vkWaitForPresent2KHR(3)

# vkWaitForPresent2KHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkWaitForPresent2KHR - Wait for presentation

## C Specification

When the `VkSurfaceCapabilitiesPresentWait2KHR` surface capability is present for a given surface, an application can wait for an image to be presented to the user by first specifying a `presentId` for the target presentation by adding a `VkPresentId2KHR` structure to the `pNext` chain of the VkPresentInfoKHR structure and then waiting for that presentation to complete by calling:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_present_wait2
    VkResult vkWaitForPresent2KHR(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        VkSwapchainKHR                              swapchain,
        const VkPresentWait2InfoKHR*                pPresentWait2Info);

## Parameters

- `device` is the device associated with `swapchain`.

- `swapchain` is the non-retired swapchain on which an image was queued for presentation.

- `pPresentWait2Info` is a pointer to a VkPresentWait2InfoKHR structure specifying the parameters of the wait.

## Description

`vkWaitForPresent2KHR` waits for the presentation engine to have begun presentation of the presentation request associated with the VkPresentWait2InfoKHR::`presentId` on `swapchain`, or for VkPresentWait2InfoKHR::`timeout` to have expired.

The wait request will complete when the timeout expires, or after the corresponding presentation request has either taken effect within the presentation engine or has been replaced without presentation.

The timing relationship between the presentation of the image to the user and the wait request completing is implementation-dependent due to variations in window system implementations.

If the `swapchain` becomes VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DATE_KHR either before or during this call, the call may either return VK_SUCCESS (if the image was delivered to the presentation engine and may have been presented to the user) or return early with status VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DATE_KHR (if the image could not be presented to the user).

As an exception to the normal rules for objects which are externally synchronized, the `swapchain` passed to `vkWaitForPresent2KHR` may be simultaneously used by other threads in calls to functions other than vkDestroySwapchainKHR. Access to the swapchain data associated with this extension must be atomic within the implementation.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkWaitForPresent2KHR-presentWait2-10814
  The `presentWait2` feature must be enabled

- VUID-vkWaitForPresent2KHR-None-10815
  The VkSurfaceCapabilitiesPresentWait2KHR surface capability must be present for the underlying surface

- VUID-vkWaitForPresent2KHR-None-10816
  The swapchain must have been created with VK_SWAPCHAIN_CREATE_PRESENT_WAIT_2_BIT_KHR bit set in the VkSwapchainCreateFlagBitsKHR field

- VUID-vkWaitForPresent2KHR-presentId-10817
  The `presentId` value must have been associated with a vkQueuePresentKHR request on the `swapchain` which returned a non-error value

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkWaitForPresent2KHR-device-parameter
  `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- VUID-vkWaitForPresent2KHR-swapchain-parameter
  `swapchain` must be a valid VkSwapchainKHR handle

- VUID-vkWaitForPresent2KHR-pPresentWait2Info-parameter
  `pPresentWait2Info` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkPresentWait2InfoKHR structure

- VUID-vkWaitForPresent2KHR-swapchain-parent
  `swapchain` must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from `device`

Host Synchronization

- Host access to `swapchain` must be externally synchronized

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - VK_SUBOPTIMAL_KHR

  - VK_SUCCESS

  - VK_TIMEOUT

On failure, this command returns

  - VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST

  - VK_ERROR_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_MODE_LOST_EXT

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DATE_KHR

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_SURFACE_LOST_KHR

  - VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN

  - VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

## See Also

VK_KHR_present_wait2, VkDevice, VkPresentWait2InfoKHR, VkSwapchainKHR

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

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