC, making it impossible to force /MD in Debug

cmakehelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #23,173 opened Aug 16, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

2 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

Check for wrapper types in C# code gen should be case insensitive

c#help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #22,744 opened Jul 23, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

2 comments0 reactions0 assignees

Open

Allow configurable handling of invalid UTF-8 for better backward compatibility (C#)

help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #22,288 opened Jun 17, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

1 comment0 reactions0 assignees

Open

Iterating a \Google\Protobuf\Internal\Message PHP object segfaults when using the protobuf extension

help wantedphp

protocolbuffers/protobuf #22,173 opened Jun 10, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

Python: Use multi-phase initialisation (PEP 489)

help wantedkeep openpython

protocolbuffers/protobuf #21,995 opened May 28, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions1 assignee

Open

gRPC python type stubs not accurately reflecting runtime

help wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #21,691 opened May 9, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

22 comments0 reactions1 assignee

Open

Ruby class documentation barely exists

documentationhelp wantedruby

protocolbuffers/protobuf #21,092 opened Apr 4, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

6 comments1 reaction0 assignees

Open

BUG: pkg-config metadata is incorrect on windows

cmakehelp wantedwindows

protocolbuffers/protobuf #20,515 opened Feb 28, 2025 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions1 assignee

Open

CMake uninitialized variable warnings

c++cmakehelp wanted

protocolbuffers/protobuf #19,683 opened Dec 16, 2024 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedNo assignee yet · Has a beginner-friendly label

No assignee yetHas a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

1 comment0 reactions0 assignees

Open

[MSVC] protobuf failed to run test on Windows

help wantedwindows

protocolbuffers/protobuf #19,584 opened Dec 10, 2024 · C++ · 71,223 stars

Why recommendedHas a beginner-friendly label · Contributing guide available

Has a beginner-friendly labelContributing guide available

3 comments0 reactions1 assignee

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