microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Workspace symbol search may give no results if the database read times out after 5 seconds
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Feature: Symbol Search
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- TypeScript
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Description
...which is more likely to happen with a large database (e.g. 2 GB) and while it's being updated from tag parsing other files. Repros in VS too.
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Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing workspace symbol search with a large database while tag parsing updates other files, including the reported five-second database read timeout and the VS case; done means symbol search no longer incorrectly returns no results after that timeout.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, typescript
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100