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TUI plugins installed from github:/git/npm specs never re-render #56110
Description
Description
Hello, I am a researcher from DTU Denmark. I am using opencode for a workshop and I ran into a bug whilst creating some plugins.
A TUI plugin installed from a github:, git+… or npm spec draws once and never updates. The same plugin loaded from a folder (a path in plugins, or .opencode/plugins/<name>/) updates normally.
Package plugins are installed to <cache>/opencode/npm/git-<name>-<hash>/<n>/node_modules/<pkg>/. The bundled bun-plugin-solid only transforms sources that match /^(?!.*[/\\]node_modules[/\\]).*\.[cm]?[jt]sx(?:[?#].*)?$/, so the plugin's tui.tsx never gets the Solid transform. Loading the same folder by path from any directory named node_modules freezes it too, so the trigger is the path, not the cache.
I have a small fix with a test (in packages/tui/src/plugin/runtime-plugin-support.bun.ts) and would like to open a PR for it, if that's welcome.
Plugins
Minimal repro below; also seen with opencode-sidebar-plus and opencode-notebook
OpenCode version
2.0.29 and 2.0.31
Steps to reproduce
- Make a folder
tick/with apackage.jsonthat exports"./server": "./server.ts"and"./tui": "./tui.tsx", an empty server plugin inserver.ts, and thistui.tsx:
/** @jsxImportSource @opentui/solid */
import { createSignal, onCleanup } from "solid-js"
import type { Plugin } from "@opencode/plugin/tui"
const plugin: Plugin.Definition = {
id: "tick",
setup(ctx) {
ctx.ui.slot({
append: "home.footer.status",
render: () => {
const [n, setN] = createSignal(0)
const timer = setInterval(() => setN(n() + 1), 500)
onCleanup(() => clearInterval(timer))
return <text>TICK {n()}</text>
},
})
},
}
export default plugingit init -b main && git add -A && git commit -m tickintick/.- In another project, set
"plugins": ["git+file:///abs/path/tick#main"]and startopencode. The start screen showsTICK 0and never changes. - Change it to
"plugins": ["/abs/path/tick"]and restart. The counter goes up.
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Operating System
macOS 27.0.1
Terminal
iTerm2
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opencode-agent commentedon Oct 16, 2026
Thanks for the clear repro and for tracking down the
node_modulesexclusion in the Solid transform!I think this is a duplicate of #39986. That issue covers TUI plugins loaded from outside OpenCode that render once and never update because the Solid transform isn't applied, and it calls out that OpenTUI's transform skips JSX under
node_modules. It also has v2 data points for plugins installed from npm andgithub:into~/.cache/opencode/npm/.../node_modules/.Possible duplicates and related issues, ordered from most to least likely:
node_modules, so the first frame never repaints). It is open, with a plan and acceptance criteria.@opentui/solidis resolved fromnode_modules.If you want to contribute your fix, please first post your repro and the approach on #39986. That issue lists the conditions a fix has to meet and approaches that were already rejected (PR #39983), so it's worth checking against those.
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dskanakoglou commentedon Oct 16, 2026
Closing as a duplicate of #39986; I've posted the repro and fix approach there.
opencode-agent commentedon Oct 16, 2026
Thanks for moving your repro and fix approach over to #39986. That keeps the discussion and any fix in one place. This issue will be closed as a duplicate of #39986.
opencode-agent commentedon Oct 17, 2026
Closing this as a duplicate of #39986, as agreed above. Thanks again for the clear repro and for tracking down the
node_modulesexclusion in the Solid transform. Your notes are now on #39986, so please follow that issue for updates.