Can't go to definition with the latest version of the cpptools plugin

[wsun987]

Environment

• OS and Version: windows11 home 64bit 24h2
• VS Code Version: 1.101.0
• C/C++ Extension Version: 1.25.3
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Bug Summary and Steps to Reproduce

Bug Summary:
Recent months, I found that the “go to definition” doesn't work well, some typedefs and function can't jump to definition by context menu or ctrl+click;

Then I roll back the history version one by one, finally I found the 1.22.11 version works well

error logs:

Configuration and Logs

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Win32",
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
            ],
            "defines": [
                "_DEBUG",
                "UNICODE",
                "_UNICODE"
            ],
            "compilerPath": "C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe"
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}

Other Extensions

No response

Additional context

No response

[wsun987]

-------- Diagnostics - 6/13/2025, 4:34:53 PM
Version: 1.25.3
Current Configuration:
{
"name": "Win32",
"includePath": [
"d:/10-Projects/10-TinyPlus425_test/app/"
],
"defines": [
"_DEBUG",
"UNICODE",
"_UNICODE"
],
"compilerPath": "C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe",
"compilerPathIsExplicit": true,
"cStandardIsExplicit": false,
"cppStandardIsExplicit": false,
"intelliSenseModeIsExplicit": false,
"recursiveIncludesReduceIsExplicit": false,
"recursiveIncludesPriorityIsExplicit": false,
"recursiveIncludesOrderIsExplicit": false,
"compilerPathInCppPropertiesJson": "C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe",
"mergeConfigurations": false,
"recursiveIncludes": {},
"browse": {
"limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true
}
}
Modified Settings:
{
"C_Cpp.default.compilerPath": "",
"C_Cpp.loggingLevel": "Debug"
}
Additional Tracked Settings:
{
"editorTabSize": 4,
"editorInsertSpaces": true,
"editorAutoClosingBrackets": "languageDefined",
"filesEncoding": "utf8",
"filesAssociations": {},
"filesExclude": {
"/.git": true,
"/.svn": true,
"/.hg": true,
"/.DS_Store": true,
"/Thumbs.db": true
},
"filesAutoSaveAfterDelay": false,
"editorInlayHintsEnabled": true,
"editorParameterHintsEnabled": true,
"searchExclude": {
"/node_modules": true,
"/bower_components": true,
"**/*.code-search": true
},
"workbenchSettingsEditor": "ui"
}
cpptools version (native): 1.25.3.0
Current database path: C:\USERS\WILLIAM\APPDATA\LOCAL\MICROSOFT\VSCODE-CPPTOOLS\C5D87FC00D83DD7F4E8414ADB9BB3E60.BROWSE.VC.DB
Translation Unit Mappings:
[ D:\10-Projects\10-TinyPlus425_test\app\as\app\as_app_hplc\as_app_hplc.c - source TU]:
Translation Unit Configurations:
[ D:\10-Projects\10-TinyPlus425_test\app\as\app\as_app_hplc\as_app_hplc.c ]
Process ID: 20096
Memory Usage: 82 MB
Compiler Path: C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe
Include paths:
system include: C:\MinGW\lib\gcc\mingw32\6.3.0\include
system include: C:\MinGW\include
system include: C:\MinGW\lib\gcc\mingw32\6.3.0\include-fixed
include (recursive): D:\10-Projects\10-TinyPlus425_test\app\rt-thread\include
include (recursive): D:\10-Projects\10-TinyPlus425_test\app\rt-thread\components\drivers\include
include (recursive): D:\10-Projects\10-TinyPlus425_test\app\board
include (recursive): D:\10-Projects\10-TinyPlus425_test\app\as\components\as_product
include (recursive): D:\10-Projects\10-TinyPlus425_test\app\as\core\inc
include (recursive): D:\10-Projects\10-TinyPlus425_test\app\as\components\as_net
include (recursive): D:\10-Projects\10-TinyPlus425_test\app\as\components\as_config
include (recursive): D:\10-Projects\10-TinyPlus425_test\app\as\app\as_app_product
include (recursive): D:\10-Projects\10-TinyPlus425_test\app\as\app\as_app_main
Defines:
_DEBUG
UNICODE
_UNICODE
Standard Version: c11
IntelliSense Mode: windows-gcc-x86
Other Flags:
--gcc
--gnu_version=60300
Total Memory Usage: 82 MB

------- Workspace parsing diagnostics -------
Number of files discovered (not excluded): 4376
Number of files parsed: 2387

------- Potential include path issues --------
Some headers exist in multiple locations. If IntelliSense is behaving incorrectly,
try adding one of the alternate paths to the "includePath" in your configuration in
c_cpp_properties.json to override the automatic path discovery for that header.

Using: C:/MinGW/include/stdlib.h
Alternative: "D:/10-Projects/10-TinyPlus425_test/app/rt-thread/components/libc/compilers/common/include/posix"

[sean-mcmanus]

@wsun987 From your video, it appears that you may be selecting all the code in the document via quadruple click. Do you see any message or result when doing the go to def, such as "No definition found"? Are you able to go to the definition via Go to Symbol in Workspace? Are you able to provide any sample repro code that repros the issue? It seems like it's reproing on some macro? Does it repro for all symbols or only certain ones?

[wsun987]

(I don't mean to quadruple click, I'm try to ctrl+click to jump again and again to produce the logs below.)

1. When the mouse hover on the typedef/function ,it shows the definition ,but when i click ,it can't open the according files and can't jump and just show "no definition found...."
   mouse hover:
   
   press F12:
   

2. do you mean the "go to symbol in workspace ...", when i click ,it show a list of the similar definitions ,but no exact the definition i want.

3. Almost all the symbols can't jump, but if the definition is just in the current file, it can go to the definition position

Additional info:

Our company deployed a secure system in our PC, the source code files will be encrypted. But we have added all the vscode related program into the strategy of the encryption system.(like: cpptools.exe, cpptools_srv.exe, code.exe )
(it weird that the 1.22.11 works very well)

thanks ~~~