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Fix panic in getTsConfigObjectLiteralExpression for malformed tsconfig#3877

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Copilot AI commented May 15, 2026

getTsConfigObjectLiteralExpression calls AsObjectLiteralExpression() on the first statement's expression without checking the node kind. When tsconfig.json contains a non-object expression (e.g. a string literal), this panics.

  • Add ast.IsObjectLiteralExpression guard before the cast; return nil when the expression isn't an object literal (already handled by all callers)
  • Add compiler test tsconfigMalformedNonObject.ts that reproduces the crash with a string-valued tsconfig

Add IsObjectLiteralExpression check before calling AsObjectLiteralExpression
to prevent panic when tsconfig.json contains a non-object expression.

Fixes #1286

Co-authored-by: DanielRosenwasser <972891+DanielRosenwasser@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix error retrieving diagnostics in language server session Fix panic in getTsConfigObjectLiteralExpression for malformed tsconfig May 15, 2026
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Not sure about this theory of the case and I don't think this testcase repros the problem. tsgo already reports correct errors about this

error TS5092: The root value of a 'tsconfig.json' file must be an object.

the call stack indicates we're computing a related diagnostic.

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@copilot fix it

…nfig

Replace simple string-literal tsconfig with array-literal tsconfig that
triggers the array recovery path. This creates a program with types
["nonexistent"] which fails to resolve, generating a processing diagnostic
whose explanation path exercises getCompilerOptionsObjectLiteralSyntax →
getTsConfigObjectLiteralExpression — the exact crash path from the issue.

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Copilot AI commented May 16, 2026

Not sure about this theory of the case and I don't think this testcase repros the problem. tsgo already reports correct errors about this

error TS5092: The root value of a 'tsconfig.json' file...

You're right — the original test just hit the TS5092 path without exercising the diagnostic explanation code. Updated the test to use [{"compilerOptions": {"types": ["nonexistent"]}}] which triggers the JSON parser's array literal recovery path. This creates a program where the root expression is an ArrayLiteralExpression but config options (including types) are still parsed from the first object element. The unresolvable type directive generates a processing diagnostic whose explanation goes through getCompilerOptionsObjectLiteralSyntaxgetTsConfigObjectLiteralExpression — the exact crash path from the stack trace.

@copilot fix it

Updated the test in fdfec63 to properly exercise the crash path. The guard in getTsConfigObjectLiteralExpression remains the same — the test now uses an array-literal tsconfig that triggers the diagnostic explanation code path.

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