Extension breaks VS 2026 after installation

SonarQube for IDE
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After installing SonarQube 9.1.0.15828 on Visual Studio 2026 Community, just about the entire IDE breaks.

All text editor windows show an error like

An error occurred in 'Miscellaneous Files' while attempting to open '<filename here.cs>'
System.Exception: Exception of type 'System.Exception' was thrown.
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsTaskBody.DoWork(IVsTask pTask, UInt32 dwCount, IVsTask[] pParentTasks, Object& pResult)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.<>c__DisplayClass89_0.<GetCallbackForMultipleParent>b__0(Task`1[] _)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.RethrowException(AggregateException e)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.InternalGetResult(Boolean ignoreUIThreadCheck)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsTaskBody.DoWork(IVsTask pTask, UInt32 dwCount, IVsTask[] pParentTasks, Object& pResult)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.<>c__DisplayClass89_0.<GetCallbackForMultipleParent>b__0(Task`1[] _)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask`2.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.RethrowException(AggregateException e)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.InternalGetResult(Boolean ignoreUIThreadCheck)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsTaskBody.DoWork(IVsTask pTask, UInt32 dwCount, IVsTask[] pParentTasks, Object& pResult)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.<>c__DisplayClass89_0.<GetCallbackForMultipleParent>b__0(Task`1[] _)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask`2.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.RethrowException(AggregateException e)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.InternalGetResult(Boolean ignoreUIThreadCheck)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsTaskBody.DoWork(IVsTask pTask, UInt32 dwCount, IVsTask[] pParentTasks, Object& pResult)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.<>c__DisplayClass89_0.<GetCallbackForMultipleParent>b__0(Task`1[] _)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask`2.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.RethrowException(AggregateException e)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.InternalGetResult(Boolean ignoreUIThreadCheck)
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.RethrowException(AggregateException e)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VsTask.InternalGetResult(Boolean ignoreUIThreadCheck)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.Packages.ShellService.EditorFactories.StandardEditorFactory.<LoadPackageAsync>d__47.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.Packages.ShellService.EditorFactories.StandardEditorFactory.<MapLogicalViewAsync>d__32.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.Packages.ShellService.EditorFactories.EditorFactoryRegistrar.<GetMatchingEditorFactoryAsync>d__12.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.ThreadingTools.<WithCancellationSlow>d__8`1.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Platform.WindowManagement.WindowFrame.<>c__DisplayClass86_0.<<CreateEditorInstanceAsync>g__GetEditorFactoryAsync|0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Platform.WindowManagement.WindowFrame.<CreateEditorInstanceAsync>d__86.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Platform.WindowManagement.WindowFrame.<LoadDocumentFrameInternalAsync>d__85.MoveNext()

The solution explorer shows

Failed to create view with exception:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition.CompositionFailedException: Expected 1 export(s) with contract name "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.IVsHierarchyItemManager" but found 0 after applying applicable constraints.
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition.ExportProvider.GetExports(ImportDefinition importDefinition)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition.ExportProvider.GetExports[T,TMetadataView](String contractName, ImportCardinality cardinality)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition.ExportProvider.GetExport[T,TMetadataView](String contractName)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition.ExportProvider.GetExportedValue[T]()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ComponentModelHost.ComponentModel.GetService[T]()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.HierarchyNavigatorPaneBase`1.get_HierarchyItemManager()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.SolutionNavigatorPane.InitializeHierarchyItemManagerEvents()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.SolutionNavigatorPane.RefillNavigator(Boolean skipRestorePhase, Boolean isFirstLoad)

And VS shows several errors like:

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Microsoft Visual Studio
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The 'CopilotBrokeredServicePackage' package did not load correctly.

The problem may have been caused by a configuration change or by the installation of another extension. You can get more information by examining the file 'C:\Users\Dale\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\18.0_3cc1b203\ActivityLog.xml'.

Restarting Visual Studio could help resolve this issue.

Continue to show this error message?
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Yes   No   
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Restarting VS and uninstalling the extension do not repair Visual Studio, but VS 2026 Insiders (which does not have the extension) and VS 2022 both continue to work correctly. The mentioned ActivityLog.xml file is attached.
ActivityLog.zip (17.2 KB)

2

Hi,

Could we get a verbose log from IDE startup through to the error?

 
Thx,
Ann

3

I can try to get you those logs, but the linked instructions don’t work. Extensions > SonarQube > Help > Show Logs and Extensions > SonarQube > Options… both display this error instead of anything interesting:

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I’ve attached the new activity log, in case that’s interesting.
ActivityLog.zip (23.1 KB)

I also found a %appdata%/SonarLint for Visual Studio folder, but the only file in there is settings.json:

{
  "sonarlint.rules": {},
  "sonarlint.analysisExcludesStandalone": ""
}
4

Hi,

Thanks for letting us know that. I’ll flag this for the team.

 
Ann

7

Hello @dalestan

We were not able to reproduce the issue, it may have been caused by a glitch on the VS Extension installation. Unfortunately we don’t have influence over it, but you could try to clear the VS MEF Component Cache (using this extension.)

To help us understand the situation better could you please share some additional details, did this issue appear on a fresh installation or was it after an update to the latest version? Do you face similar issues on your other Visual Studio instances (eg. on VS 2022)?

Kind regards,
Vasilis