microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools

Outline view is randomly incorrect after opening a file and pasting code

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Since Jun 20, 2024.

bug Feature: Document Symbol Language Service reliability
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Description

Open a file, paste some variable declarations, repeat. Randomly the Outline view will have the symbols missing, even after further document symbol requests are sent.

The database and workspace symbol searching is correct -- just the Outline (documentSymbol) is returning stale values.

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