Import can't find files

[infu]

Sometimes Motoko language server works and finds its files, sometimes it doesn't. Reloading doesn't help. Everything seems to be set properly, mops & dfx.json. Can't even find a local file. The only difference I can see is my git root is not where dfx.json is. Perhaps that path is being used? How the language server detects its dfx.json ?

[rvanasa]

Thanks for the bug report; I'll see if I can reproduce this on my end.

Everything seems alright for a simplified example, so would you be able to send a screenshot of your file / directory structure?

Also, does anything seem unusual in the extension log ("Output" -> "Motoko Language Server")?

The language server is able to handle multiple dfx.json files at a time in any subdirectory, so this is supposed to work even with a different Git root.

[infu]

Thanks for pointing out where I should be looking.

It seems it doesn't like the simlinks my npm setup has and ends in infinite loop. I can fix that on my end.

Edit: Removing looping npm packages fixed it

[rvanasa]

Just to confirm, did this fix the original issue ("sometimes Motoko language server works and finds its files, sometimes it doesn't")?

I'll look into fixing this infinite loop condition to minimize the chance of the same situation happening in the future.

[infu]

It works most of the time. (On Mac/Intel)
However, sometimes I get these errors. (not too often)
reloading VScode or Motoko language server thru palette doesn't help.
I have to close VScode and start it again. Then it works.

[rvanasa]

That is quite strange. What operating system are you using?

This might have something to do with VS Code itself rather than the extension, since the error messages indicate that the system path doesn't include npx or mops while the extension is being initialized.

[infu]

MacOs 13.4

[rvanasa]

Thanks! I'll let you know if I find a way to reproduce this issue on my end (also on macOS 13.4).

You could try running mops sources and npx ic-mops sources in a terminal to see if anything unexpected happens (and then running code . from the same terminal to inherit the system path). If this doesn't help, then it might be worth reinstalling VS Code and perhaps running the Motoko extension by itself to try and narrow down the root cause.

[rvanasa]

Hi @infu, are you still running into this issue? Here are a few more debugging steps that might help narrow down what's happening:

• What happens if you remove or change defaults.build.packtool in your dfx.json file?
• Do you get a "command not found" message when running which npx and which mops in the VS Code dev console?

[ottodevs]

same issue here