Error Deploying or Retrieving source: The file or directory isn't in sfdx-project.json

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All of a sudden I started getting this error everytime I'm trying to deploy or retrieve a file directly (right click on apex file and retrieve). This always worked and now it doesn't for all of my projects. I tried opening new ones, etc. Error deploying or retrieving source: The file or directory that you tried to deploy or retrieve isn't in a package directory that's specified in your sfdx-project.json file. Add this location to your "packageDirectories" value, or deploy or retrieve a different file or directory. For details about sfdx-project.json, see: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.sfdx_dev.meta/sfdx_dev/sfdx_dev_ws_config.htm

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '22 at 14:10

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You are not alone Walker. This fearture was working fine until 8th Jul 2022. This is a bug in the new "Salesforce CLI Integration" extension.

The only one way I was able to made it work is to downgrade the "Salesforce CLI Integration" extension version.

Hope this issue will be fixed soon!

answered Jul 08 '22 at 14:10

Farhan Hanif

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I will try downgrading tomorrow. Let's hope it works – Walker Jul 08 '22 at 18:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 11 '22 at 07:54

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I was facing the same issue while deploying from Visual Studio. I refreshed the Apex Extensions, restarted Visual Studio and the problem was resolved.

answered Jul 11 '22 at 07:54

user19524951

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I reloaded the Apex extension and everything started working again... This was the solution for me! Although I did also uninstall and install most of them the other day, but this time it worked. Cheers brother. – Walker Jul 11 '22 at 08:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 08 '22 at 17:30

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Another work around is by right-clicking on /manifest/package.xml and selecting 'SFDX: Deploy Source in Manifest to Org' to deploy all your source listed in there. Not ideal, but this successfully deploys for me.

answered Jul 08 '22 at 17:30

Michael Rosola

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Yes Michael, that way it works, probably with sfdx commands as well, but it's a drag... – Walker Jul 08 '22 at 18:02

Plinderman · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-11T16:08:21.270

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The extension has been fixed as of today.

If you're still getting the error navigate to the Extensions button and click reload on one of the Salesforce extensions:

See this image for instructions on reloading VS Code Extensions

edited Jul 11 '22 at 16:08

answered Jul 11 '22 at 16:07

Plinderman

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 01 '23 at 23:36

I was having this issue and I had to downgrade the version number in the manifest\package.xml file. (I got my copy of the package.xml from https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/manifest_samples.htm)

In my case, the file from the website was v58.0 and I had downgrade to v57.0.

Additionally, I had to run the command by right clicking on the package.xml file, otherwise it would not work!

Error Deploying or Retrieving source: The file or directory isn't in sfdx-project.json

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