can't chose variant and upload-method

[mrbbp]

Describe the bug
in beta4,with stm32 distrib from STM32duino, i cant chose my variant or upload method, all the sub menus are not here

To Reproduce

1. install dan Drown stm32 version (not official -> https://dan.drown.org/stm32duino/package_STM32duino_index.json)
2. Go to 'Tools"
3. chose an STM Board
   3 there no item in the menu to chose variant or upload method, etc etc...

Expected behavior
A complete menu. it was working on beta3

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Macos
• Version: 10.14.6

[mrbbp]

how it was looking on Beta3

[ubidefeo]

hi @mrbbp

thank you for reporting this.
It looks like as we redefined out we gather platform information we introduced a regression.
Could also be part of the cleaned up gRPC protocol

@silvanocerza @kittaakos this one is for the two of you to figure out :)

[mrbbp]

#244 (comment)

when i use b3 to chose my board , in b4 the submenu come back, but if change the board in b4, menu disappear
#244

[ubidefeo]

@mrbbp
in b4 we have changed a few things in how the IDE gets platform's information from the CLI,
and also the gRPC interface has gone through some changes.

I think this has introduced some edge cases like this one, but we have enough information to know where to dig and fix it soon

The thing you encounter when switching from 4 to 3 and back to 4 is because the 3 has a different CLI version and I think it restores some information, but can't be sure because I do not write that code :)

[ubidefeo]

@mrbbp
the fix has been merged, you'll find it in tomorrow's nightly build.
Thank you for helping us solve a bug 🙏🏼

[kittaakos]

you'll find it in tomorrow's nightly build.

It won't work. That build will still contain the 0.17.0 CLI. The IDE does not pick up the most recent nightly.

arduino-ide/arduino-ide-extension/package.json

Line 124 in f6e623c

"version": "0.17.0"

[ubidefeo]

@kittaakos
you are right...
I'm burned today, can't think straight.

@mrbbp the fix has been applied to the CLI, but the Nightly Build has of course a pinned release of the CLI, so it won't drag in the CLI Nightly.

Thank you, Akos

[kittaakos]

I will take care of the CLI version update soon and notify this issue once the fix is available.

[mrbbp]

Thank you for your work... é. Du bout du doigt...

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[per1234]

Hi @mrbbp. Are you still able to reproduce this issue when using the latest version of Arduino IDE 2.x?

The custom board options menus of the STM32 boards platform discussed here are showing up as expected for me in Arduino IDE 2.0.0-beta.12 and the current nightly build, so I take that as a good sign. However, I was not able to reproduce the bug even when using 2.0.0-beta.4, so I'm not confident in my conclusion that it was fixed..

[per1234]

I finally managed to find the required conditions to reproduce this:

• Using Arduino IDE 2.0.0-beta.4
• The package index URL of the boards platform is not present in File > Preferences > Additional Boards Manager URLs

Since I am able to reproduce this with Arduino IDE 2.0.0-beta.4, but not with any newer version, I'll close this as fixed.

If anyone is still experiencing this bug with the latest version of the IDE, feel free to comment here and I'll investigate. But do note that there is a separate unsolved bug with the same symptoms except only for manually installed platforms, which is already being tracked in a dedicated issue: #565