Issue with workspace detection when generating files during VSCode startup

[jotakob]

How are you using the lua-language-server?

Visual Studio Code Extension (sumneko.lua)

Which OS are you using?

Windows

What is the issue affecting?

Diagnostics/Syntax Checking

Expected Behaviour

In my workspace, I use a custom script that runs when I start VSCode and (re-)generates a bunch of LUA Meta files that contain an API I use. However, because this happens at the same time as the lua language server analyzes the workspace the two processes conflict somehow, leading to the language server not properly analyzing these files, and listing a lot of "undefined global" problems as a result. Even if the langauge server later re-analyzes the workspace as I'm working, these problems do not go away. Regenerating the files again later also does not fix the issue.

I expect the language server to re-analyze the files after they are generated to properly compile the list of globals etc, alternatively I think my problem could also be solved by adding a command that I can call to force the language server to reanalyze the entire workspace, which I could call after the files are generated, or a config value to delay the inital analysis of the workspace by a few seconds.

Actual Behaviour

The language server does not find the generated Meta files and instead lists a lot of "undefined global" issues that don't go away.

This is not consistent, when restarting VSCode it only happens around 50% of the time.

Reproduction steps

1. Start VSCode with the workspace
2. Wait for the Meta files to be generated
3. Wait for the LUA langauge server to finish analyzing
4. Notice a large number of issues raised in the Problem panel

Additional Notes

This is on version 3.5.5 btw, because 3.5.6 frequently breaks the code colour formatting.

Log File

No response

[jotakob]

I re-tested this in 3.6.19 and the problem still exists :/