Problem with Elm LSP when elm.json not in root directory

[cbrake]

I'm trying to use the elm language server with Helix, it works fairly well in dedicated elm projects, however when I open up this frontend project, which is in a subdirectory of the repo, I get the following error:

Async job failed: protocol error: InternalError: Request textDocument/documentSymbol failed with message: No Elm workspace contains /scratch/simpleiot/go/frontend/src/Pages/Home_.elm

Moving elm.json to top level in the repo fixes it.

I tried starting helix from the frontend directory, but when I open the file picker, it shows files in the root directory of the repo workspace, not the frontend directory, so it appears that Helix bases the root project directory on the repo, not the directory it was started in.

Appreciate any suggestions on how to work around this, or work on a fix.

[cbrake]

So after posting this, I tested again, and this is now working for some unknown reason -- not sure what changed ...

[cbrake]

And now I started see this problem again -- no idea yet what I'm doing differently when it works ...

[cbrake]

seems to always work on one computer and not on another -- same version of helix and elm-language-server on both.