Extension blocks "reveal in explorer" feature after the VS code update

[volodymyr-nikolaiev-e]

Logs
2025-08-12 17:05:32.967 [error] [Window] navigator is now a global in nodejs, please see https://aka.ms/vscode-extensions/navigator for additional info on this error.: PendingMigrationError: navigator is now a global in nodejs, please see https://aka.ms/vscode-extensions/navigator for additional info on this error. at get (file:///vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64/e3550cfac4b63ca4eafca7b601f0d2885817fd1f/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:388:6355) at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:52:11747 at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:1:274 at c4.exports (/root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:227:214) at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:230:12104 at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:1:274 at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:230:12241 at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:1:274 at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:230:16365 at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:1:274 at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:230:18256 at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:1:274 at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:230:24640 at /root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:1:274 at Object.<anonymous> (/root/.vscode-server/extensions/llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd-0.2.0/out/bundle.js:232:11778) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1730:14) at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1895:10) at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1465:32) at Function.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1282:12) at e._load (file:///vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64/e3550cfac4b63ca4eafca7b601f0d2885817fd1f/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:388:5728) at t._load (file:///vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64/e3550cfac4b63ca4eafca7b601f0d2885817fd1f/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:206:22695) at r._load (file:///vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64/e3550cfac4b63ca4eafca7b601f0d2885817fd1f/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:198:25694) at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:322:14) at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:235:24) at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1487:12) at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:135:16) at LZ.Cb (file:///vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64/e3550cfac4b63ca4eafca7b601f0d2885817fd1f/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:237:1253) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)

[HighCommander4]

Can you provide some more details about the user-visible symptom that you're experiencing -- what are you doing in the editor, what are you expecting to happen, and what actually happens?

[volodymyr-nikolaiev-e]

I am editing multiple files. When switching files in the editor, I am expecting the opened file to be shown in the Explorer. But it does not. And when this happens, I see the message in the log I shared. Everything worked fine before the latest update of VS Code.
I am working in a dev container, where the project is inside the Docker container and not mapped.

[HighCommander4]

If you disable the clangd extension, does "reveal in explorer" now behave as you expect?

[volodymyr-nikolaiev-e]

Yes, it is.

[HighCommander4]

Interesting. I have no idea how this error could be causing an issue with "reveal in explorer".

But we should fix that error anyways, and then we can see if that helps.

I had a look at the link referenced in the error message, https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_101#_web-environment-detection. It looks like it's about checking for the presence of the navigator object to detect whether the code is running in a web environment.

I checked the vscode-clangd source code; it does not directly reference navigator. But the generated bundle.js does, suggesting that a package that vscode-clangd depends on references navigator.

@tamird, @JVApen, do you have a suggestion about how we can track down the offending package?

[JVApen]

We have some menu actions that refer to navigation. Though that's a stretch.

I can't believe I'm saying this, though a C++ stack trace contains more information assisting here.

What's currently going through my mind:

• we should get the 3.0 pre-release out (it is available via the GitHub page) and check if any of the dependabot changes already fixed this (@volodymyr-nikolaiev-e Can you test the version from https://github.com/clangd/vscode-clangd/releases ?)
• We should check our build instructions. From what I can see, we create a source map, though it doesn't seem to be used. Maybe we should experiment with inline or both (https://esbuild.github.io/api/#using-source-maps) such that more info can be provided.
• Can the stack be translated onto code using the existing source map (if available)?

[volodymyr-nikolaiev-e]

@JVApen, I will test the new version, but in 2 weeks, unfortunately. Thank you all for your support with this issue!