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Refresh option doesn't work, classes not visible #914
Description
Type: Bug
Sometimes files (especially generated, but also moved to other package via Refactor) are not visible in JAVA PROJECTS view. I can see it in the Folder view so they exist.
Extension version: 0.25.2025092303
VS Code version: Code 1.104.2 (e3a5acfb517a443235981655413d566533107e92, 2025-09-24T11:21:37.073Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
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System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1145G7 @ 2.60GHz (8 x 2611) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 31.66GB (15.17GB free) |
| Process Argv | --crash-reporter-id 4134563c-2f34-4b2a-88d5-bd8d5e0972c2 |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
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Activity
github-actions commentedon Oct 1, 2025
Hi Bartek-Trz, I'm an AI Support assistant here to help with your issue. While the team reviews your request, I wanted to provide some possible tips and documentation that might help you in the meantime.
No known fix is available at this time – the behavior is a bug in the Java Project Manager explorer. As a workaround, you can:
References with similar reports:
The Refresh button doesn’t work – users report clicking Refresh in the Java Dependency/Projects view doesn’t update the tree (no fix published)
The Refresh button doesn't work #191
Cannot auto refresh after edit package – package creations/renames aren’t reflected until a manual refresh is invoked
Cannot auto refresh after edit package #305
Other references with low confidence
Java project tree/view not updated with new files/packages when created from create class option of extension (Only for network location mounts [NFS/SMB] ) #787
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wenytang-ms commentedon Jun 5, 2026
Hi Bartek-Trz, thanks for the detailed report and the screenshot — that made it easy to reproduce.
Root cause: when files were generated or moved straight to disk into a brand-new package, the Java Projects view only did a shallow refresh of the source root and never re-enumerated its package list, so the new package/classes never showed up — even after clicking Refresh.
Fix (merged in #1026):
The fix is on main and will ship in the next release of the extension. Once it's published, please update and let us know if the issue is gone. Thanks again for reporting!
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