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Won't Fix

Won't Fix in 1.21.X

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0

Found in [Package]

1.21.10

Issue ID

ADDR-3333

Regression

No

[Addressables] Binary catalog is much larger than the old .json catalog

Package: Addressables

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How to reproduce:
1. Open the attached project “TestBinaryCatalog3.zip“
2. Make sure Addressables 1.21.2 is installed
3. Build Addressables (Window -> Asset Management -> Addressables -> Group)
4. Navigate to “Library\com.unity.addressables\aa\Windows” to see the size of catalog.json (should be 176KB)
5. Update Addressables to 1.21.10
6. Build Addressables again
7. Navigate to “Library\com.unity.addressables\aa\Windows” to see the size of catalog.bin

Expected result: The catalog.bin file is smaller in size than catalog.json file
Actual result: The catalog.bin file takes up more space than catalog.json file (220KB > 176KB)

Reproducible with: 1.21.8, 1.21.10 (2020.3.47f1, 2021.3.23f1, 2022.2.16f1, 2023.1.0b13, 2023.2.0a11)
Not reproducible with: 1.21.3 and lower (2020.3.47f1, 2021.3.23f1, 2022.2.16f1, 2023.1.0b13, 2023.2.0a11) - Binary Cataloging is not introduced

Reproduced on: Windows 11 Pro

  1. Resolution Note:

    There are no fixes planned for this Bug

  2. Resolution Note (1.21.X):

    This issue is fixed in 2.0, but will not be fixed in 1.21 due to the necessary API changes.

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