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[IntelliJ] Uncaught Exception java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile.getPath()" because the return value of "com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile.getParent()" is null

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
docker, java
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start with the stack trace in com.microsoft.azure.toolkit.intellij.container.model.DockerImage.java:57, then inspect how ContainerRegistryDockerfileActionsProvider.getActions and DockerRunLineMarkerProvider supply the file. Reproduce the IntelliJ Dockerfile action path with a root-level file and verify that the action flow no longer throws when the file has no parent.

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Description

IntelliJ build version: 2025.3.2 IU-253.30387.90
OS: Mac OS X
JDK: JetBrains s.r.o. 21.0.9
Plugin version: 3.97.2-2025.3
Additional Info: None
Parent component:

com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeRootPane[,0,0,1920x999,layout=com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeRootPane$CustomHeaderRootLayout,alignmentX=0.0,alignmentY=0.0,border=,flags=449,maximumSize=,minimumSize=,preferredSize=]

Error message:

IdeaLoggingEvent[message=null, throwable=java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile.getPath()" because the return value of "com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile.getParent()" is null
	at com.microsoft.azure.toolkit.intellij.container.model.DockerImage.<init>(DockerImage.java:57)
	at com.microsoft.azure.toolkit.intellij.containerregistry.runner.ContainerRegistryDockerfileActionsProvider.getActions(ContainerRegistryDockerfileActionsProvider.java:17)
	at com.microsoft.azure.toolkit.intellij.containerregistry.runner.DockerRunLineMarkerProvider.lambda$getDockerfileActions$2(DockerRunLineMarkerProvider.java:105)
	at com.microsoft.azure.toolkit.intellij.containerregistry.runner.DockerRunLineMarkerProvider.getDockerfileActions(DockerRunLineMarkerProvider.java:108)
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Java
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