Bug 442049 - Eclipse 4.4 (JSDT) Attempting to copy from .js files in project, using ctrl+c or right-click menu, hangs/crashes JSDT in a big project

When I attempt to copy some of my source code using ctrl+c or the right-click menu "copy" command in any of the .js files in one of my Node.js projects, Nodeclipse hangs every time. It spins the CPU up to 100% and takes up all available memory.

I have a zip file you can unzip and import the project to replicate the issue here: http://www78.zippyshare.com/v/80482621/file.html (Use the orange "Download Now" button, the others are ads)

Just unzip the file to a directory and import it into your workspace, then try to copy source code out of any of the .js files in the project. For instance, server.js in the root directory exhibits the problem on my PC.

Note that this issue does not exist in some of my other Node.js projects. The project I'm working on here is the standard "mean.io" boilerplate, so many people are likely to encounter the same problem if they try out Nodeclipse as mean.io is quite popular. I HAVE tried regenerating the project file for the project using "nodeclipse -prepare" (after deleting the old project files) and that generated a new project which I reimported, however the issue still exists.

Do you know what's going on here?

Nodeclipse version (From the about box):

Enide Studio 2014 based on preview of Eclipse 4.4 M4 Luna

Version: 0.11
Build id: org.apache.maven.model.Build@7e6abaff

"Eclipse Standard/SDK"

C:\Enide\workspace\testmeanapp1>java -version
java version "1.8.0_11"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_11-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.11-b03, mixed mode)

OS:
C:\Enide\workspace\testmeanapp1>systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /C:"OS Version"
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 8
OS Version: 6.2.9200 N/A Build 9200

(64bit Windows)

Thank you for reporting.

I remember a year ago I ran into similar or saw similar on Stackoverflow.

This is JSDT issue. When you edit .js file Eclipse standard javaScript Editor from WetTools is used.
To check used version check Help -> Installation Details
It should be similar to this (1.6.0):

As you are using older Eclipse stack, trying to update to the latest 4.4.0 (released in June) on installing on fresh Eclipse Luna is first step to check.

Then if it is still their raise an issue on https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/ against JSDT
(and share link here)

I can't download zip, could you please email me at ***************

Also check in Project properties if JS sematic validation is turned off (JSHint should be used instead)

.project

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
    <name>NodeProject1</name>
    <comment></comment>
    <projects>
    </projects>
    <buildSpec>
        <buildCommand>
            <name>com.eclipsesource.jshint.ui.builder</name>
            <arguments>
            </arguments>
        </buildCommand>
    </buildSpec>
    <natures>
        <nature>org.nodeclipse.ui.NodeNature</nature>
        <nature>org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.jsNature</nature>
    </natures>
</projectDescription>

.settings\org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.prefs

eclipse.preferences.version=1
semanticValidation=disabled

Update: I managed to download zip. It is 170MB compressed into 62MB
( What a huge size for a Node project! loooking further ...)

Most of them are under node_modules (150MB) in 60 folders, including things like forever that should be installed globally. Seems to be too much stuff.

Better to check if it is about mean.io but creating new project with mean.io only.

I did install Eclipse and Nodeclipse freshly after I encountered the bug. I also used a clean installation of Mean.IO, the bug still occurred.

Also, it shouldn't matter if I have alot of node_modules, Eclipse should be able to handle large projects. JetBrains WebStorm handles the same project just fine.

After you downloaded the zip and loaded the project, were you able to replicate the bug (did Eclipse hang when you tried copying from the source of a JavaScript file in the project)?

I just don't know what max size of source JSDT is capable of handling...

I got Eclipse 4.4 Luna freezing when just expanding testmeanapp1 under JavaScript Resource

then after 10-20 seconds I got "GC overhead limit exceeded"

Eclipse is using 75% or 3 of 4 core of CPU

after Eclipse restart, it freezes again during initial build...

after closing the problematic project Eclipse is still using 75% or 3 of 4 core of CPU

I submitted bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=442049 "Bug 442049 - Eclipse 4.4 (JSDT 1.6.0) freezes when expending project node under JavaScript Resource and/or making copy/paste operations"

please vote for it and follow

Work-around is to remove org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.jsNature nature in .project

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
    <name>testmeanapp1</name>
    <comment></comment>
    <projects>
    </projects>
    <buildSpec>
        <buildCommand>
            <name>com.eclipsesource.jshint.ui.builder</name>
            <arguments>
            </arguments>
        </buildCommand>
    </buildSpec>
    <natures>
        <nature>org.nodeclipse.ui.NodeNature</nature>
        <!--  
        <nature>org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.jsNature</nature>
        -->
    </natures>
</projectDescription>

Hint: on Windows you can use https://github.com/culmat/eExplorer to edit files inside closed Eclipse project

There is also Terminals that comes with Enide Studio

@andreialecu

@andreialecu Thanks for sharing. Did you managed finally to get project working?
Did removing jsNature was enough ? (.jsdtscope matters only if the project has jsNature)

If Yes, then this is JSDT issue, and should be reported to
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=JSDT

Removing jsNature didn't help in my case. I also uninstalled the js hint
plugin to no effect.

Only thing that helped was to remove the other big project from my
workspace. I didn't need it, so it was an acceptable workaround.

There are other reports of this problem here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20392791/eclipse-hangs-on-copy-cut-for-javascript-files
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25040701/eclipse-hangs-on-javascript-files-when-i-try-copy-cut-and-ctrlspace
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1294135/eclipse-hang-when-copying-pasting-code
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=317249
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=323283

I tried most of those solutions but none of them worked.

By the way I only removed jsNature from the project I was editing at the
time, not from the other, big one (deployd). I had 3 node projects in my
workspace at the time.

I had this workspace configuration for several days with no issues.

This started happening suddenly after a big refactor in one of the projects
where I broke up a 2000 line file into about 6 files.

I also tried cleaning the workspace cache with no effect.

Alright, as a test, I just readded the deployd project to the workspace and the problem started happening again immediately.

I then removed the jsNature line from the deployd project and that fixed it! I can copy and paste inside my other project, and I can keep deployd in my workspace.

Hope this helps

@andreialecu

@andreialecu, could you attach /.metadata/.log file (or/and .log backup files if it's empty) somehow?

@vrubezhny

@vrubezhny log file is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rgae95brqjfuz0t/log.txt?dl=0

@andreialecu

@andreialecu, thanks for your logs!

The main problem I see is the lack of memory (and the many of OOM Exceptions in JSDT Parser). Increasing the available memory settings could help, but the chance is very small here... The parser/Compiler is most problematic field at the moment...

You can try to update JSDT to the latest WTP 3.6.2/3.7 (JSDT Core plug-in should be of v.1.3.200) if you didn't update this yet - there was a change in Compiler... But, i'm not sure it's a related issue.

And yes, the size of the project (and sideway projects that are live within the same workspace) matters.

Thanks.

I don't know if this helps, found this thread looking for JS Copy freezing my Eclipse 4.3 for Mac.

I unchecked everything in the JS Validator + removed the JS Nature without any help, increased the heap to 4gb but still the same issue.

In my case, hiding from Eclipse all build/dist/bower/vendor folder/files worked.. (resource filters)

Cheers.

@andreialecu

Current summary:

size matters: big project can cause Eclipse JSDT to freeze (this is old issue as @andreialecu has collected Bug 442049 - Eclipse 4.4 (JSDT) Attempting to copy from .js files in project, using ctrl+c or right-click menu, hangs/crashes JSDT in a big project #159 (comment))
hammer 100% solution is to remove JsNature for that one project
more subtle is to disable only some JSDT features
Window>Preferences>JavaScript>Editor>Mark Occurrences
and maybe even Window->Preferences->General->Editors->Text Editors->Hyperlinking
recommended by JSDT maintainers (for further observation): (by @vrubezhny )
- get latest JSDT version
- increase available memory settings
use resource filters to hide more files in folders like build/dist/bower/vendor (by @ppartida )

And generally:

pay attention what step you have taken when working with any software.
experiment with little changes

Please add more solution not here but at
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3515422/why-does-eclipse-hang-on-copy-paste-in-javascript-files
( the first issue raised Aug 18 '10)

@elvisvoer

@elvisvoer and all

I am going to disable JSDT by default because of this and ES6 support #194

disable JSDT #70 #159 #194

.gitignore for Eclipse or Nodeclipse "Enide Studio"

I guess this have been fixed in Eclipse long time ago.

Closing as old.

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