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The Elevator Pitch

When working within VS, the packages I use may have updates or may have issues (security issues, deprecations, etc) that I may want to be aware of. Right now the only way to see that is launching the Package Management UI, but it isn't a normal thing I would do if nothing is alerting me to do that.

I propose that the Packages (and thus roll-up to the dependency node) node in VS should have different states for the packages listed...some examples:

• ⚠️ Warning: you should check this out and the hover tooltip would tell you something "Packages have information"
• ⬆️ or ℹ️ Information/Upgrade: your packages have updates available
• ⛔ Error: for security check or deprecation message (tooltip would show)

Example:

Additional Context and Details

Part of this exists in VSMac already today.

Issues:

• Add NuGet Package update indicators in Solution Explorer #3292
• Update... & Update All... one click commands in Solution Explorer (Context Menu) #8956