VS Code always asks for a Pristine Build with NCS v1.9.1

[stathisv]

I have a project using nRF Connect SDK v1.9.1 and recently started having the issue that when I build it in VS Code with the plugin it always asks me to do a Pristine Build, even though no changes have been made. The problem started in the last 2-3 weeks so I can only attribute it to an upgrade of the VS Code plugin.

In addition it does not happen with other projects that I have using later versions of the SDK, eg. v2.4.2 or v2.6.2, only with v1.9.1

Attached is the diagnotstics file I got from VS Code

Thank you

nrf-connect-support-20241115122441.zip

[Vidar Berg]

Hi,

Would you mind trying an older version of the extension to confirm whether the issue is caused by a plugin update or something else?

Steps to downgrade the extension:

Best regards,

Vidar

[stathisv]

Hi Vidar,

If I revert the extension back to v2024.9.87 the issue goes away. It seems to have been introduced in v2024.11.22.

Thank you,

Stathis

[Vidar Berg]

The feedback I received was that this was fixed in v2024.11.75. Is this the version you had installed when you experienced the problem?

[stathisv]

Yes, that was the version I had before I rolled back today to test. I tried again now and I still get the issue with v2024.11.75

[Vidar Berg]

Thank you for confirming again. It seems the fix did not fully resolve the issue. I will inform the team that you are still seeing this problem with the latest version.

[Vidar Berg]

The team has not managed to reproduce the issue with version 2024.11.75 of the extension. They also tested with SDK v1.9.1. If you choose to update the extension again, could you please try with one of the SDK samples such as blinky to see if that works?

[Daniel Chisholm]

"Me too...."

I have been using 2024.11.75 successfully for several days now, but today things broke; no matter what I do I am now stuck with this:

Note that 2024.11.75 WAS working perfectly well for me, with v2.8.0.

The only thing I can think of is that today I decided to clean out a bunch of old SDKs and toolchains.  Not sure if that could have triggered anything, or might be a helpful clue to your developers?

Reverting to v2024.9.87 does NOT fix things for me.  I need to go all the way back to v2024.7.31 (and disable nRF DeviceTree) to get something I can work with (I can live without the devicetree editor.... but can't live without BUILD and DEBUG!):