EditorBrowsableAttribute behavior changed in recent releases of Visual Studio

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[severity:It's more difficult to complete my work] [regression] [worked-in:ca. 17.10 or so still worked]
We have a library which must hide a lot of its API to the normal user. This is done using

[System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsable(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)]

Up until a few weeks ago, this worked as expected, which was:

1. When we were developing the library, we would see the hidden APIs as if they were not hidden
2. When others used the library, they would not see the hidden APIs

Recently this has changed: We ourselves don't get the "hidden" APIs suggested any more, making it very difficult to write our own code!

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Original Comments

Feedback Bot on 1/19/2025, 09:12 PM:

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Feedback Bot on 1/20/2025, 11:24 PM:

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