Breaking cases¶
Listed in BREAKING_KINDS — runtime ABI break.
107 case(s). ← back to all examples
| Case | Title | Verdict | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| case01_symbol_removal | Symbol Removal | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case02_param_type_change | Parameter Type Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case06_visibility | Symbol Visibility Leak | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case07_struct_layout | Struct Layout Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case08_enum_value_change | Enum Value Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case09_cpp_vtable | C++ Vtable Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case10_return_type | Return Type Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case11_global_var_type | Global Variable Type Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case12_function_removed | Function Removed from Shared Library | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case14_cpp_class_size | C++ Class Size Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case17_template_abi | Template Instantiation ABI Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case18_dependency_leak | Dependency ABI Leak | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case19_enum_member_removed | Enum Member Removed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case20_enum_member_value_changed | Enum Member Value Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case21_method_became_static | Method Became Static | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case22_method_const_changed | Method Const Qualifier Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case23_pure_virtual_added | Virtual Method Became Pure Virtual | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case24_union_field_removed | Union Field Removed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case26_union_field_added | Union Field Added (Size Grows) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case28_typedef_opaque | Typedef and Opaque Type Changes | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case30_field_qualifiers | Field Qualifier Changes (const, volatile) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case33_pointer_level | Pointer Level Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case36_anon_struct | Anonymous Struct/Union Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case37_base_class | Base Class Changes | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case38_virtual_methods | Virtual Method Changes | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case39_var_const | Variable Const Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case40_field_layout | Field Layout Changes | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case41_type_changes | Type-Level Changes | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case42_type_alignment_changed | Type Alignment Changed (standalone alignas) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case43_base_class_member_added | Base Class Member Added | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case44_cyclic_type_member_added | Cyclic Type Member Added | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case45_multi_dim_array_change | Multi-Dimensional Array Element Type Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case46_pointer_chain_type_change | Pointer Chain Type Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case48_leaf_struct_through_pointer | Leaf Struct Change Propagated Through Pointer | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case53_namespace_pollution | Namespace Pollution (Generic Symbol Names) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case55_type_kind_changed | Type Kind Changed (struct → union) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case56_struct_packing_changed | Struct Packing Changed (pragma pack) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case57_enum_underlying_size_changed | Enum Underlying Size Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case58_var_removed | Global Variable Removed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case59_func_became_inline | Function Became Inline (outlined → inline) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case60_base_class_position_changed | Base Class Position Changed (Multiple Inheritance Reorder) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case63_bitfield_changed | Bitfield Width Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case64_calling_convention_changed | Calling Convention Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case65_symbol_version_removed | Symbol Version Removed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case66_language_linkage_changed | Language Linkage Changed (extern "C" removed) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case67_tls_var_size_changed | TLS Variable Size Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case68_virtual_method_added | Virtual Method Added to Non-Virtual Class | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case69_trivial_to_nontrivial | Trivially Copyable to Non-Trivial (Calling Convention Change) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case70_flexible_array_member_changed | Flexible Array Member Element Type Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case71_inline_namespace_moved | Inline Namespace Moved | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case72_covariant_return_changed | Covariant Return Type Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case73_typedef_underlying_changed | Typedef Underlying Type Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case74_detail_base_class_changed | Internal detail:: base class layout change leaks via public API |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case75_detail_embedded_by_value | Internal detail:: Struct Embedded by Value |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case76_detail_pimpl_vtable_changed | Internal detail:: Polymorphic Base Vtable Change |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case77_detail_templated_base_changed | Internal detail:: Templated Base Class Layout Change |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case78_task_arena_attach_tag | task_arena::attach Tag Type Replaces Enum |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case79_missing_template_instantiation | Missing Template Instantiation in Shipped Binary | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case80_pimpl_shared_to_unique | Pimpl Alias Switched from shared_ptr to unique_ptr |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case81_serialization_tag_reassigned | Serialization Tag ID Reassigned | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case82_sycl_overload_set_removed | SYCL Overload Set Removed (DPC++ Build Withdrawn) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case85_internal_template_signature_changed | Internal Template Signature Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case86_tag_struct_renamed | Tag Struct Renamed (empty class re-mangling) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case87_default_template_arg_changed | Default Template Argument Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case88_cpo_kind_changed | CPO kind changed (BREAKING) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case89_inline_accessor_renamed_pimpl_member | Inline Accessor References Renamed Pimpl Member | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case94_empty_tag_gained_state | Empty Tag Gained State | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case95_allocator_nested_typedef_removed | Allocator Nested-Typedef Removed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case97_api_depends_on_consumer_env | API Depends on Consumer Environment | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case100_experimental_removed_without_replacement | Experimental Declaration Removed Without Replacement | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case101_inline_namespace_version_bumped | Inline Namespace Version Bumped | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case102_frozen_runtime_signature_changed | Frozen Runtime Signature Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case104_glibcxx_dual_abi_flip | libstdc++ Dual-ABI Flip | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case107_task_scheduler_init_removed | task_scheduler_init Removed (historical ABI break) |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case108_task_class_removed | task Class Removed (historical ABI break — vtable angle) |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case109_flow_graph_policy_renames | flow::graph Policy Tag Renames | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case110_concurrent_unordered_map_api_drift | concurrent_unordered_map API Drift | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case112_lp64_ilp64 | LP64 → ILP64 Integer-Model Switch (oneMKL MKL_INT 32→64) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case113_abi_tag_changed | ABI-tag set change ([abi:cxx11] lost on a single symbol) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case114_char8t_migration | char8_t Migration (C++20 char-family → char8_t) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case115_bit_int_width_changed | _BitInt(N) Width Change (C23 64 → 128) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case116_atomic_qualifier_changed | _Atomic Qualifier Added (C11) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case117_no_unique_address | [[no_unique_address]] Layout Overlay (no dedicated ChangeKind) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case121_kernel_btf_struct_field_added | Kernel BTF Struct Field Growth | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case126_sycl_device_impl_ptr | SYCL device Impl Pointer — shared_ptr → Raw Pointer |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case127_data_object_size_changed | Exported Data Object Size Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case129_struct_return_convention | Struct-Return Convention Change | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case139_symbol_version_node_removed | Symbol Version Node Removed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case140_empty_base_optimization_lost | Empty Base Optimization Lost (base subobject moved) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case141_versioned_symbol_scheme | Versioned-Symbol Scheme (library-wide rename) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case142_vtable_slot_count_binary_only | Vtable Slot Count Changed (detected from a stripped binary) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case166_ref_qualifier_added | Method Ref-Qualifier Added (str() → str() &) |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case167_base_became_virtual | Base Class Became Virtual (: public Device → : public virtual Device) |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case168_virtual_method_devirtualized | Virtual Method Devirtualized (flush() leaves the vtable) |
🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case172_vtable_thunk_offset_changed | Vtable Thunk Offset Changed (detected from a stripped binary) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case173_vtt_slot_count_changed | VTT Slot Count Changed (detected from a stripped binary) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case174_secondary_vtable_group_changed | Secondary Vtable Group Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case175_kabi_crc_changed | kABI CRC Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case176_kabi_symbol_namespace_changed | kABI Export Namespace Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case177_long_double_abi_changed | long double ABI Changed | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case182_accidental_export_removed_still_breaking | Accidental Export Removed — Still Breaking Under Public-Header Scoping | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case187_public_struct_private_field_type | Public Struct Field Retyped to an Internal Type | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case188_public_class_private_base_class | Public Class Gains a Private Base Class | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case189_public_function_private_parameter_type | Public Function Parameter Retyped to an Internal Type | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case191_header_only_graph_field_type | Public Struct Gains a Field of a Private Type (Header-Only Graph) | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case192_call_graph_break_survives_suppression | Call-Graph-Reachable Break Survives Suppression | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |
| case193_ordinary_exported_fn_call_not_reachable | Ordinary Exported Function's Internal Call Is Not Public-Reachable | 🔴 BREAKING | Breaking |