Neovim crashes after updating

[ccidral]

Note

Solution is to reinstall the plugin by running rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/blink.cmp

I was using v0.2.0, it was working fine until I updated to v0.2.1. After the update whenever I enter insert mode and then type . to get autocompletion, it crashes Neovim. Here's my configuration before the update:

return {
  "saghen/blink.cmp",
  lazy = false, -- lazy loading handled internally
  -- optional: provides snippets for the snippet source
  dependencies = "rafamadriz/friendly-snippets",

  -- use a release tag to download pre-built binaries
  version = "v0.*",
  -- OR build from source, requires nightly: https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/concepts/channels.html#working-with-nightly-rust
  -- build = "cargo build --release",

  opts = {
    highlight = {
      -- sets the fallback highlight groups to nvim-cmp's highlight groups
      -- useful for when your theme doesn't support blink.cmp
      -- will be removed in a future release, assuming themes add support
      use_nvim_cmp_as_default = true,
    },
    -- set to 'mono' for 'Nerd Font Mono' or 'normal' for 'Nerd Font'
    -- adjusts spacing to ensure icons are aligned
    -- nerd_font_variant = "normal",

    -- experimental auto-brackets support
    accept = { auto_brackets = { enabled = true } },

    -- experimental signature help support
    trigger = { signature_help = { enabled = false } },
  },
}

It stops crashing when I downgrade to v0.2.0 by setting version to v0.2.0 and then perform a Lazy update.

Some environment info:

Operating system: MacOS Sequoia 15.0

$ nvim --version
NVIM v0.10.2
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.1727870382
Run "nvim -V1 -v" for more info

Not sure if you need more information to help debugging, please let me know.

[scottmckendry]

@ccidral does this still happen on the latest release v0.3.0?

[ccidral]

@ccidral does this still happen on the latest release v0.3.0?

Yes, I just updated from v0.2.0 to v0.3.0, the problem persists.

I'd like to add a few more details that I just noticed. Neovim crashes when I enter insert mode and then press any character (not just .). Even in an empty buffer it crashes like that. It doesn't crash if I edit the file in normal or visual modes.

If there's any other information I can provide, please let me know, I'm happy to help.

[yingzhu146]

Same issue, can confirm - entering InsertMode and typing any character crashes nvim - also on Sequoia, and nvim 10.1.

[Saghen]

Does reinstalling the plugin solve the issue for you?

[yingzhu146]

Oh boy, yep that solved it - could've tried that myself, sorry for the spam & thanks for the swift reply!

[ccidral]

Does reinstalling the plugin solve the issue for you?

It does! Thank you, why didn't I think of that before?

[Saghen]

Np! It sounds like there's an issue with the update logic so I'll keep this open until I can pin it down

[AnthonyPoschen]

@Saghen i just had this issue as well, uninstalling and reinstalling resolved the issue as suggested above, i hadn't updated in a while and the issue did occur immediately after updating all plugins.

NVIM v0.10.2
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.1727870382
Run "nvim -V1 -v" for more info

MacOs Ventura 13.6.9

[Saghen]

If anyone finds a way to reliably reproduce this issue, please lmk!

[ccidral]

@Saghen Perhaps one way to reproduce it would be to install an older version and then upgrade it to a version that we know causes the issue, for example from v0.2.0 to v0.2.1:

1. uninstall it
2. install version v0.2.0
3. upgrade to version v0.2.1 or v0.3.0

I haven't tested this procedure but it kind of mimics the steps I took that led to the problem. I hope this helps.

[sverch]

I had this issue as well:

$ nvim --version
NVIM v0.10.2
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.1713484068
Run "nvim -V1 -v" for more info

My version of blink.cmp is 0.7.6.

Reinstalling did fix it. Before it broke I tried to manually clone this repo in the plugin location (~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/blink.cmp) and it worked, then when I moved back the "old" repo that was broken before, it still worked. Maybe this points to some bad state being cached? I also downloaded this with bad wifi and cancelled the update part way through the first time I opened nvim.

[surmish]

I see this error (nightly neovim build):

Error executing vim.schedule lua callback: ...are/nvim/lazy/blink.cmp/lua/blink/cmp/sources/buffer.lua:50: loop or previous error loading module 'blink.cmp.fuzzy'
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'require'
        ...are/nvim/lazy/blink.cmp/lua/blink/cmp/sources/buffer.lua:50: in function 'run_sync'
        ...are/nvim/lazy/blink.cmp/lua/blink/cmp/sources/buffer.lua:100: in function <...are/nvim/lazy/blink.cmp/lua/blink/cmp/sources/buffer.lua:90>

Removed ~/.cache/nvim and ~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/blink.cmp and still see the same

Running ldd ~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/blink.cmp/target/release/libblink_cmp_fuzzy.so showed gblic incompatibility errors.

I ended up compiling libblink_cmp_fuzzy.so as follows:

cd $HOME/.local/share/nvim/lazy/blink.cmp
cargo clean
cargo build --release

This seemed to work as ldd libblink_cmp_fuzzy.so previously led to some glibc incompatibility errors.

[danielpost]

@Saghen as requested in #754, here's a link to a broken .local/share/nvim/lazy/blink.cmp folder. It would crash on entering insert mode and typing any character. Deleting the folder and having Lazy reinstall blink fixed the issue.

https://dropover.cloud/d75bf9

[Saghen]

@danielpost Thanks! Do you mind providing the working .local/share/nvim/lazy/blink.cmp folder so I can compare the two? I can't figure out what's wrong from the linked folder

[mantoni]

Same issue twice after updating. Weirdly rebooting the machine fixed it for me. MacBook Air M1, latest OS.

[olrtg]

@Saghen for me reinstalling did the trick, here's a zip of the plugin when it wasn't working: blink.cmp.zip.

[Saghen]

@olrtg Can you send the zip of the plugin now that it's working as well? I'd like to diff the two

[olrtg]

@Saghen sure thing! here's the working version blink.cmp.zip.

[Saghen]

Removing the __MACOSX and .git folders show that the folders are identical (besides the unused version.txt, left over from previous updates). I'm beginning to wonder if this could be a lazy.nvim bug somehow

diff --brief --recursive broken/ working/

[BillGoldenWater]

Same issue twice after updating. Weirdly rebooting the machine fixed it for me. MacBook Air M1, latest OS.

@Saghen for me reinstalling did the trick, here's a zip of the plugin when it wasn't working: blink.cmp.zip.

both reboot or re-download fix the issue, and the crash report says

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGKILL (Code Signature Invalid))
Exception Codes:       UNKNOWN_0x32 at 0x0000000119fd0000
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000032, 0x0000000119fd0000

Termination Reason:    Namespace CODESIGNING, Code 2 Invalid Page

maybe it's something to do with https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/updating-mac-software

[Saghen]

@BillGoldenWater You my friend, are a hero

[jcstange]

Got today this same issue. Reinstalling blink fixed it

[BillGoldenWater]

Got today this same issue. Reinstalling blink fixed it

@jcstange which version do you update to?

could you please post your crash report?

• can be found inside Console.app > Crash Reports > nvim