Could not infer a metadata type , error while trying to deploy decomposedPermissionSetBeta2

[pranayjswl007]

Summary

For decomposed permission set, when we try to save it via VSCode, it errors out with
Could not infer a metadata type

Steps To Reproduce:

1. Try deploying a decomposed permission set. A decomposed permission set has subfolders like objects instead of a single permissionSet.xml file . eg this folder(https://github.com/pranayjswl007/decomposePermissionSet/tree/main/force-app/main/default/permissionsets/account_admin)
2. Save on a folder is not supported by vscode extension , thus it errors out with Could not infer metadata type

Expected result

Vscode should be able to deploy permission set folder , as its able to do for objects

Actual result

18:04:56.915 Starting SFDX: Deploy This Source to Org

/force-app/main/default/permissionsets/account_admin/objectSettings/Account.objectSettings-meta.xml: Could not infer a metadata type

Additional information

Salesforce Extension Version in VS Code: 63.14.1

Salesforce CLI Version: 2.89.8-c2dbd99

OS and version: Mac os 15.5 (24F74)

VS Code version:

Version: 1.100.2
Commit: 848b80aeb52026648a8ff9f7c45a9b0a80641e2e
Date: 2025-05-14T21:47:40.416Z (1 wk ago)
Electron: 34.5.1
ElectronBuildId: 11369351
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.5.0

Most recent version of the extensions where this was working: No idea

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[peternhale]

@pranayjswl007 are you able to deploy using the CLI command?

[pranayjswl007]

@peternhale Yes, I was able to deploy using CLI, I first raised this as a bug for cli.

forcedotcom/cli#3294 (comment)

[peternhale]

@pranayjswl007 Using the sample dx project you provided (thank you), I was not able to reproduce the error. The only difference is I a using the release candidate for this week.

[pranayjswl007]

@peternhale got it..

So when I decomposed the permission, the Code still used the old configurations.

Once I restared vscode, it picked up new config from sfdx-project.json

{
  "packageDirectories": [
    {
      "path": "force-app",
      "default": true
    }
  ],
  "name": "ddEv",
  "namespace": "",
  "sfdcLoginUrl": "https://login.salesforce.com",
  "sourceApiVersion": "63.0",
  "sourceBehaviorOptions": [
    "decomposePermissionSetBeta2"
  ]
}

[peternhale]

@pranayjswl007 For me to reproduce this I would:

1. Start with a project open in vscode that has composed permsets
2. Run the sf command to setup decomposed permsets
3. Try to deploy the decomposed permsets (The error Could not infer a metadata type occurs)
4. Restart vscode
5. Try to deploy the decomposed permsets and the deploy succeeds

This accurate?

[svc-idee-bot]

Hello @pranayjswl007 👋 Have you tried updating to the latest version of the Salesforce Extension Pack?

Latest: 63.15.1

We suggest you to update to the latest version of the Salesforce Extension Pack in the VSCode Extensions view and confirm that you're still seeing your issue.

[pranayjswl007]

@peternhale these are corredt steps way to reproduce the above vscode error

[peternhale]

@pranayjswl007 thank you for confirming. We will investigate further, but I believe the underlying issue will be the statefulness of the project configuration that is held in memory and how to invalidate it when sfdx-project.json changes.