Installing Native Preview broke TS Imports

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Extension Version

0.20260120.1

VS Code Version

1.108.1 (Universal)

Operating system Version

macOS tahoe 26.2

Steps to reproduce

EDIT: I managed to get imports working with the old version of TypeScript again while testing below solutions. I'm not certain what changed, but the imports are still not working at all using Native.

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1. I had a working environment with auto-imports and saw the hype around the Native Preview. I went to the Extensions store to install it (probably 1 month ago).

2. I enabled the Native Typescript extension in VS Code

3. I noticed that auto-imports were flaky- sometimes working and sometimes not.

4. I tried disabling the tsgo extension by using the button in the lower-right corner. This started the normal TS server, but imports were still broken.

5. I tried setting the TypeScript Language Server version to be the Workspace Version. Still not working.

6. I tried uninstalling the Native Preview extension and restarting the client. Still not working.

7. I rebooted the Mac - still not working.

8. I removed everything VS Code related - uninstalled the .app, tried cleaning VSCode from ~Library, etc.

9. I reinstalled VSCode by downloading it from the homepage.

10. I tried again - still not working.

11. I installed the Native Preview. Still not working.

To add to this confusion, auto import sometimes work.

Sample file:

function getCacheFile(fileName: string): string {
  if (!fs.existsSync(fileName)) {
    fs.mkdirSync(fileName, { recursive: true });
  }

  return `${fileName}`;
}

Where I tried getting the auto-importer to import fs.

Issue

I've been trying a bit of everything now and I'm reaching out here in hopes that anyone may help me solve my problem :)

The issue is simply that auto imports no longer come up as a suggestion:

Log file:

2026-01-21 13:19:05.771 [info] TypeScript Native Preview is disabled. Select 'Enable TypeScript Native Preview (Experimental)' in the command palette to enable it.
2026-01-21 13:19:56.873 [info] Resolved to /Users/***/.vscode/extensions/typescriptteam.native-preview-0.20260120.1-darwin-arm64/lib/tsgo
2026-01-21 13:19:56.873 [info] Starting language server...
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And tsconfig:

{
  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "composite": true,
    "noEmit": true
  },
  "include": ["src"],
  "references": [{ "path": "../sdk" }, { "path": "../shared" }]
}

tsconfig.base.json:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "ES2022",
    "lib": ["ES2022", "DOM", "DOM.Iterable"],
    "module": "NodeNext",
    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
    "strict": true,
    "skipLibCheck": true,

    "noUnusedLocals": false,
  }
}

[rubnogueira]

I think you have to include the "node" types.

In your tsconfig.json:

"types": ["node"],

microsoft/TypeScript#54500 (comment) (have a look at types default section)

[tikki100]

@rubnogueira Good suggestion - I just tried that now, and it's still not working with both the old + native extension:

Just to be entirely sure:

1. Created a new folder called ts-temp
2. Did npm init --init-type=module -y
3. Did npm install react
4. Did npm install --save-dev typescript @types/node @types/react
5. Did touch get-potato.ts and touch index.ts
6. Did npx tsc --init
7. Opened code with code .

At this point, I filled get-potato.ts with:

export function getPotato() {
  return "🥔";
}

And I confirmed that in index.ts, that I could import:

Now, your suggestion, I changed the tsconfig.json to:

{
  // Visit https://aka.ms/tsconfig to read more about this file
  "compilerOptions": {
    // File Layout
    // "rootDir": "./src",
    // "outDir": "./dist",

    // Environment Settings
    // See also https://aka.ms/tsconfig/module
    "module": "nodenext",
    "target": "esnext",
    // For nodejs:
    "lib": ["esnext"],
    "types": ["node"],
    // and npm install -D @types/node

    // Other Outputs
    "sourceMap": true,
    "declaration": true,
    "declarationMap": true,

    // Stricter Typechecking Options
    "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true,
    "exactOptionalPropertyTypes": true,

    // Style Options
    // "noImplicitReturns": true,
    // "noImplicitOverride": true,
    // "noUnusedLocals": true,
    // "noUnusedParameters": true,
    // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
    // "noPropertyAccessFromIndexSignature": true,

    // Recommended Options
    "strict": true,
    "jsx": "react-jsx",
    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
    "isolatedModules": true,
    "noUncheckedSideEffectImports": true,
    "moduleDetection": "force",
    "skipLibCheck": true,
  }
}

1. Changed tsconfig.json to above
2. Restarted VS Code
3. Tried the index.ts file but got no import recommendations for fs

For fun, I tried adding the react package, and I'm unable to import basic functions here as well:

I can manually write import { useState } from 'react' and the typing works. If I delete the line again, it'll still not propose the import.

---

After disabling the Typescript Go, I discovered that I could import useState now:

But fs still remains undiscovered 🤔

[rubnogueira]

With TypeScript 6.0, the "types" folder in tsconfig.json is [] and it doesn't search all the @types in the node_modules by default. You need to enumerate all the relevant types in that array. I believe you need to add the relevant react types there.

[jakebailey]

With TypeScript 6.0, the "types" folder in tsconfig.json is []

That change hasn't been made yet, so I believe it's unrelated.

[bastiankistner]

I also don't have autocompletions for imports.

The following will not show any suggestions:

// triggering autocomplete on `...` does not show any suggestions
import React from '...'

but the following works

// triggering autocomplete on useState will properly add the import to the top of the file                       
const [a,setA] = useState()

Go-to-definition also works. I would assume the reason is something minor.

I can remember that a few weeks ago, it worked fine. I think just before and right after the major change regarding auto-completions was merged. But shortly after, it was broken again.

I can post logs / traces if that helps.