zed-industries/zed · error

invalid symbol path

Error message

invalid symbol path

What it means

A symbol whose location is inside the project references a worktree that can no longer be resolved (absolutize failed with 'no such worktree'), so its absolute path cannot be computed; the outer error surfaces as 'invalid symbol path'.

Source

Thrown at crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs:10161

            let abs_path = &update.diagnostics.document_abs_path;
            let server_id = update.server_id;
            let Some((worktree, relative_path)) =
                self.worktree_store.read(cx).find_worktree(abs_path, cx)
            else {
                log::warn!("skipping diagnostics update, no worktree found for path {abs_path:?}");
                continue;
            };

            let worktree_id = worktree.read(cx).id();
            let project_path = ProjectPath {
                worktree_id,
                path: relative_path,
            };

            let document_uri = lsp::Uri::from_file_path(abs_path)
                .map_err(|()| anyhow!("Failed to convert buffer path {abs_path:?} to lsp Uri"))?;
            if let Some(buffer_handle) = self.buffer_store.read(cx).get_by_path(&project_path) {
                let snapshot = buffer_handle.read(cx).snapshot();
                let buffer = buffer_handle.read(cx);
                let reused_diagnostics = buffer
                    .buffer_diagnostics(Some(server_id))
                    .iter()
                    .filter(|v| merge(&document_uri, &v.diagnostic, cx))
                    .map(|v| {
                        (*v).clone().map_coordinates(|range| {
                            Unclipped(range.start.to_point_utf16(&snapshot))
                                ..Unclipped(range.end.to_point_utf16(&snapshot))
                        })
                    })
                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();

                self.as_local_mut()
                    .context("cannot merge diagnostics on a remote LspStore")?
                    .update_buffer_diagnostics(
                        &buffer_handle,
                        server_id,

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Solutions

1. Ensure the worktree containing the symbol is still open in the project
2. Re-index/re-run the symbol search so stale symbol paths are refreshed

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs:9442 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of zed-industries/zed@9d272b0363 (2026-08-20). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8f47c12b65465997. Report an issue: GitHub.