microsoft / microsoft/azure-tools-for-java

[IntelliJ] Uncaught Exception java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile.getPath()" because the return value of "com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile.getParent()" is null

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Description

IntelliJ build version: 2026.1.1 IU-261.23567.138
OS: Mac OS X
JDK: JetBrains s.r.o. 25.0.2
Plugin version: 3.97.5-2026.1
Additional Info: None
Parent component:

com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeRootPane[,0,0,2560x1330,layout=com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeRootPane$CustomHeaderRootLayout,alignmentX=0.0,alignmentY=0.0,border=javax.swing.plaf.BorderUIResource@49cdad20,flags=449,maximumSize=,minimumSize=,preferredSize=]

Error message:

IdeaLoggingEvent[message=null, throwable=java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile.getPath()" because the return value of "com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile.getParent()" is null
	at com.microsoft.azure.toolkit.intellij.container.model.DockerImage.<init>(DockerImage.java:57)
	at com.microsoft.azure.toolkit.intellij.containerregistry.runner.ContainerRegistryDockerfileActionsProvider.getActions(ContainerRegistryDockerfileActionsProvider.java:17)
	at com.microsoft.azure.toolkit.intellij.containerregistry.runner.DockerRunLineMarkerProvider.lambda$getDockerfileActions$2(DockerRunLineMarkerProvider.java:105)
	at com.microsoft.azure.toolkit.intellij.containerregistry.runner.DockerRunLineMarkerProvider.getDockerfileActions(D

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Research direction

Reproduce the reported exception in IntelliJ, then read DockerImage.java at line 57 and trace how ContainerRegistryDockerfileActionsProvider.getActions and DockerRunLineMarkerProvider.getDockerfileActions reach it. Determine how a root-level VirtualFile is handled, and consider the issue done when the Dockerfile actions path no longer throws this NullPointerException.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, java
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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