Issues

• PipeWire backend: PipeWireBackendFactory::init() blocks the calling app forever if the daemon never completes registry syncs

  kcat/openal-soft#1318 · Filter by author nilp0inter opened on Aug 22, 2026
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• EAX stops functioning when returning to main menu

  kcat/openal-soft#1317 · Filter by author Wil1Killa opened on Aug 19, 2026

• data race reported in alSourceUnqueuBuffers

  kcat/openal-soft#1310 · Filter by author maxbachmann opened on Jul 29, 2026
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• Reverb effect still audible after setting effect slot gain to 0

  kcat/openal-soft#1307 · Filter by author Vercidium opened on Jul 21, 2026
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• HRTF Results in Lost Lows and Highs in All Sounds, even 2D

  kcat/openal-soft#1302 · Filter by author metallicafan212 opened on Jul 3, 2026
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• Failure to retrieve current version in Winget

  kcat/openal-soft#1299 · Filter by author corrada opened on Jun 24, 2026
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• Regression in 1.25.2: coreaudio.cpp: error: 'kAudioChannelLabel_LeftSideSurround' was not declared in this scope; did you mean 'kAudioChannelLabel_LeftSurround'?

  kcat/openal-soft#1298 · Filter by author barracuda156 opened on Jun 23, 2026
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• Sink device handling in wasapi backend

  kcat/openal-soft#1296 · Filter by author maxbachmann opened on Jun 16, 2026
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• Querying AL_PROCESSED_BUFFERS

  kcat/openal-soft#1295 · Filter by author minghia opened on Jun 11, 2026
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• Playback issues on Windows

  kcat/openal-soft#1293 · Filter by author Mortis1145 opened on Jun 8, 2026
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• Failing to build 1.25.2 on ppc64le

  kcat/openal-soft#1291 · Filter by author tom--pollard opened on Jun 3, 2026
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• Clipping/Crackling when generating an auxiliary effect slot, even if not assigned an effect and passed to a source. Intensifies when passing to a source.

  kcat/openal-soft#1290 · Filter by author BekimS opened on Jun 1, 2026
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• I have a question, I don't know how else to reach out.

  kcat/openal-soft#1289 · Filter by author BobbyBoyGaming opened on May 29, 2026
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• 1.25.2 and git master fail to build with mingw

  kcat/openal-soft#1287 · Filter by author Aerocatia opened on May 18, 2026
  2

• CMake settings are public

  kcat/openal-soft#1285 · Filter by author Schildkroet opened on May 14, 2026
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• Binaries 1.25.2: WIn64 DLL in openal-soft-1.25.2-bin.zip shows 1.25.1

  kcat/openal-soft#1284 · Filter by author stanlauf-cpu opened on May 14, 2026
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• Linker error with static build of 1.25.2 on Android

  kcat/openal-soft#1283 · Filter by author sfan5 opened on May 14, 2026
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• 1.25.2 Build failing on macOS with 26.2+ SDK

  kcat/openal-soft#1282 · Filter by author CartBlanche opened on May 13, 2026
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• Build Failure with 1.25.2

  kcat/openal-soft#1281 · Filter by author robertkirkman opened on May 12, 2026
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• Build Failure with 1.25.2

  kcat/openal-soft#1279 · Filter by author ReillyBrogan opened on May 12, 2026
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• Calling alcDestroyContext on MacOS via the SDL3 backend crashes

  kcat/openal-soft#1274 · Filter by author MAJigsaw77 opened on Apr 27, 2026
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• UT2004, no sound at all

  kcat/openal-soft#1273 · Filter by author OdinVex opened on Apr 23, 2026
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• Regression on macOS: linking failure: Undefined symbols "___ulock_wait", "___ulock_wake"

  kcat/openal-soft#1272 · Filter by author barracuda156 opened on Apr 21, 2026
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• [Feature request] Allow passing config via string (e.g. ALSOFT_CONF_STRING)

  kcat/openal-soft#1270 · Filter by author MAJigsaw77 opened on Apr 19, 2026
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• SDL3 Backend does not have default device changed callback as of now.

  kcat/openal-soft#1268 · Filter by author Raltyro opened on Apr 18, 2026
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