"Go to definition" is not working for Java source

[ibobak]

Type: Bug

I have a shortcut (Ctrl+B) for "Go to definition" action. For most cases it works, but sometimes it doesn't. The language is Java. Screenshot attached

VS Code version: Code 1.139.1 (04c0d99f4fb0d8afe6ce4f0c58e31e183ac3e4b1, 2026-09-25T03:40:57Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-138-generic
Modes:

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[datho7561]

I can't reproduce this problem. Do you have any other information you could share? The following might be helpful:

• What are you trying to get the definition of; is it a class, field, method, module, etc?
• Are you using Maven/Gradle to build your project? Or neither? Or some other tool through third party support like Bazel?
• If you go to the logs (Ctrl + P > "Java: Open All Log Files") is there any errors/exceptions there that seem relevant?

We also publish nightly prerelease versions of the extension that you can switch to through the extensions page, and have a release candidate for 1.57.0 going through review right now, and maybe one of those has already addressed the issue.