gopls diagnostics clear linter/Problems output

[kb-sp]

What version of Go, VS Code & VS Code Go extension are you using?

Version Information

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  • go version go1.23.0 darwin/arm64
• Run gopls -v version to get version of Gopls from the VS Code integrated terminal.

Build info
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golang.org/x/tools/gopls v0.16.1
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go: go1.23.0

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1.92.2
fee1edb8d6d72a0ddff41e5f71a671c23ed924b9
arm64

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  • v0.42.0
• Run Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac OS) > Go: Locate Configured Go Tools command.

# Tools Configuration


## Environment

GOBIN: undefined
toolsGopath: 
gopath: /Users/me/go
GOROOT: /Users/me/local/Cellar/go/1.23.0/libexec
PATH: /Users/me/google-cloud-sdk/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/sbin:/opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin

## Tools

	go:	/Users/me/local/bin/go: go version go1.23.0 darwin/arm64

	gopls:	/Users/me/go/bin/gopls	(version: v0.16.1 built with go: go1.23.0)
	gotests:	/Users/me/go/bin/gotests	(version: v1.6.0 built with go: go1.23.0)
	gomodifytags:	/Users/me/go/bin/gomodifytags	(version: v1.16.0 built with go: go1.23.0)
	impl:	/Users/me/go/bin/impl	(version: v1.1.0 built with go: go1.23.0)
	goplay:	/Users/me/go/bin/goplay	(version: v1.0.0 built with go: go1.23.0)
	dlv:	/Users/me/go/bin/dlv	(version: v1.23.0 built with go: go1.23.0)
	golangci-lint:	/Users/me/go/bin/golangci-lint	(version: v1.60.3 built with go: go1.23.0)

## Go env

Workspace Folder (madhatter): /Users/me/go/src/github.com/MyCo/madhatter

	GO111MODULE=''
	GOARCH='arm64'
	GOBIN=''
	GOCACHE='/Users/me/Library/Caches/go-build'
	GOENV='/Users/me/Library/Application Support/go/env'
	GOEXE=''
	GOEXPERIMENT=''
	GOFLAGS=''
	GOHOSTARCH='arm64'
	GOHOSTOS='darwin'
	GOINSECURE=''
	GOMODCACHE='/Users/me/go/pkg/mod'
	GONOPROXY='github.com/MyCo,buf.build/gen/go,github.com/github-handle'
	GONOSUMDB='github.com/MyCo,buf.build/gen/go,github.com/github-handle'
	GOOS='darwin'
	GOPATH='/Users/me/go'
	GOPRIVATE='github.com/MyCo,buf.build/gen/go,github.com/github-handle'
	GOPROXY='https://proxy.golang.org,direct'
	GOROOT='/Users/me/local/Cellar/go/1.23.0/libexec'
	GOSUMDB='sum.golang.org'
	GOTMPDIR=''
	GOTOOLCHAIN='auto'
	GOTOOLDIR='/Users/me/local/Cellar/go/1.23.0/libexec/pkg/tool/darwin_arm64'
	GOVCS=''
	GOVERSION='go1.23.0'
	GODEBUG=''
	GOTELEMETRY='local'
	GOTELEMETRYDIR='/Users/me/Library/Application Support/go/telemetry'
	GCCGO='gccgo'
	GOARM64='v8.0'
	AR='ar'
	CC='cc'
	CXX='c++'
	CGO_ENABLED='0'
	GOMOD='/Users/me/go/src/github.com/MyCo/madhatter/go.mod'
	GOWORK='/Users/me/go/src/github.com/MyCo/madhatter/go.work'
	CGO_CFLAGS='-O2 -g'
	CGO_CPPFLAGS=''
	CGO_CXXFLAGS='-O2 -g'
	CGO_FFLAGS='-O2 -g'
	CGO_LDFLAGS='-O2 -g'
	PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config'
	GOGCCFLAGS='-fPIC -arch arm64 -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -ffile-prefix-map=/var/folders/9z/mn1s9hm917b11k64wnvjm7nh0000gn/T/go-build2463239726=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common'

Share the Go related settings you have added/edited

  "go.lintTool": "golangci-lint",
  "go.lintOnSave": "workspace",

Describe the bug

When saving a Go file, golangci-lint runs and shows warnings in the Problems pane. But when gopls diagnostics are applied, the Problems list is completely cleared of all Go issues. Other linter issues (e.g., for JSON) remain in the Problems pane.

The OUTPUT pane shows the successful run of the linter and its output, and PROBLEMS shows the errors. But when gopls.diagnosticsDelay is hit, the PROBLEMS pane is erased, and no additional output appears in the OUTPUT pane.

REALIZATION: Only golangci-lint output from the staticcheck linter seems to be affected. Other linter issues for Go or other languages remain.

Even if the staticcheck linter has become deprecated, this behavior is super confusing. ;) Additionally, our CI/CD is gated by a standalone golangci-lint run, so it's more than cosmetic.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Create a file that fails the staticcheck linter (in golangci-lint), save it, and gopls diagnostics will quickly clear these entries.

.golangci.yaml:

linters:
  enable:
    staticcheck

[findleyr]

@hyangah this sounds like a bug: linters from multiple sources should be merged, no?

REALIZATION: Only golangci-lint output from the staticcheck linter seems to be affected. Other linter issues for Go or other languages remain.

This might because all of those other linters (for Go files) are actually being run by gopls. Gopls runs the standard vet suite, as well as staticcheck if configured with "staticcheck": true.

[kb-sp]

I'm not aware of having that on (it's not in our config, and I can't find a Settings entry that has it enabled (or configurable). If it's gopls.staticcheck in settings.json, making it false doesn't change the behavior. However, marking it manually to true does retain the messages, but they're in the broader, less-configurable context of gopls/vet, and doesn't match our golangci-lint config gating our CI/CD. Perhaps gopls.staticcheck=false shouldn't remove existing staticcheck linters?

[hyangah]

The extension is supposed to merge and dedup the diagnostics. When deduping, it favors the reports from gopls. Can you share an example code with problems that exhibit the issue?

[kb-sp]

I originally made an initial pass at a test case, but a simple one-/two-package case in the same module wasn't sufficient. If I could get a pointer to the location of the code that handles the deduping, I could take a look and either run a local build and debug or figure out a potential test case.

[hyangah]

Thanks.
The relevant code locations:

• Where gopls diagnostics triggers dedupping:

vscode-go/extension/src/language/goLanguageServer.ts

Line 602 in c7d88dc

removeDuplicateDiagnostics(lintDiagnosticCollection, uri, diagnostics);

• Where linter diagnostics are saved:

vscode-go/extension/src/goLint.ts

Line 44 in c7d88dc

handleDiagnosticErrors(

• Looks like deduping is primarily based on the diagnostic report's start line but I could be wrong:

vscode-go/extension/src/util.ts

Line 705 in c7d88dc

function deDupeDiagnostics(

Let us know what you find!