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Missing reference:

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Description

I've installed Zed and the Julia extension. The language server only recognises what is exported from Julia Base, for example, getting the docstrings for sum works. Other packages, such as Dates from the standard library, produce an error:

Missing reference: Dates (Julia)

The folder I opened is a package folder with a Manifest.toml.

It seems that the correct environment is not picked up by default, as it is in VS Code.

Thanks for the help!

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.12.1
Commit ba1e628ee49 (2025-10-17 13:02 UTC)
Build Info:
  Official https://julialang.org release
Platform Info:
  OS: Linux (x86_64-linux-gnu)
  CPU: 4 × Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LLVM: libLLVM-18.1.7 (ORCJIT, skylake)
  GC: Built with stock GC
Threads: 1 default, 1 interactive, 1 GC (on 4 virtual cores)
Environment:
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH =

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Research direction

Reproduce the missing reference error by opening a Julia package folder containing Manifest.toml and querying documentation for Dates. Start by tracing how the extension selects the Julia environment, then verify that the package environment is used and references from Dates and other non-Base packages resolve.

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Assessment

Tech stack
julia
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
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Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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