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Summary of the changes

Added a regression test for dotnet/aspnetcore#23228 where an extra closing parenthesis in a Blazor attribute binding causes silent runtime errors without compilation diagnostics.

The Bug:

<input type="radio" checked="@IsActive(item))" />

The Razor compiler treats the extra ) as literal text and generates:

__builder.AddAttribute(6, "checked", (IsActive(item)) + ")");

This produces syntactically valid C# that concatenates a boolean with ")", resulting in attribute values like "True)" instead of true. The UI state becomes out of sync with the component state, but no error is reported at compile or runtime.

Test Added:

  • Location: ComponentDiagnosticRazorIntegrationTest.cs
  • Method: AttributeBinding_ExtraClosingParenthesis_TreatedAsLiteralText
  • Current Status: Passes (validates current behavior)
  • Purpose: Documents the current behavior as a baseline for future improvements

The test validates that generated.RazorDiagnostics is empty, confirming the current behavior where the compiler treats the extra parenthesis as literal text rather than reporting a diagnostic error.

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<issue_title>Blazor extra parenthesis make silent error and weird behavior on input checked.</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Describe the bug
Found a strange behavior. If I have an extra ) on an input type radio checked attribute there's no compile nor runtime error, almost work but UI (selected label) got out of sync.
Removing the extra ) work flawlessly.

<input name="arch" type="radio"
               value="@item"
               checked="@IsActive(item))" <!-- NOTE THE EXTRA `)` -->
               @onchange="@( _ => ChangeArchitecture(item))" />

Any other character I tried will raise a compile time error.

To Reproduce

Since I have a hard time explaining it I made a repo available that shows the error.
It's a new wasm project with only the index.razor modified: https://github.com/Bartmax/BlazorAppIssue/blob/master/Pages/Index.razor

also here's a gif showing the error in action
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Exceptions (if any)

No error shown neither on compile time or runtime.

Further technical details

Details dotnet --info .NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json): Version: 3.1.301 Commit: 7feb845744

Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 10.0.19041
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win10-x64
Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.301\

Host (useful for support):
Version: 3.1.5
Commit: 65cd789777

.NET Core SDKs installed:
3.1.301 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed:
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.19 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.19 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.19 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

<agent_instructions>Can you create a test that reproduces this issue.</agent_instructions>

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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits January 16, 2026 00:22
Co-authored-by: dbreshears <3432571+dbreshears@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: dbreshears <3432571+dbreshears@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix extra parenthesis causing input checked issues Add test reproducing extra parenthesis silent error in Blazor attribute bindings Jan 16, 2026
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@dbreshears dbreshears requested a review from chsienki January 16, 2026 00:45
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@copilot update the test so that instead of failing it just validates the current behavior.

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This is valid razor and C# but ends up with invalid HTML. We should add an analyzer that attempts to detect these scenarios and warns when the resulting expression is not valid HTML.

Changed AttributeBinding_ExtraClosingParenthesis test to document and validate
the current behavior where extra parenthesis is treated as literal text.
Test now passes with Assert.Empty instead of expecting diagnostics.

Co-authored-by: chsienki <16246502+chsienki@users.noreply.github.com>
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Copilot AI commented Jan 24, 2026

@copilot update the test so that instead of failing it just validates the current behavior.

Updated the test to validate current behavior. The test now passes by asserting that no diagnostics are generated (Assert.Empty(generated.RazorDiagnostics)), documenting the current behavior where the extra ) is treated as literal text. (5232657)

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    • Triggering command: /usr/share/dotnet/dotnet dotnet test src/Compiler/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.Test.csproj --filter FullyQualifiedName~AttributeBinding_ExtraClosingParenthesis --no-restore (dns block)

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Copilot AI changed the title Add test reproducing extra parenthesis silent error in Blazor attribute bindings Add test validating current behavior for extra parenthesis in Blazor attribute bindings Jan 24, 2026
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Isn't this "mixed content", which isn't allowed in attributes? I would have thought the existing diagnostic would catch this.

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