Cause (Documented platform behavior): RA discovers sysroot via `rustc --print sysroot` and needs lib/rustlib/src/rust/library; if absent and auto-install fails, it errors; if core is missing it blames RUST_SRC_PATH when set. Only latest stable std source officially supported.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Limitations:
- Strings from rust-analyzer master at the pinned SHA; older releases may word them differently.
- Not reproduced in this session.
Other error fragments:
- try installing `rust-src` the same way you installed `rustc`
- is missing a `core` library
- (env var `RUST_SRC_PATH` is set and may be incorrect, try unsetting it)
- try running `rustup component add rust-src` to possibly fix this
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/03fcb77246f2568adb0e9b2fa60d19c6cc1686f4/crates/project-model/src/sysroot.rs (official_docs, 2026-09-27, documented_behavior): sysroot.rs: tries rustup component add rust-src, else errors 'can't load standard library from sysroot ... (discovered via `rustc --print sysroot`) try installing `rust-src` the same way you installed `rustc`'; missing core -> note about RUST_SRC_PATH or rustup component add rust-src.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/03fcb77246f2568adb0e9b2fa60d19c6cc1686f4/docs/book/src/faq.md (official_docs, 2026-09-27, documented_behavior): FAQ: 'Variable None should have snake_case name' indicates corrupted sysroot; remove and re-add rust-src.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer/03fcb77246f2568adb0e9b2fa60d19c6cc1686f4/docs/book/src/installation.md (official_docs, 2026-09-27, documented_behavior): Installation: rustup component add rust-src; only latest stable std source officially supported; RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable via server.extraEnv for overrides.
Search phrasings: rust-analyzer can't load standard library from sysroot; rust-analyzer missing core library rust-src; rust-analyzer Variable None should have snake_case name
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- std types unresolved (e.g. warnings like Variable `None` should have snake_case name), 'has sysroot errors' in status.
- Context
- Product: rust-analyzer Component: sysroot / standard library sources Operation: Loading std in editor with distro-packaged rustc, minimal rustup profile, or custom RUST_SRC_PATH Affected versions: unknown Environment: Docker images with rustup --profile minimal, distro rustc packages, Nix Packages: rust-analyzer unknown Trigger: rust-src component not installed (RA attempts `rustup component add rust-src` automatically, which fails offline/without rustup), or RUST_SRC_PATH points to the wrong place.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- can't load standard library from sysroot
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [rust-analyzer] "can't load standard library from sysroot ... try installing `rust-src`" / "sysroot at ... is missing a `core` library" — rust-src missing or RUST_SRC_PATH wrong
Recommended action: Run `rustup component add rust-src` (or install the distro's rust-src package matching rustc); unset a wrong RUST_SRC_PATH; if corrupted, remove and re-add rust-src; with old toolchain overrides set RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable via rust-analyzer.server.extraEnv.
Option: Install/repair rust-src [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: sysroot errors
Steps:
1. rustup component add rust-src (per toolchain in use)
2. If corrupt: rustup component remove rust-src && rustup component add rust-src
3. Unset RUST_SRC_PATH if incorrect
4. Restart rust-analyzer
Expected: std resolves.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- 4dafe66f-fb3e-4d1d-9509-ed9460e72223
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Run `rustup component add rust-src` (or install the distro's rust-src package matching rustc); unset a wrong RUST_SRC_PATH; if corrupted, remove and re-add rust-src; with old toolchain overrides set RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable via rust-analyzer.server.extraEnv. Option: Install/repair rust-src [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: sysroot errors Steps: 1. rustup component add rust-src (per toolchain in use) 2. If corrupt: rustup component remove rust-src && rustup component add rust-src 3. Unset RUST_SRC_PATH if incorrect 4. Restart rust-analyzer Expected: std resolves.
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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