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…th for scope::variable queries The 'fast symbol search' commit (674148f) introduced experimentEnabled to WorkspaceSymbolParams which switches the language server to a faster code path that correctly handles scope::variable queries. A subsequent commit (c3f8d0c) removed this flag as part of cleaning up the experiment, but this caused the server to fall back to the legacy code path that breaks scoped symbol searches (e.g. ns::var returns results for 'ns::' but then fails to return results once any text is typed after '::', breaking all scope::variable searches and Copilot definition lookups for scoped symbols). Fix: restore experimentEnabled: true unconditionally so the working fast code path is always used. Fixes microsoft#14200
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I see it not working still. Also, the cpptools side has the input as a string and doesn't actually check any experimentEnabled bool. I'll debug the cpptools process to see what's going on. I don't think this can be fixed via the TypeScript.
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Workspace symbol search with scope::variable (e.g., std::vector) fails after Typing . This regression occurred when the experimentEnabled flag was removed, causing the language server to revert to a legacy path that handles scoped queries incorrectly.
Solution Restores the modern "fast symbol search" path by unconditionally passing experimentEnabled: true. This path correctly parses and filters scoped symbol queries.
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Fixes #14200
Restores proper C++ symbol filtering for users and AI tools like Copilot.