VSSDK012 Use the latest VisualStudioServices version

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VisualStudioServices exposes versioned service catalogs. Newer catalogs include the services from earlier versions and may provide additional functionality or performance improvements.

This analyzer reports a reference to an older catalog when the referenced Visual Studio SDK exposes a higher-numbered version.

Example of a pattern that is flagged by this analyzer

var service = VisualStudioServices.VS2019_7.DiagnosticManagerService;

Solution

Use the latest version available from the referenced Visual Studio SDK.

var service = VisualStudioServices.VS2022_14.DiagnosticManagerService;

Because changing a service version may change behavior, this diagnostic has Info severity and does not offer an automatic code fix.