microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools

IntelliSense squiggles randomly stop updating after editing

Open
#7,118 8 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

bug Language Service not reproing
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
6.2k
Forks
1.7k
Avg merge
14h 46m
Merged PRs (30d)
61

Description

I've been hitting this a lot recently.

Squiggle updates are being blocked because it thinks it's in the middle of an existing update when it's not.

Not sure of an easy repro yet -- is anyone able to figure out any repro steps?

I've also seen that outline view (tag parsing) not updating as it should randomly, might be unrelated.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

The issue mentions IntelliSense squiggle updates and outline view tag parsing, but provides no file, test, or reproduction steps. Start by investigating the extension's IntelliSense update flow and establish a reliable edit sequence; done means reproducing the stale updates and confirming they refresh correctly, with the outline-view symptom either explained or separated.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, typescript
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.