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BugA bug in TypeScriptDomain: Type DisplayBugs relating to showing types in Quick Info/Tooltips, Signature Help, or Completion InfoFix AvailableA PR has been opened for this issueHelp WantedYou can do this
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jcalz
opened on Oct 17, 2022

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🔎 Search Terms

instantiation expressions, circular, IntelliSense, quickinfo, crash

🕗 Version & Regression Information

  • This is a crash (in IntelliSense in editors anyway)

⏯ Playground Link

Playground link with relevant code

💻 Code

declare function foo<T>(t: T): typeof foo<T>;
foo("");

🙁 Actual behavior

Hovering over the call to foo() gives "too much recursion" errors in the TS Language server. Looks like a loop in

  • signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper
  • createTypeNodeFromObjectType
  • createAnonymousTypeNode
  • typeToTypeNodeWorker
  • typeToTypeNodeHelper
  • serializeReturnTypeForSignature
  • signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper
call stack 
    Maximum call stack size exceeded

    RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
        at process.hrtime (node:internal/process/per_thread:79:16)
        at Performance.now (node:internal/perf/utils:14:22)
        at ts.timestamp (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:3634:79)
        at ThrottledCancellationToken.isCancellationRequested (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:166867:27)
        at CancellationTokenObject.isCancellationRequested (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:166844:43)
        at CancellationTokenObject.throwIfCancellationRequested (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:166847:22)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53001:39)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeTypeForDeclaration (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54543:30)
        at symbolToParameterDeclaration (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53970:41)
        at c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53881:274
        at Array.map (<anonymous>)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53881:240)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)
        at typeToTypeNodeHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:52995:32)
        at serializeReturnTypeForSignature (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:54571:24)
        at signatureToSignatureDeclarationHelper (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53901:42)
        at createTypeNodeFromObjectType (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53457:49)
        at createAnonymousTypeNode (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53359:32)
        at typeToTypeNodeWorker (c:\Users\jcalz\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\node_modules\typescript\lib\tsserver.js:53204:28)

🙂 Expected behavior

Maybe a circularity warning, but definitely no crash

This came up when trying to look at the code in a Stack Overflow question and wondering why the IDE was acting so strange.

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