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Custom build folders now follow the Launch Bar config — build, sdkconfig, LSP, and flash all use that folder instead of a project-wide cache that got overwritten (including when closing sdkconfig).

Also cleaned up the old “sync the cached path everywhere” logic so the launch configuration is the single source of truth.

Fixes # (IEP-XXX)

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  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)

How has this been tested?

  1. sdkconfig no longer resets the folder — set Build folder location to build-release, build, open sdkconfig, change a setting, close the editor. Build again: output still goes to build-release, not build.
  2. Two configs, two folders — duplicate the launch config, set the copy to build-dev. Switch between them in the Launch Bar and build each. Both folders exist independently with their own CMakeCache.txt and sdkconfig.
  3. sdkconfig follows the selection — with build-dev active, open sdkconfig and confirm it shows that config's values, not the other one's.
  4. LSP / flash use the same folder — with a custom folder active, check code navigation works (.clangd points at the custom folder's compile_commands.json) and that flashing picks up the binaries from there.
  5. External folder — set an absolute path outside the workspace (e.g. D:\builds\myproj). Build lands there and no stray build folder appears in the project.
  6. Rename the project — build a project, rename it, build again. Output goes to the renamed project's folder. Repeat with a custom folder set (e.g. build-release): it must still be build-release under the new name, and the Launch Bar target must not change.

Also, please take a look at older PRs related to these changes and verify that the refactoring didn’t break any of the behavior we intended to preserve there. For example, I found a couple of PRs:

#1096

#984

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Dependent components impacted by this PR:

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  • Applied Code formatting
  • Added Documentation
  • Added Unit Test
  • Verified on all platforms - Windows,Linux and macOS

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Configure a separate build folder for each launch configuration, using a relative or absolute path.
    • Build, sdkconfig, flashing, and debugging follow the configuration selected in the Launch Bar.
    • External build folders are supported for ELF files, tracing, and SDK configuration tools.
    • Launch configurations retain their project associations when a project is renamed.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved build-folder selection when paths are missing, stale, or not mapped to a project.
    • Editing the build folder now refreshes the launch configuration dialog.
  • Documentation

    • Updated English and Chinese guidance for custom build folders and multiple configurations.

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Build directories are resolved from active or explicit launch configurations, with legacy project properties used as a fallback. The resolved directory is passed to build, SDK configuration, flashing, and ELF analysis code. Launch configuration changes no longer update project build properties.

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Per-launch build directory flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Build directory resolution and compatibility
bundles/com.espressif.idf.core/src/com/espressif/idf/core/build/*, bundles/com.espressif.idf.core/src/com/espressif/idf/core/util/*
BuildDirectoryResolver resolves paths from active or explicit launch configurations, checks project mapping, normalizes paths, and handles legacy fallback. IDFUtil delegates resolution to it, and legacy mutators are deprecated.
Explicit SDK configuration directories
bundles/com.espressif.idf.sdk.config.core/src/com/espressif/idf/sdk/config/core/*, bundles/com.espressif.idf.sdk.config.ui/src/com/espressif/idf/sdk/config/ui/*
SDK configuration processors, editors, and JSON servers accept explicit build directories. Server keys include the normalized directory.
Build, flashing, and ELF consumers
bundles/com.espressif.idf.launch.serial.core/src/*, bundles/com.espressif.idf.terminal.connector.serial/src/*, bundles/com.espressif.idf.ui/src/com/espressif/idf/ui/{handlers,tracing}/*
Build and flashing paths use resolved directories. ELF lookup and tracing APIs use filesystem File paths and support external build directories. Coredump files are staged in the project-local build folder.
Launch lifecycle and rename handling
bundles/com.espressif.idf.debug.gdbjtag.openocd/src/*, bundles/com.espressif.idf.launch.serial.core/src/*, bundles/com.espressif.idf.ui/src/com/espressif/idf/ui/*
Applying or selecting launch configurations no longer updates project build properties. Rename handling no longer changes build-folder paths. Launch configuration affinity is registered for serial and OpenOCD types.
Validation and documentation
tests/com.espressif.idf.core.test/src/*, tests/com.espressif.idf.ui.test/src/*, docs/*
Tests cover path resolution, launch binding, SDK configuration paths, and configuration switching. Documentation describes blank, relative, and absolute build-folder paths.

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Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant LaunchBar
  participant BuildDirectoryResolver
  participant SDKConfigurationEditor
  participant ConfigServerManager
  User->>LaunchBar: select launch configuration
  LaunchBar->>BuildDirectoryResolver: resolve selected configuration
  BuildDirectoryResolver-->>SDKConfigurationEditor: return build directory
  SDKConfigurationEditor->>ConfigServerManager: request server for build directory
  ConfigServerManager-->>SDKConfigurationEditor: return directory-specific server
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`@bundles/com.espressif.idf.terminal.connector.serial/src/com/espressif/idf/terminal/connector/serial/launcher/CoreDumpPostmortemDebuggerLauncher.java`:
- Line 86: Update the core-dump staging flow around getCoreDumpStagingFilePath
and the subsequent copy operation to create the complete project-local staging
directory hierarchy with Files.createDirectories before copying the dump,
ensuring it succeeds when the project build directory is absent.

In
`@bundles/com.espressif.idf.ui/src/com/espressif/idf/ui/LaunchBarListener.java`:
- Around line 180-183: Update the unsafe-directory branch in the relevant
LaunchBarListener method so it skips only automatic deletion, still calls
cleanSdkConfig(project), and notifies the user that the external build directory
requires manual cleanup; remove the early return that prevents target-change
cleanup.
- Line 180: Update deleteDirectory() to use Files.walkFileTree() without
FOLLOW_LINKS, ensuring nested symbolic links are not traversed and are deleted
only as links. Preserve the existing workspace cleanup behavior while preventing
deletion outside the project boundary.

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`@bundles/com.espressif.idf.ui/src/com/espressif/idf/ui/tracing/heaptracing/HeapTracingAnalysisEditor.java`:
- Line 56: Update the editor initialization method around the TracingJsonParser
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invoking the constructor; when it is null, abort initialization by throwing
PartInitException instead of creating a parser and continuing with
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Also I stopped rewriting the project build-folder property in RenameIdfProjectParticipant. That cache is no longer the source of truth, and resetting it on rename dropped custom build folders.

Launch configs are now retargeted by CDT: we register our run/debug types with org.eclipse.cdt.launch.launchConfigAffinity, so CDT’s ResourceRenameParticipant updates ATTR_PROJECT_NAME and mapped resources instead of us reinventing that. Our participant still only preserves the active Launch Bar target.

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d-almazov force-pushed the fix_custom_build_folder_bug branch from 3d14c74 to a6c6387 Compare September 16, 2026 13:23
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LGTM

@AndriiFilippov AndriiFilippov added this to the v4.5.0 milestone Sep 22, 2026

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LGTM

@d-almazov d-almazov changed the title WIP: fix: fixing bug with custom build folder reset fix: fixing bug with custom build folder reset Sep 23, 2026
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d-almazov force-pushed the fix_custom_build_folder_bug branch from a6c6387 to a7f12a8 Compare September 23, 2026 07:34
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