Java won't work

[hopner]

Type: Bug

After restarting vscode on my mac today, all of my maven projects are unable to compile and run.

VS Code version: Code 1.82.0 (8b617bd, 2023-09-06T22:08:29.670Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 22.4.0
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Apple M1 (8 x 24)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled
Load (avg)	3, 4, 3
Memory (System)	8.00GB (0.08GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id e5c99e0e-6ff2-48dd-8fd0-40a8b35b92ff
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (45)

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cpptools	ms-	1.17.5
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polacode	pnp	0.3.4
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vscode-maven	vsc	0.42.0
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[VSCodeTriageBot]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code, the latest stable release is 1.82.1. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[hopner]

Issue remains after updating:

Error: Unable to initialize main class
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: List

[flosardo]

Same issue with the latest VS Code version 1.82.
Update 13 sept: A possible fix could be adding JAVA_HOME to your path(if it's not already there) and restart VS Code as suggested in the following stackoverflow answer. It worked for me.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77092008/why-is-my-build-path-suddenly-incomplete-for-my-java-project-in-visual-studio-co?noredirect=1&lq=1
However, it still remains a mystery why all of a sudden this happened

[starball5]

See redhat-developer/vscode-java#3287.

Related on Stack Overflow: Why is my build path suddenly incomplete for my java project in VS Code?, where I have written up an answer post.

[roblourens]

Please file this on the Java extension repo, thanks