Outlook calendar unable to sync description from .ics file - outlook

I am trying to create calendar events in outlook from .ics received in mail. This is the content of the ics file.
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:REQUEST
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Demo descr
DTSTART:20220924T103000Z
DTEND:20220924T113000Z
ORGANIZER;CN=xyz#abc.com:mailto:xyz#abc.com
UID:4763547133112123311211d1121121s11e133111112112112
ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=xyz#outlook.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:xyz#outlook.com
DESCRIPTION;LANGUAGE=en-US:check description
LOCATION:somelink
TRANSP:OPAQUE
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SEQUENCE:2
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
Everything is synced properly except the description part. However if i add the ics file directly in the calendar by importing, the description is reflected.
Can anyone please help me here?

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BEGIN:VCALENDAR
METHOD:PUBLISH
PRODID:Testing
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E008000000000C39F366D366D601000000000000000
010000000BDB756416E2A9C428ED267955FCFBC3M
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DTEND:2020113T203000Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
DTSTAMP:20200921T104743Z
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VERSION:2.0
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CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
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DTEND:20191121T130000
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DTSTART:20191122T070000
DTEND:20191122T130000
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This is a problem with the icalendar ruby gem.
I've created a sample ICS file like this:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:email#domain.com
X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Madrid
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20191120T160000Z
DTEND:20191120T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20191120T162746Z
UID:<id>#domain.com
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20191120T162722Z
DESCRIPTION:busy
LAST-MODIFIED:20191120T162722Z
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:event 1
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20191120T173000Z
DTEND:20191120T183000Z
DTSTAMP:20191120T162746Z
UID:<another-id>#domain.com
CLASS:PRIVATE
CREATED:20191120T162733Z
DESCRIPTION:private
LAST-MODIFIED:20191120T162733Z
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:event 2
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
Events
Event 1
CLASS:PUBLIC
TRANSP:OPAQUE
Meaning that it's a public event and I will be considered "Busy" during it.
Event 2
CLASS:PRIVATE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
Meaning that it's a private event and I will be considered "Free" during it.
Solution
I'd recommend you head to the library's Issue Tracker and file a bug report there.

ics file attchment not showing calender in yahoo and outlook.live

I have sent ics file as attachment in email. it is showing rsvp buttons and showing like in below attachment for gmail and adding event directly to calendar.
But same ics file i have sent to yahoo and outlook.live. ics file showing just as attachment but not showing calendar like gmail. in yahoo mail calender section continuously loading like below screen.
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VERSION:2.0
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Adding the 2nd file just change the Event's STATUS, which defines the overall status or confirmation for the calendar component (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5545#section-3.8.1.11)
The only way there is for deleting a calendar object if by a DELETE Request (http://www.webdav.org/specs/rfc2518.html#METHOD_DELETE). So there isn't something wrong with the .ics file.

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