# Helix + LanguageServer cache
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797
**Category:** Tooling
**Created:** [November 11, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797 "2025-11-11T15:42:09Z")
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### Author:  [@kousu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kousu)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797/1 "2025-11-11T15:42:09Z")
I’m giving [`helix`](https://docs.helix-editor.com/) a spin. I’ve got Julia configured with:
```julia-auto
$ cat ~/.config/helix/languages.toml
[[language]]
name = "julia"
auto-format = true
formatter = { command = "/home/kousu/src/jlfmt", args = ["-"] }
[language-server.julia]
timeout = 20
command = "julia"
[[language]]
name = "typst"
auto-format = true
formatter = { command = "typstyle" }
```
It’s slow to start up every time so I went digging for ways to improve that. If I watch the log (`tail -f ~/.cache/helix/helix.log`), every single launch it says this:
```julia-auto
...
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (72%)\n"
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (73%)\n"
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (74%)\n"
...
```
If I understand correctly, under vscode, LanguageServer is supposed to cache – and it does seem so – to,
```julia-auto
~/.config/Code - OSS/User/globalStorage/julialang.language-julia/lsdepot
```
I used `lsof` to try to find where helix was caching; during the download I saw several connections to GitHub
```julia-auto
$ pgrep julia | xargs -n1 sudo ls -p | grep -i tcp
# ...
julia 3083397 kousu 131u IPv6 12458767 0t0 TCP allium:49192->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
julia 3083397 kousu 134u IPv6 12458768 0t0 TCP allium:49208->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
julia 3083397 kousu 136u IPv6 12458769 0t0 TCP allium:49210->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
# ...
$ whois '2606:50c0:8003::153' | grep -C 2 CustName
CustName: GitHub, Inc.
Address: 88 Colin P Kelly Jr Street
City: San Francisco
```
So that all checks out. But with the same `lsof` I can’t see anything that looks like a cache.
> **lsof**
>
> ```julia-auto
> COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
> julia 3083397 kousu cwd DIR 253,4 20480 25035119 /home/kousu/src/testjl
> julia 3083397 kousu rtd DIR 253,2 4096 2 /
> julia 3083397 kousu txt REG 253,2 14552 1248119 /usr/bin/julia
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 12873128 28468132 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/LanguageServer/ite7n_OwB7W.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 74838176 28468117 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/SymbolServer/355ac_OwB7W.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 3338432 1966100 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/REPLExt/m7ggP_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 932448 28468129 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/StaticLint/FgruE_OwB7W.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 69250832 1863064 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/Pkg/tUTdb_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 2666416 1862944 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/Downloads/eiA4B_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 1976368 1199010 /usr/lib/libunistring.so.5.2.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 2276176 1862994 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/LibGit2/xrYJZ_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 1954088 1862909 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/ArgTools/aGHFV_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 5704872 1188417 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.3
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 379936 1196367 /usr/lib/libnss_mymachines.so.2
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 12068440 25559653 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/JuliaFormatter/OWZnm_OwB7W.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 211304 1196368 /usr/lib/libnss_resolve.so.2
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 809032 1195425 /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 6561968 25441771 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/CommonMark/LZtHZ_OwB7W.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 308832 25429168 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/URIs/eec2u_BREcB.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 203136 28468120 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/JSONRPC/Gwkvk_OwB7W.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 2324248 25441779 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/DataStructures/xKiwJ_OwB7W.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 448408 1966145 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/Tar/G9ZYP_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 1349104 1248011 /usr/lib/libgit2.so.1.9.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 4671408 28468123 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/CSTParser/R4aS6_OwB7W.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 595376 1862984 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/LibCURL/ht49g_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 2073656 28468114 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/Tokenize/7Oi97_OwB7W.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 32770232 1966095 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/REPL/u0gqU_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 4755480 1863029 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/Markdown/AREjX_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 43064 1195725 /usr/lib/libcap.so.2.77
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 34208 28468126 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/TestItemDetection/gEFYI_OwB7W.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 946880 1202178 /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4.8.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 141264 1201832 /usr/lib/libbrotlicommon.so.1.1.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 182320 1195405 /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 946136 1188419 /usr/lib/libssl.so.3
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 32190344 1247984 /usr/lib/libopenblas_64.so.0.3
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 748224 1862959 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/InteractiveUtils/0TrXF_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 1845696 1862964 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/JuliaSyntaxHighlighting/8OCEv_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 8925272 1966130 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/StyledStrings/UcVoM_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 67904 1183870 /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 55544 1195428 /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 6825304 25441269 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/Parsers/833b9_BREcB.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 340240 1195399 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 132992 1201853 /usr/lib/libidn2.so.0.4.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 148480 1201934 /usr/lib/libnghttp3.so.9.4.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 737576 25559651 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/JSON/uf6oy_OwB7W.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 2051472 1862929 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/Dates/p8See_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 11745224 1184653 /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.5.0.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 55168 1201835 /usr/lib/libbrotlidec.so.1.1.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 548248 25430488 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/Crayons/TXPcU_BREcB.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 22480 1188171 /usr/lib/libkeyutils.so.1.10
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 75640 1201943 /usr/lib/libpsl.so.5.3.5
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 28528 1863019 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/Logging/PWFjL_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 72664 1966185 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/p7zip_jll/dfuGM_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 26944 1863039 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/MozillaCACerts_jll/XKIUi_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 39672 1862989 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/LibCURL_jll/9JWaY_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 67456 1248005 /usr/lib/libllhttp.so.9.2.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 1573320 1248000 /usr/lib/libblastrampoline.so.5
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 39336 1966165 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/Zlib_jll/xjq3Q_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 157736 1201925 /usr/lib/libnghttp2.so.14.29.2
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 39424 1966180 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/nghttp2_jll/KTGSA_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 365160 25428502 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/OrderedCollections/LtT3J_BREcB.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 775744 1198259 /usr/lib/libmpfr.so.6.2.2
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 678528 1187919 /usr/lib/libgmp.so.10.5.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 301600 1201969 /usr/lib/libssh2.so.1.0.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 706856 1198393 /usr/lib/libpcre2-8.so.0.15.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 213599080 1348463 /usr/lib/julia/sys.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 39600 1862999 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/LibGit2_jll/nfCpg_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 103776 1863044 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/NetworkOptions/J8H6s_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 5654208 1221096 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 87104 25428485 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/Glob/3FzEV_BREcB.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 202936 25431685 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/Preferences/pWSk8_BREcB.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 1634192 1184659 /usr/lib/libgomp.so.1.0.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 2178656 1348442 /usr/lib/julia/libjulia-codegen.so.1.12.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 151456 1862914 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/Base64/D7K0n_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 149880 1966140 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/TOML/mjrwE_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 31859544 1199270 /usr/lib/libicudata.so.76.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 39536 1863004 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/LibSSH2_jll/K6mup_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 84592 25431660 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/Compat/GSFWK_BREcB.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 179464 1863034 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/Mmap/GDYy0_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 2095152 1199285 /usr/lib/libicuuc.so.76.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 164056 1966085 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/Printf/3FQLY_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 1260488 1199368 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.16.1.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 453896 1184740 /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6.5
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 935880 1196333 /usr/lib/libzstd.so.1.5.7
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 135595256 1248032 /usr/lib/libLLVM.so.18.1jl
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 18376 1188077 /usr/lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 45856 1863054 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/OpenSSL_jll/M3X35_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 2112592 1348445 /usr/lib/julia/libjulia-internal.so.1.12.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 15288 25436137 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/CompatLinearAlgebraExt/Zxpzq_BREcB.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,4 53024 25437282 /home/kousu/.julia/compiled/v1.12/PrecompileTools/AQ9Mk_BREcB.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 45632 1966155 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/UUIDs/SIw1t_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 211152 1195956 /usr/lib/liblzma.so.5.8.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 100368 1187933 /usr/lib/libz.so.1.3.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 223344 1216824 /usr/lib/libedit.so.0.0.75
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 78624 1966160 /usr/share/julia/compiled/v1.12/Unicode/E4Hzs_mAJqa.so
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 0,16 12693700 anon_inode:[io_uring] (stat: No such file or directory)
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 354176 1217216 /usr/lib/libutf8proc.so.3.1.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 22480456 1184677 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.34
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 1100400 1183850 /usr/lib/libm.so.6
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 47336 1201682 /usr/lib/libffi.so.8.2.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 63384 1217878 /usr/lib/libunwind.so.8.2.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 193096 1248035 /usr/lib/libopenlibm.so.4.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 2149728 1183840 /usr/lib/libc.so.6
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 0,16 12693699 anon_inode:[io_uring] (stat: No such file or directory)
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 174144 1184645 /usr/lib/libatomic.so.1.2.0
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 906056 1184647 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 101560 1248122 /usr/lib/libjulia.so.1.12.1
> julia 3083397 kousu mem REG 253,2 246760 1183831 /usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
> julia 3083397 kousu 0r FIFO 0,15 0t0 12692896 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 1w FIFO 0,15 0t0 12692897 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 2w FIFO 0,15 0t0 12692898 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 3u a_inode 0,16 0 111 [eventpoll:4,8,10,11,20,23]
> julia 3083397 kousu 4u a_inode 0,16 0 12693699 [io_uring]
> julia 3083397 kousu 5u a_inode 0,16 0 12693700 [io_uring]
> julia 3083397 kousu 6r FIFO 0,15 0t0 12693701 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 7w FIFO 0,15 0t0 12693701 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 8r FIFO 0,15 0t0 12693702 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 9w FIFO 0,15 0t0 12693702 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 10u a_inode 0,16 0 111 [eventfd:155]
> julia 3083397 kousu 11r FIFO 0,15 0t0 12692896 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 12r CHR 1,3 0t0 4 /dev/null
> julia 3083397 kousu 13w FIFO 0,15 0t0 12692897 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 14w FIFO 0,15 0t0 12692898 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 15u a_inode 0,16 0 111 [eventfd:166]
> julia 3083397 kousu 16u a_inode 0,16 0 111 [eventfd:175]
> julia 3083397 kousu 17u REG 0,23 0 12693704 /proc/3083397/mem
> julia 3083397 kousu 18r FIFO 0,15 0t0 12458665 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 19w FIFO 0,15 0t0 12458665 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 20u unix 0x00000000b1783a8f 0t0 12693102 /tmp/vscjlsymserv-35904065-e27b type=STREAM (LISTEN)
> julia 3083397 kousu 21r REG 253,2 226607 1863083 /etc/ca-certificates/extracted/tls-ca-bundle.pem
> julia 3083397 kousu 22u a_inode 0,16 0 111 [eventfd:35]
> julia 3083397 kousu 23u unix 0x0000000081b431e3 0t0 12693110 /tmp/vscjlsymserv-35904065-e27b type=STREAM (CONNECTED)
> julia 3083397 kousu 24w FIFO 0,15 0t0 12693108 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 25r FIFO 0,15 0t0 12693109 pipe
> julia 3083397 kousu 131u IPv6 12458767 0t0 TCP allium:49192->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
> julia 3083397 kousu 134u IPv6 12458768 0t0 TCP allium:49208->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
> julia 3083397 kousu 136u IPv6 12458769 0t0 TCP allium:49210->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
> julia 3083397 kousu 139u IPv6 12458770 0t0 TCP allium:49226->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
> julia 3083397 kousu 140u IPv6 12458771 0t0 TCP allium:49240->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
> julia 3083397 kousu 141u IPv6 12458772 0t0 TCP allium:49244->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
> julia 3083397 kousu 144u IPv6 12458773 0t0 TCP allium:49260->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
> julia 3083397 kousu 147u IPv6 12458758 0t0 TCP allium:49106->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
> julia 3083397 kousu 153u IPv6 12458762 0t0 TCP allium:49140->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
> julia 3083397 kousu 154u IPv6 12458763 0t0 TCP allium:49148->[2606:50c0:8003::153]:https (ESTABLISHED)
>
> ```
So what’s up? It easily takes 10s every time I open a file. Does LanguageServer.jl need some environment variable set to tell it where to cache?
(following from [Helix + LanguageServer.jl + JuliaFormatter.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-jl-juliaformatter-jl/133755) but that’s specifically about the formatter and this seems like a deeper issue)
Thank you in advance for any direction you can provide me.
> **Versions**
>
> ```julia-auto
> $ julia --version
> julia version 1.12.1
>
> ```
>
> ```julia-auto
> (@v1.12) pkg> st
> Status `~/.julia/environments/v1.12/Project.toml`
> [00ebfdb7] CSTParser v3.4.3
> [31c24e10] Distributions v0.25.122
> [5789e2e9] FileIO v1.17.1
> [08572546] FlameGraphs v1.1.0
> [82e4d734] ImageIO v0.6.9
> [98e50ef6] JuliaFormatter v2.2.0
> ⌃ [2b0e0bc5] LanguageServer v4.1.0
> [91a5bcdd] Plots v1.41.1
> [132c30aa] ProfileSVG v0.2.2
> [c46f51b8] ProfileView v1.10.2
> [276daf66] SpecialFunctions v2.6.1
> [b3cc710f] StaticLint v8.2.2
> [f3b207a7] StatsPlots v0.15.8
>
> ```
---
### Author:  [@NonDairyNeutrino](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NonDairyNeutrino)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797/2 "2025-11-11T18:51:20Z")
Hmm, that certainly is odd. I just cleared my helix log and re-opened my julia project in it i.e. I have been using Helix so the LanguageServer.jl (LS) cache should be up to date. Then log starts with
```julia-auto
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (0%)\n"
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (25%)\n"
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (50%)\n"
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (75%)\n"
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: All cache files downloaded (took 2.2s). (100%)\n"
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[Info: Package [PACKAGE] is cached.\n"
.
.
.
```
I just use the [default julia configuration that ships with Helix](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/0f2ae35a1336d5fef823127dc134ed5675e5b9cb/languages.toml#L621-L635). Though it also looks like the LS wiki uses a slightly different configuration in their [minimal working example](https://github.com/julia-vscode/LanguageServer.jl/wiki/helix). In either case, a difference I do see between with your language config is the explicitly specifying the language server Helix should use. The default config has
```toml
# DEFAULT HELIX CONFIG
[[language]]
name = "julia"
scope = "source.julia"
injection-regex = "julia"
file-types = ["jl"]
roots = ["Manifest.toml", "Project.toml"]
comment-token = "#"
###############
language-server = { command = "julia", timeout = 60, args = [
"--startup-file=no",
"--history-file=no",
"--quiet",
"-e",
"using LanguageServer; runserver()",
] }
###############
indent = { tab-width = 4, unit = " " }
```
and the LS wiki has
```toml
# LS WIKI MINIMAL WORKING EXAMPLE
[[language]]
name = "julia"
scope = "source.julia"
injection-regex = "julia"
file-types = ["jl"]
roots = ["Project.toml", "Manifest.toml", "JuliaProject.toml"]
comment-token = "#"
############################
language-servers = ["julia"]
############################
indent = { tab-width = 4, unit = " " }
[language-server.julia]
command = "julia"
timeout = 60
args = ["-e", "using LanguageServer; runserver();"]
```
So my gut says that all you need to do (assuming a manual language config does not use defaults for unspecified fields) is add `language-servers = ["julia"]` to your language spec after `formatter = { command = "/home/kousu/src/jlfmt", args = ["-"] }` to get
```julia-auto
# *POTENTIALLY* CORRECT CONFIG
[[language]]
name = "julia"
auto-format = true
formatter = { command = "/home/kousu/src/jlfmt", args = ["-"] }
language-servers = ["julia"]
[language-server.julia]
timeout = 20
command = "julia"
```
I’ve been really liking the Julia experience with Helix after having recently seriously trying to move away from VSCode (actually [VSCodium](https://vscodium.com/)). The tree sitter support and integration with “Space+k” for inline documentation are two of my favorite features.
---
### Author:  [@kousu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kousu)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797/3 "2025-11-12T19:23:09Z")
Thank you for taking the time! So there _is_ a working version out there. I was beginning to wonder if no one had tested it in months. I didn’t mention it explicitly but yes, relatedly `space`+`k` only works for `Base` and my current file making it hard to fully cut off vscode.
I tried your suggestion verbatim
```julia-auto
# ~/.config/helix/languages.toml
# *POTENTIALLY* CORRECT CONFIG
[[language]]
name = "julia"
auto-format = true
language-servers = ["julia"]
[language-server.julia]
timeout = 20
command = "julia"
```
And… suddenly it worked! Well not suddenly, it still took a while to boot. At first `space`+`k` said
> No configured language server supports hover
but after a moment, `space`+`k` starts returning results for `Base`
And after another moment, after the log says
```julia-auto
[ Info: Package DataFrames (a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0) is cached.
[ Info: Symbol server indexing took 33.098201546 seconds.
[ Info: Loading DataFrames from cache... (0%)
[ Info: Done loading DataFrames from cache... (took 0.97s) (0%)
# [.... cropped ...]
[ Info: Done loading SentinelArrays from cache... (took 0.032s) (0%)
[ Info: Loaded all packages into cache in 2.9s (100%)
============== Startup timings ==============
0.0 - LS startup started (0.0s since last event)
0.040324 - connection established (0.040324s since last event)
# [....]
51.156 - initial lint done (0.11442s since last event)
=============================================
```
_then_ `space`+`k` has also indexed imported libraries
The caching issue is gone too. I don’t know why, but thank you for fixing Helix for me!
I also tried going with the defaults, back to
```julia-auto
# ~/.config/helix/languages.toml
[[language]]
name = "julia"
auto-format = true
```
And this _also_ worked.
* * *
Looking closer So I think the problem was that I was on LanguageServer 4.1.0. I don’t understand why `Pkg.add("LanguageServer")` installed that version and why `Pkg.update()` wasn’t upgrading but it must have been broken. Some time yesterday I explicitly installed upgraded to 4.5.1 because it mentioned on some github thread I’ve lost now, but I guess I didn’t retest cleanly. I also upgraded SymbolServer and StaticLint [in case that helped](https://github.com/julia-vscode/LanguageServer.jl/issues/1247#issuecomment-1740902633) 😵💫
In summary, what fixed it for me was:
1. Remove the `[language-server.julia]` or `language-servers = [...]` from `languages.toml`
2. `julia --startup-file=no -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(PackageSpec("LanguageServer", v"4.5.1"))`
For future people struggling, **this config is working** :
> **Versions**
>
> - helix 25.07.1 [via Arch](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/helix/)
>
> - julia 1.12.1 [via Arch](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/julia/)
>
> These Julia packages installed in my base environment:
>
> ```julia-auto
> (@v1.12) pkg> st
> Status `~/.julia/environments/v1.12/Project.toml`
> [2b0e0bc5] LanguageServer v4.5.1
> [efd6af41] ProfileCanvas v0.1.7
>
> ```
Here’s my test project:
> **run.jl**
>
> ```julia-auto
> using DataFrames
> X = randn(88)
> d = DataFrame(randn(3, 4), ["a", "b", "c", "d"])
> s = mapcols(sum, d)
> display(s)
>
> ```
> **Manifest.toml**
>
> ```julia-auto
> # This file is machine-generated - editing it directly is not advised
>
> julia_version = "1.12.1"
> manifest_format = "2.0"
> project_hash = "cfe2c7d3b368778ecb374d01c98235be4d00537c"
>
> [[deps.Artifacts]]
> uuid = "56f22d72-fd6d-98f1-02f0-08ddc0907c33"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.Base64]]
> uuid = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.Compat]]
> deps = ["TOML", "UUIDs"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "9d8a54ce4b17aa5bdce0ea5c34bc5e7c340d16ad"
> uuid = "34da2185-b29b-5c13-b0c7-acf172513d20"
> version = "4.18.1"
> weakdeps = ["Dates", "LinearAlgebra"]
>
> [deps.Compat.extensions]
> CompatLinearAlgebraExt = "LinearAlgebra"
>
> [[deps.CompilerSupportLibraries_jll]]
> deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl"]
> uuid = "e66e0078-7015-5450-92f7-15fbd957f2ae"
> version = "1.3.0+1"
>
> [[deps.Crayons]]
> git-tree-sha1 = "249fe38abf76d48563e2f4556bebd215aa317e15"
> uuid = "a8cc5b0e-0ffa-5ad4-8c14-923d3ee1735f"
> version = "4.1.1"
>
> [[deps.DataAPI]]
> git-tree-sha1 = "abe83f3a2f1b857aac70ef8b269080af17764bbe"
> uuid = "9a962f9c-6df0-11e9-0e5d-c546b8b5ee8a"
> version = "1.16.0"
>
> [[deps.DataFrames]]
> deps = ["Compat", "DataAPI", "DataStructures", "Future", "InlineStrings", "InvertedIndices", "IteratorInterfaceExtensions", "LinearAlgebra", "Markdown", "Missings", "PooledArrays", "PrecompileTools", "PrettyTables", "Printf", "Random", "Reexport", "SentinelArrays", "SortingAlgorithms", "Statistics", "TableTraits", "Tables", "Unicode"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "d8928e9169ff76c6281f39a659f9bca3a573f24c"
> uuid = "a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0"
> version = "1.8.1"
>
> [[deps.DataStructures]]
> deps = ["OrderedCollections"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "e357641bb3e0638d353c4b29ea0e40ea644066a6"
> uuid = "864edb3b-99cc-5e75-8d2d-829cb0a9cfe8"
> version = "0.19.3"
>
> [[deps.DataValueInterfaces]]
> git-tree-sha1 = "bfc1187b79289637fa0ef6d4436ebdfe6905cbd6"
> uuid = "e2d170a0-9d28-54be-80f0-106bbe20a464"
> version = "1.0.0"
>
> [[deps.Dates]]
> deps = ["Printf"]
> uuid = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.Future]]
> deps = ["Random"]
> uuid = "9fa8497b-333b-5362-9e8d-4d0656e87820"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.InlineStrings]]
> git-tree-sha1 = "8f3d257792a522b4601c24a577954b0a8cd7334d"
> uuid = "842dd82b-1e85-43dc-bf29-5d0ee9dffc48"
> version = "1.4.5"
>
> [deps.InlineStrings.extensions]
> ArrowTypesExt = "ArrowTypes"
> ParsersExt = "Parsers"
>
> [deps.InlineStrings.weakdeps]
> ArrowTypes = "31f734f8-188a-4ce0-8406-c8a06bd891cd"
> Parsers = "69de0a69-1ddd-5017-9359-2bf0b02dc9f0"
>
> [[deps.InteractiveUtils]]
> deps = ["Markdown"]
> uuid = "b77e0a4c-d291-57a0-90e8-8db25a27a240"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.InvertedIndices]]
> git-tree-sha1 = "6da3c4316095de0f5ee2ebd875df8721e7e0bdbe"
> uuid = "41ab1584-1d38-5bbf-9106-f11c6c58b48f"
> version = "1.3.1"
>
> [[deps.IteratorInterfaceExtensions]]
> git-tree-sha1 = "a3f24677c21f5bbe9d2a714f95dcd58337fb2856"
> uuid = "82899510-4779-5014-852e-03e436cf321d"
> version = "1.0.0"
>
> [[deps.JuliaSyntaxHighlighting]]
> deps = ["StyledStrings"]
> uuid = "ac6e5ff7-fb65-4e79-a425-ec3bc9c03011"
> version = "1.12.0"
>
> [[deps.LaTeXStrings]]
> git-tree-sha1 = "dda21b8cbd6a6c40d9d02a73230f9d70fed6918c"
> uuid = "b964fa9f-0449-5b57-a5c2-d3ea65f4040f"
> version = "1.4.0"
>
> [[deps.Libdl]]
> uuid = "8f399da3-3557-5675-b5ff-fb832c97cbdb"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.LinearAlgebra]]
> deps = ["Libdl", "OpenBLAS_jll", "libblastrampoline_jll"]
> uuid = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
> version = "1.12.0"
>
> [[deps.Markdown]]
> deps = ["Base64", "JuliaSyntaxHighlighting", "StyledStrings"]
> uuid = "d6f4376e-aef5-505a-96c1-9c027394607a"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.Missings]]
> deps = ["DataAPI"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "ec4f7fbeab05d7747bdf98eb74d130a2a2ed298d"
> uuid = "e1d29d7a-bbdc-5cf2-9ac0-f12de2c33e28"
> version = "1.2.0"
>
> [[deps.OpenBLAS_jll]]
> deps = ["Artifacts", "CompilerSupportLibraries_jll", "Libdl"]
> uuid = "4536629a-c528-5b80-bd46-f80d51c5b363"
> version = "0.3.29+0"
>
> [[deps.OrderedCollections]]
> git-tree-sha1 = "05868e21324cede2207c6f0f466b4bfef6d5e7ee"
> uuid = "bac558e1-5e72-5ebc-8fee-abe8a469f55d"
> version = "1.8.1"
>
> [[deps.PooledArrays]]
> deps = ["DataAPI", "Future"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "36d8b4b899628fb92c2749eb488d884a926614d3"
> uuid = "2dfb63ee-cc39-5dd5-95bd-886bf059d720"
> version = "1.4.3"
>
> [[deps.PrecompileTools]]
> deps = ["Preferences"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "07a921781cab75691315adc645096ed5e370cb77"
> uuid = "aea7be01-6a6a-4083-8856-8a6e6704d82a"
> version = "1.3.3"
>
> [[deps.Preferences]]
> deps = ["TOML"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "0f27480397253da18fe2c12a4ba4eb9eb208bf3d"
> uuid = "21216c6a-2e73-6563-6e65-726566657250"
> version = "1.5.0"
>
> [[deps.PrettyTables]]
> deps = ["Crayons", "LaTeXStrings", "Markdown", "PrecompileTools", "Printf", "REPL", "Reexport", "StringManipulation", "Tables"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "6b8e2f0bae3f678811678065c09571c1619da219"
> uuid = "08abe8d2-0d0c-5749-adfa-8a2ac140af0d"
> version = "3.1.0"
>
> [[deps.Printf]]
> deps = ["Unicode"]
> uuid = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.REPL]]
> deps = ["InteractiveUtils", "JuliaSyntaxHighlighting", "Markdown", "Sockets", "StyledStrings", "Unicode"]
> uuid = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.Random]]
> deps = ["SHA"]
> uuid = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.Reexport]]
> git-tree-sha1 = "45e428421666073eab6f2da5c9d310d99bb12f9b"
> uuid = "189a3867-3050-52da-a836-e630ba90ab69"
> version = "1.2.2"
>
> [[deps.SHA]]
> uuid = "ea8e919c-243c-51af-8825-aaa63cd721ce"
> version = "0.7.0"
>
> [[deps.SentinelArrays]]
> deps = ["Dates", "Random"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "712fb0231ee6f9120e005ccd56297abbc053e7e0"
> uuid = "91c51154-3ec4-41a3-a24f-3f23e20d615c"
> version = "1.4.8"
>
> [[deps.Sockets]]
> uuid = "6462fe0b-24de-5631-8697-dd941f90decc"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.SortingAlgorithms]]
> deps = ["DataStructures"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "64d974c2e6fdf07f8155b5b2ca2ffa9069b608d9"
> uuid = "a2af1166-a08f-5f64-846c-94a0d3cef48c"
> version = "1.2.2"
>
> [[deps.Statistics]]
> deps = ["LinearAlgebra"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "ae3bb1eb3bba077cd276bc5cfc337cc65c3075c0"
> uuid = "10745b16-79ce-11e8-11f9-7d13ad32a3b2"
> version = "1.11.1"
>
> [deps.Statistics.extensions]
> SparseArraysExt = ["SparseArrays"]
>
> [deps.Statistics.weakdeps]
> SparseArrays = "2f01184e-e22b-5df5-ae63-d93ebab69eaf"
>
> [[deps.StringManipulation]]
> deps = ["PrecompileTools"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "725421ae8e530ec29bcbdddbe91ff8053421d023"
> uuid = "892a3eda-7b42-436c-8928-eab12a02cf0e"
> version = "0.4.1"
>
> [[deps.StyledStrings]]
> uuid = "f489334b-da3d-4c2e-b8f0-e476e12c162b"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.TOML]]
> deps = ["Dates"]
> uuid = "fa267f1f-6049-4f14-aa54-33bafae1ed76"
> version = "1.0.3"
>
> [[deps.TableTraits]]
> deps = ["IteratorInterfaceExtensions"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "c06b2f539df1c6efa794486abfb6ed2022561a39"
> uuid = "3783bdb8-4a98-5b6b-af9a-565f29a5fe9c"
> version = "1.0.1"
>
> [[deps.Tables]]
> deps = ["DataAPI", "DataValueInterfaces", "IteratorInterfaceExtensions", "OrderedCollections", "TableTraits"]
> git-tree-sha1 = "f2c1efbc8f3a609aadf318094f8fc5204bdaf344"
> uuid = "bd369af6-aec1-5ad0-b16a-f7cc5008161c"
> version = "1.12.1"
>
> [[deps.UUIDs]]
> deps = ["Random", "SHA"]
> uuid = "cf7118a7-6976-5b1a-9a39-7adc72f591a4"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.Unicode]]
> uuid = "4ec0a83e-493e-50e2-b9ac-8f72acf5a8f5"
> version = "1.11.0"
>
> [[deps.libblastrampoline_jll]]
> deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl"]
> uuid = "8e850b90-86db-534c-a0d3-1478176c7d93"
> version = "5.15.0+0"
>
> ```
> **Project.toml**
>
> ```julia-auto
> [deps]
> DataFrames = "a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0"
>
> ```
You can monitor the log \[1\]
```julia-auto
tail -f ~/.cache/helix/helix.log
```
and you can test by `helix run.jl`, putting the cursor on the `randn`, and pressing `space`+`k` a few times. **It will take a moment** but not longer than a minute to you the docs for `rand`. For `DataFrames` it will take longer, especially if it’s your first run, but it will eventually give you the `?help DataFrames` in a hovering terminal pseudo-window.
* * *
Again thank you @NonDairyNeutrino for taking the time and for providing easy to copy config! I probably would have kept thinking it was broken for weeks if you hadn’t pushed me to take a second look.
* * *
1. Consider emptying this file before every test to be sure what you’re looking at.
---
### Author:  [@kousu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kousu)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797/4 "2025-11-12T20:25:29Z")
Oh hang on, nope, I can still trigger it. The sample project I showed above won’t trigger the fail-to-index/re-caching behaviour, but this more realistic project does:
> **projet.jl**
>
> ```julia-auto
> #!/usr/bin/env -S julia
>
> using Distributions
> using ActuaryUtilities
> using Interpolations
>
> #using Pkg;
> #Pkg.activate(@ __DIR__ );
> #Pkg.instantiate();
>
> # Bibliothèques
>
> using DataFrames
> using Dates
> using Statistics
> import XLSX
>
> using Plots
> import Plots: px
> using StatsPlots
> import FreeType, FileIO
>
> X = randn(88)
>
> ```
> **Project.toml**
>
> ```julia-auto
> [deps]
> ActuaryUtilities = "bdd23359-8b1c-4f88-b89b-d11982a786f4"
> DataFrames = "a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0"
> Distributions = "31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f"
> FileIO = "5789e2e9-d7fb-5bc7-8068-2c6fae9b9549"
> FreeType = "b38be410-82b0-50bf-ab77-7b57e271db43"
> ImageIO = "82e4d734-157c-48bb-816b-45c225c6df19"
> Interpolations = "a98d9a8b-a2ab-59e6-89dd-64a1c18fca59"
> Plots = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
> StatsPlots = "f3b207a7-027a-5e70-b257-86293d7955fd"
> XLSX = "fdbf4ff8-1666-58a4-91e7-1b58723a45e0"
>
> ```
(no `Manifest.toml` needed; I put these in an empty folder and ran `julia --project=. -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.instantiate()` to recreate it)
With _this_ I have this in my log, every time I start `helix projet.jl` and `space`+`k` on anything. `space`+`k` on `randn` works (once it warms up) but not on the imports.
> **~/.cache/helix/helix.log**
>
> ```julia-auto
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (0%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (1%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (1%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (2%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (3%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (3%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (4%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (5%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (5%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (6%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (6%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (7%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (8%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (8%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (9%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (10%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (10%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (11%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (12%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (12%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (13%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (14%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (14%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (15%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (16%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (16%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (17%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (18%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (18%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (19%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (19%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (20%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (21%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (21%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (22%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (23%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (23%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (24%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (25%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (25%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (26%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (27%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (27%)
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> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (92%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (93%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (94%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (94%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (95%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (95%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (96%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (97%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (97%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (98%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (99%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (99%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: All cache files downloaded (took 4.6s). (100%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Will cache package ActuaryUtilities (bdd23359-8b1c-4f88-b89b-d11982a786f4)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Will cache package FileIO (5789e2e9-d7fb-5bc7-8068-2c6fae9b9549)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package FreeType (b38be410-82b0-50bf-ab77-7b57e271db43) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Will cache package XLSX (fdbf4ff8-1666-58a4-91e7-1b58723a45e0)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Will cache package ImageIO (82e4d734-157c-48bb-816b-45c225c6df19)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Will cache package Distributions (31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package DataFrames (a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Will cache package Plots (91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Will cache package Interpolations (a98d9a8b-a2ab-59e6-89dd-64a1c18fca59)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Will cache package StatsPlots (f3b207a7-027a-5e70-b257-86293d7955fd)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Indexing ActuaryUtilities... (0%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "WARNING: Detected access to binding `LoadingBay.ActuaryUtilities` in a world prior to its definition world.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Indexing FileIO... (12%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "WARNING: Detected access to binding `LoadingBay.FileIO` in a world prior to its definition world.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Indexing XLSX... (25%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "WARNING: Detected access to binding `LoadingBay.XLSX` in a world prior to its definition world.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Indexing ImageIO... (38%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "WARNING: Detected access to binding `LoadingBay.ImageIO` in a world prior to its definition world.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " Julia 1.12 has introduced more strict world age semantics for global bindings.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " !!! This code may malfunction under Revise.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " !!! This code will error in future versions of Julia.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "Hint: Add an appropriate `invokelatest` around the access to this binding.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "To make this warning an error, and hence obtain a stack trace, use `julia --depwarn=error`.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Processing Distributions... (50%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "ERROR: LoadError: UndefVarError: `Distributions` not defined in `Main.SymbolServer.LoadingBay`
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "The binding may be too new: running in world age 39213, while current world is 39454.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "Hint: Distributions is loaded but not imported in the active module Main.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "Stacktrace:
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " [1] load_package(c::Pkg.Types.Context, uuid::Base.UUID, conn::Base.PipeEndpoint, loadingbay::Module, percentage::Int64)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " @ Main.SymbolServer ~/.julia/packages/SymbolServer/2jiVV/src/utils.jl:631
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " [2] top-level scope
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " @ ~/.julia/packages/SymbolServer/2jiVV/src/server.jl:100
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "in expression starting at /home/kousu/.julia/packages/SymbolServer/2jiVV/src/server.jl:1
>
> ```
It kind of sounds like LanguageServer is crashing on one of the dependencies interrupting its indexing before it can cache anything.
To test, I commented out all but one line:
> **Project.toml**
>
> ```julia-auto
> [deps]
> #ActuaryUtilities = "bdd23359-8b1c-4f88-b89b-d11982a786f4"
> DataFrames = "a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0"
> #Distributions = "31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f"
> #FileIO = "5789e2e9-d7fb-5bc7-8068-2c6fae9b9549"
> #FreeType = "b38be410-82b0-50bf-ab77-7b57e271db43"
> #ImageIO = "82e4d734-157c-48bb-816b-45c225c6df19"
> #Interpolations = "a98d9a8b-a2ab-59e6-89dd-64a1c18fca59"
> #Plots = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
> #StatsPlots = "f3b207a7-027a-5e70-b257-86293d7955fd"
> #XLSX = "fdbf4ff8-1666-58a4-91e7-1b58723a45e0"
>
> ```
and now when I run helix it complains it can’t index StatsPlots or Distributions etc but it _does_ give me docs for Statistics and (minimally) DataFrames
Adding in `ActuaryUtilities`
> **Project.toml**
>
> ```julia-auto
> [deps]
> #ActuaryUtilities = "bdd23359-8b1c-4f88-b89b-d11982a786f4"
> DataFrames = "a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0"
> Distributions = "31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f"
> #FileIO = "5789e2e9-d7fb-5bc7-8068-2c6fae9b9549"
> #FreeType = "b38be410-82b0-50bf-ab77-7b57e271db43"
> #ImageIO = "82e4d734-157c-48bb-816b-45c225c6df19"
> #Interpolations = "a98d9a8b-a2ab-59e6-89dd-64a1c18fca59"
> #Plots = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
> #StatsPlots = "f3b207a7-027a-5e70-b257-86293d7955fd"
> #XLSX = "fdbf4ff8-1666-58a4-91e7-1b58723a45e0"
>
> ```
warns
> WARNING: Detected access to binding `LoadingBay.Distributions` in a world prior to its definition world.\n"
but after it eventually loads the symbols
[helix.log.1.notactuallytoml.toml](https://discourse.julialang.org/uploads/short-url/eibHUeKyl4gghr8GNQiDHmrhyky.toml) (18.3 KB)
and then the `space`+`k` for docs and (in this case `.`+`W` for “Weibull”) for the autocompleter it works
If I comment in `ActuaryUtilities` then I also get the
> WARNING: Detected access to binding `LoadingBay.ActuaryUtilities` in a world prior to its definition world.
and it hangs for a while. I can see in `top` that
```julia-auto
/usr/bin/julia --code-coverage=none --startup-file=no --compiled-modules=existing --history-file=no --project=/home/kousu/src/helix-test3 /home/kousu/.julia/packages/SymbolServer/2jiVV/src/server.jl /home/kousu/.julia/packages/SymbolServer/2jiVV/store /tmp/vscjlsymserv-33105ea9-5f51
```
is chewing up CPU. **Eventually** the log says
```julia-auto
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "============== Startup timings ==============
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 0.0 - LS startup started (0.0s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 0.03316 - connection established (0.03316s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 0.36813 - (async) listening to client events (0.33497s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 0.50132 - (async) listening to symbol server events (0.13319s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 0.50137 - starting combined listener (5.1975e-5s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 0.63763 - LSP/initialize (0.13626s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 5.046 - LSP/initialized (4.4084s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 11.048 - LSP/textDocument/didOpen (6.002s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 14.524 - LSP/textDocument/hover (3.4759s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 231.49 - symbols received (216.97s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 231.52 - extended methods computed (0.024654s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 231.52 - project deps computed (3.8862e-5s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 231.52 - env map computed (0.00013018s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- " 231.66 - initial lint done (0.14071s since last event)
helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "=============================================
```
Notice the 231.49, that’s about 4 minutes(!). I guess ActuaryUtilities just took a _long_ time to index? Once it’s done, autocompletion works:
And for the moment of truth: if I restart Helix does the cache come back?
[helix.log.notactuallytoml.toml](https://discourse.julialang.org/uploads/short-url/tBFrWD33UrYFdtSpUcz22eY8u9W.toml) (45.0 KB)
So weirdly it STILL says
> Downloading cache files…
but also
> helix\_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err ← "[ Info: Package ActuaryUtilities (bdd23359-8b1c-4f88-b89b-d11982a786f4) is cached.
and the wait for the symbols to load wasn’t nearly as long.
So I don’t know. The cache still seems not to know if it should be working, but maybe also I just was never giving it enough time to settle. If I quit before it’s done indexing _everything_ it apparently never writes the symbol cache, which makes it hard to make partial progress.
Do you/anyone else using helix see any of this behaviour? Using LanguageServer via the vscode extension isn’t ever like this, is it?
If anyone has read this far 🙏 thank you!
**Update** : I went through Project.toml line by line adding one dependency at a time and waiting for LS to index and cache everything and now autocompletion is working on my full project. It’s still not instant, it’s about 30s+ to boot, and it still always redownloads _something_ each time, but at least it’s usable.
> **helix.log**
>
> ```julia-auto
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (0%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (3%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (6%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (10%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (13%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (16%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (19%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (23%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (26%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (29%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (32%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (35%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (39%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (42%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (45%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (48%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (52%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (55%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (58%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (61%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (65%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (68%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (71%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (74%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (77%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (81%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (84%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (87%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (90%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (94%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Downloading cache files... (97%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: All cache files downloaded (took 2.4s). (100%)
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package ActuaryUtilities (bdd23359-8b1c-4f88-b89b-d11982a786f4) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package FileIO (5789e2e9-d7fb-5bc7-8068-2c6fae9b9549) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package FreeType (b38be410-82b0-50bf-ab77-7b57e271db43) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package XLSX (fdbf4ff8-1666-58a4-91e7-1b58723a45e0) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package ImageIO (82e4d734-157c-48bb-816b-45c225c6df19) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package Distributions (31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package DataFrames (a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package Plots (91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package Interpolations (a98d9a8b-a2ab-59e6-89dd-64a1c18fca59) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Package StatsPlots (f3b207a7-027a-5e70-b257-86293d7955fd) is cached.
> helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] julia err <- "[ Info: Symbol server indexing took 24.187181024 seconds.
>
> ```
🤷 🐘
I would like to understand what is triggering the downloads and how to stop them.
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### Author:  [@j\_u](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/j_u)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797/5 "2025-11-14T20:12:39Z")
> [@NonDairyNeutrino](#):
>
> The tree sitter support and integration with “Space+k” for inline documentation are two of my favorite features.
How about `gw` - I think its pretty amazing. :- )
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### Author:  [@kousu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kousu)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797/6 "2025-11-18T21:18:22Z")
> [@j\_u](#):
>
> How about `gw` - I think its pretty amazing. :- )
Ooo neat I didn’t even notice that. It makes up a 2-character label for all the tokens on screen and typing the label jumps to it. That could be much faster than clicking around.
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### Author:  [@jakobjpeters](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jakobjpeters)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797/7 "2025-11-19T09:02:33Z")
Thanks for the tip! 😃
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### Author:  [@j\_u](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/j_u)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797/8 "2025-11-20T03:16:59Z")
You’re welcome. I’m glad you like it. That’s one of my two favorites. The other is `ctrl+s` and `space+j`, which I use for bookmark / jumplist navigation. I’m relatively new to `Helix` and definitely not a power user. I think @kousu is much more experienced. From what I’ve read on this discussion list, it appears he was a member of the `ST/C64` demo scene and `VAX VAMPI Digital Equipent Scientific Research Group`. :- )
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### Author:  [@j\_u](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/j_u)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797/9 "2025-11-21T00:25:57Z")
@jakobjpeters Actually, I’m not sure if my suspicions related to @kousu’s background are correct. However, I’m inclined to believe that, based on what I’ve read on this discussion list, he has significantly more coding experience than I do. Anyway, if I can be of any further help, please let me know. Please note that I might reply with a slight delay, as I’m not actively monitoring this list.
@kousu Any chance you tried `JETLS.jl` as described here: [Neovim lsp in julia 1.12 - #2 by rkube](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/neovim-lsp-in-julia-1-12/134003/2) ? I imagine it should work with the following configuration, although I haven’t tested it myself, as it likely requires a nightly Julia version.
```julia-auto
cat languages.toml.jetls
# JETLS.jl [not tested - probably requires Julia > 1.12.1]
# [Install: julia --project=@jetls -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(url="https://github.com/aviatesk/JETLS.jl")']
[[language]]
name = "julia"
language-servers = ["jetls"]
scope = "source.julia"
injection-regex = "julia"
file-types = ["jl"]
roots = ["Project.toml", "Manifest.toml", "JuliaProject.toml"]
comment-token = "#"
indent = { tab-width = 4, unit = " " }
[language-server.jetls]
command = "julia"
args = [
"--project=@jetls",
"-e",
"using JETLS; import JETLS.LanguageServer as LS; runserver()",
]
# Runic.jl [Install: julia --project=@runic --startup-file=no -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add("Runic")']
auto-format = false
formatter = { command = "julia" , args = ["--project=@runic", "--startup-file=no", "-e", "using Runic; exit(Runic.main(ARGS))"] }
```
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### Author:  [@kousu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kousu)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797/10 "2025-11-21T05:48:45Z")
> [@j\_u](#):
>
> However, I’m inclined to believe that, based on what I’ve read on this discussion list, he has significantly more coding experience than I do.
😅 Ah, I’m just trying to figure stuff out same as anyone. You’ve pointed me at many useful things that are in my bookmarks. I need to find a chance to work through them. And I’ve never made a demo, but I think they’re super cool.
I haven’t even tried JET.jl yet, but JETLS.jl sounds like it’s trying out some innovative things. **Definitely** in my bookmarks.
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### Author:  [@j\_u](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/j_u)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/helix-languageserver-cache/133797/11 "2025-11-21T12:00:42Z")
> [@kousu](#):
>
> 😅 Ah, I’m just trying to figure stuff out same as anyone. You’ve pointed me at many useful things that are in my bookmarks.
Thanks, I was not aware of that. :- )
> [@kousu](#):
>
> And I’ve never made a demo, but I think they’re super cool.
I haven’t done any in a pretty long time, to be honest, actually, I joined this discussion list with the aim of making one, however, I’m finding out that it is rather difficult to do so here, as the list is mostly focused on solving issues.
> [@kousu](#):
>
> I haven’t even tried [JET.jl](https://juliaregistries.github.io/General/packages/redirect_to_repo/JET) yet, but [JETLS.jl](https://juliaregistries.github.io/General/packages/redirect_to_repo/JETLS) sounds like it’s trying out some innovative things. **Definitely** in my bookmarks.
Yeah, it looks very cool. My understanding is that the package is not yet registered, so it may be difficult to use in practice. That’s a pity, because it really does look promising.