How can I find all references to fields defined by a C# 9 record?

Question

Repro:

public class TestCase
{
    public Boolean MyFieldIsFour(MyRecord myRecord)
    {
        return myRecord.MyField == 4;
    }
}

public record MyRecord(int MyField);

Right click int MyField and choose Find All References. Visual Studio can't find any references to MyField. I would have expected it to find the reference at myRecord.MyField. If MyRecord is changed to a class then Visual Studio has no problems finding the reference as expected.

Is this a bug in Visual Studio? How can I actually find references now with records?

user_4553982 · Answer

This is a bug (or not implemented feature if you want call it that way) in Roslyn.

The semantics around records is a mess. See this feedback, this issue, this issue, this issue, this issue

How can I find all references to fields defined by a C# 9 record?

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