v0.1.32

Alias-aware navigation, stale data fixes, update notifications, and a proper cache reset.

Alias-aware navigation

Import aliases now work everywhere. If you write:

import {ERC20 as Token} from "./ERC20.sol";

Then Token correctly resolves through all navigation features:

• Go to Definition / Go to Declaration — jumps to ERC20, not the alias
• Go to Implementation — finds concrete implementations of the original
• Find References — includes both Token usages and ERC20 references
• Rename — renames the alias across the project without touching the original name

Goto-implementation fallback

When no implementations are found (e.g. cursor is on a concrete function, not an interface declaration), the server now falls back to goto-definition instead of returning nothing. This matches what most editors do for other languages.

Live buffer compilation

textDocument/didChange now compiles the editor buffer directly with solc. You get cross-file diagnostics on unsaved edits — no need to save first.

Stale data fix across 10 LSP handlers

This was the big bug. When a handler computed zero results, it returned JSON null instead of []. LSP clients interpret null as "server couldn't compute" and keep showing whatever stale data they had.

The symptom: delete a function, save, and the editor still shows inlay hints / reference highlights / fold markers for code that no longer exists.

Fixed in all affected handlers:

Startup update check

The server now checks GitHub releases on startup and shows a notification when a newer version is available:

Solidity Language Server v0.1.33 is available (current: v0.1.32).
Update: cargo install solidity-language-server

Runs in the background, 5-second timeout, no impact on startup speed. Disable with:

{
  "solidity-language-server": {
    "checkForUpdates": false
  }
}

clearCache is now a full reset

solidity.clearCache previously only removed the on-disk cache directory and one entry from the AST cache. Per-file builds, completion caches, sub-caches, semantic tokens, and the path interner all survived.

Now it wipes everything:

• On-disk .solidity-language-server/ directory
• All per-file and project AST builds
• Completion caches
• Library sub-caches
• Semantic token caches
• Path interner (canonical file ID mappings)

The next open/save rebuilds from scratch.

Upgrade

cargo install solidity-language-server