Change Method Signature fails to modify parameter type

Change Method Signature fails when trying to modify a parameter type.

Environment

• Operating System: Mac
• JDK version: openjdk version "21.0.2" 2024-01-16 LTS
• Visual Studio Code version: 1.87.2
• Java extension version: v0.25.2023121402

Steps To Reproduce

1. Use "Change method signature" to change the type of an input parameter
2. Hit Preview or Refactor

Current Result

The buttons do not seem to do anything. In the output panel, the following exception is shown:

SEVERE: Internal error: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.TypeReference.getTypeName()" because "argument.type" is null
java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.TypeReference.getTypeName()" because "argument.type" is null
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.encodeThrowable(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.completeThrowable(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniApply.tryFire(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$Completion.exec(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.topLevelExec(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.scan(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.TypeReference.getTypeName()" because "argument.type" is null
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.RecoveredMethod.updateFromParserState(RecoveredMethod.java:496)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.updateRecoveryState(Parser.java:14202)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.resumeOnSyntaxError(Parser.java:14112)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:12626)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:12978)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:12935)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.dietParse(Parser.java:11317)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.matching.MatchLocator.parseAndBuildBindings(MatchLocator.java:1950)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.matching.MatchLocator.locateMatches(MatchLocator.java:1305)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.matching.MatchLocator.locateMatches(MatchLocator.java:1406)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.matching.MatchLocator.locateMatches(MatchLocator.java:1526)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.JavaSearchParticipant.locateMatches(JavaSearchParticipant.java:134)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.BasicSearchEngine.findMatches(BasicSearchEngine.java:253)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.BasicSearchEngine.search(BasicSearchEngine.java:599)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.SearchEngine.search(SearchEngine.java:669)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.corext.refactoring.rename.RippleMethodFinder2.findAllDeclarations(RippleMethodFinder2.java:475)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.corext.refactoring.rename.RippleMethodFinder2.findAllRippleMethods(RippleMethodFinder2.java:208)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.corext.refactoring.rename.RippleMethodFinder2.getAllRippleMethods(RippleMethodFinder2.java:188)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.corext.refactoring.rename.RippleMethodFinder2.getRelatedMethods(RippleMethodFinder2.java:181)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.corext.refactoring.structure.ChangeSignatureProcessor.checkFinalConditions(ChangeSignatureProcessor.java:823)
	at org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.participants.ProcessorBasedRefactoring.checkFinalConditions(ProcessorBasedRefactoring.java:227)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.handlers.ChangeSignatureHandler.getChangeSignatureRefactoring(ChangeSignatureHandler.java:198)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.handlers.GetRefactorEditHandler.getEditsForRefactor(GetRefactorEditHandler.java:161)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.handlers.JDTLanguageServer.lambda$46(JDTLanguageServer.java:1128)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.BaseJDTLanguageServer.lambda$0(BaseJDTLanguageServer.java:87)
	... 7 more

Expected Result

Should just work. Or at least give visual feedback an about the error (fails silently).

Additional Informations

Reproduce the failure using the Change Method Signature refactoring and inspect the stack trace through ChangeSignatureHandler.getChangeSignatureRefactoring and ChangeSignatureProcessor.checkFinalConditions. Check how the JDT refactoring handles a changed parameter type, then verify that Preview or Refactor completes successfully and that failures provide visible feedback.