Prerequisites

• I have verified this issue is present in the develop branch
• I have searched open and closed issues to ensure it has not already been reported.

MonoGame Version

MonoGame develop

Which MonoGame platform are you using?

N/A

Operating System

Mac

Description

I am in the process of porting my application from DesktopDX to DesktopVK to support cross-platform builds. I'm running off the latest version of develop and can build MonoGame without issue. My application and its MonoGame content builds successfully, however on runtime I receive an almost immediate crash.

Vulkan instance version: 1.4.323
Selected GPU: Apple M3
Supported Vulkan API version: 1.0.323
VK_EXT_custom_border_color is not supported by this driver!
Swapchain was null before acquiring a frame. This shouldn't happen.

After searching this repo I have a feeling it may be related to #9000, but I'm not familiar enough with the underlying logic to be certain. I've also tried the current WIP fix PR #9044 with no improvement - it still crashes at the same point.

Steps to Reproduce

Debugging the application shows that it crashes when calling _graphics.ApplyChanges().

internal class DemoGame : Game
{
	private readonly GraphicsDeviceManager _graphics;

	private DemoGame()
	{
		_graphics = new(this)
		{
			// GraphicsProfile = GraphicsProfile.HiDef,
			// PreferredBackBufferWidth = 1280,
			// PreferredBackBufferHeight = 720,
			// SynchronizeWithVerticalRetrace = false
		};
		_graphics.ApplyChanges(); // <---- crashes here
	}
}

After commenting out ApplyChanges the application still crashes before the Game.Draw method is called. Update: After further debugging the crash occurs in the call to MGG.GraphicsDevice_BeginFrame

Device is a 2024 MacBook Air (Apple M3) running macOS 15.7.2.

Minimal Example Repo

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Expected Behavior

It does not crash.

Resulting Behavior

It does crash.

Files

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