Check for empty path components when parsing options in LSP

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 - Add `textDocument/rename` and `textDocument/prepareRename` support for `buf lsp serve`.
+- Fix panic in LSP for empty option paths.
 
 ## [v1.61.0] - 2025-11-25
 

private/buf/buflsp/file.go

@@ -694,6 +694,11 @@ func (f *file) messageToSymbolsHelper(msg ir.MessageValue, index int, parents []
 		for element := range seq.Values(field.Elements()) {
 			key := field.KeyASTs().At(element.ValueNodeIndex())
 			components := slices.Collect(key.AsPath().Components)
+			// If there are no path components for an element, then we skip it, since there are
+			// no symbols to track.
+			if len(components) == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
 			var span source.Span
 			// This covers the first case in the example above where the path is relative,
 			// e.g. field_a is a relative path within { } for (option).message.