Filename/breadcrumbs don't show when opening a file in `node_modules` with "document_symbols": "on"

[afgomez]

Reproduction steps

From a TS project (you can use https://github.com/afgomez/debugger-test-app), open any file and use "Go to definition" on an import that points to something in node_modules.

Use "document_symbols": "on" to reproduce.

Current vs. Expected behavior

Current behaviour: Nothing shows

Screen.Recording.2026-07-13.at.15.15.56.mov

Expected behaviour:

filename/breadbrumbs show

Zed version and system specs

Zed: v1.11.3+preview.323.2b71e458379590339d96baa7ea78548f9243c899 (Zed Preview)
OS: macOS 26.5.2
Memory: 48 GiB
Architecture: aarch64

Attach Zed log file

Zed.log

Relevant Zed settings

settings.json

  // LSP overrides
  "lsp": {
    "oxlint": {
      "initialization_options": {
        "typeAware": true,
      },
    },
    "vtsls": {
      "settings": {
        "typescript": {
          "preferences": {
            "preferTypeOnlyAutoImports": true,
          },
          "updateImportsOnFileMove": {
            "enabled": "always",
          },
        },
        "javascript": {
          "preferences": {
            "preferTypeOnlyAutoImports": true,
          },
          "updateImportsOnFileMove": {
            "enabled": "always",
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },

Relevant Keymap

n/a

(for AI issues) Model provider details

No response

If you are using WSL on Windows, what flavor of Linux are you using?

None

[SomeoneToIgnore]

works.mov

Hm, seems to work just fine with the settings snippet provided on the project provided?
Something else's missing: could there be more settings that were omitted? I see a different server list which might somehow influence the situation.

[afgomez]

uh! Interesting... When I empty my settings file it works 🤔. I'm gonna try to narrow down which one is it and report back

[afgomez]

Found it! It's "document_symbols": "on". My guess is that the language server is not providing symbols for a file in node_modules and therefore Zed doesn't render anything.

I think it makes sense to at least show the file name there even if there are no symbols reported, or fallback to the tree-sitter symbol parser if the language server doesn't report any symbols.