From a84361c59b34b06448b76b76b5f44048da37051a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Pettersson <daniel@dpettersson.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 21:42:52 +0100
Subject: Workaround for completion response with bad :start

Trying to fix #289
---
 dape.el | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dape.el b/dape.el
index 0442cbb..dacdda0 100644
--- a/dape.el
+++ b/dape.el
@@ -4910,6 +4910,12 @@ Called by `comint-input-sender' in `dape-repl-mode'."
                     (or (plist-get target :text) (plist-get target :label))
                     (when-let* ((start (plist-get target :start))
                                 (offset (- (car bounds) line-start))
+                                ;; XXX Assume server sends both start
+                                ;; and length (vscode convention) or
+                                ;; bail.  Seems successful in
+                                ;; identifying misbehaving servers
+                                ;; (e.g. jdtls).
+                                ((plist-get target :length))
                                 ((< start offset)))
                       ;; XXX Adapter gets line but Emacs completion is
                       ;; given `word' bounds, cut prefix off candidate
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