Treesitter error on open

[chrisolsen]

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Describe the bug

When I open nvim I see the following error. I initially saw this when using my kickstart branch, but I still see it when I use this repo.

I have removed any previous nvim data (~/.local/share/ngin, ~/.local/state/nvim, ~/.cache/nvim)

Failed to run `config` for nvim-treesitter

...local/share/nvim/lazy/lazy.nvim/lua/lazy/core/loader.lua:387: module 'nvim-treesitter.configs' not found:
        no field package.preload['nvim-treesitter.configs']
        cache_loader: module 'nvim-treesitter.configs' not found
        cache_loader_lib: module 'nvim-treesitter.configs' not found
        no file './nvim-treesitter/configs.lua'
        no file '/usr/share/luajit-2.1/nvim-treesitter/configs.lua'
        no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/nvim-treesitter/configs.lua'
        no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/nvim-treesitter/configs/init.lua'
        no file '/usr/share/lua/5.1/nvim-treesitter/configs.lua'
        no file '/usr/share/lua/5.1/nvim-treesitter/configs/init.lua'
        no file './nvim-treesitter/configs.so'
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/nvim-treesitter/configs.so'
        no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.1/nvim-treesitter/configs.so'
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'Archlin
        no file './nvim-treesitter.so'
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/nvim-treesitter.so'
        no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.1/nvim-treesitter.so'
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'

# stacktrace:
  - .config/nvim/init.lua:248

To Reproduce

1. Start nvim

Desktop

• OS: Archlinux
• Terminal: bash 5.3.3

Neovim Version

NVIM v0.11.4
Build type: RelWithDebInfo
LuaJIT 2.1.1753364724

[zedonix]

did you check this -

# stacktrace:
  - .config/nvim/init.lua:248

line 248 in init.lua?

[chrisolsen]

Yes, it is just the require("lazy)

https://github.com/chrisolsen/kickstart.nvim/blob/master/init.lua#L248

[SetsuikiHyoryu]

Run :checkhealth to see if there are any hints.

Under normal circumstances, nvim-treesitter should have a file like this:

~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/nvim-treesitter/lua/nvim-treesitter/config.lua.

If it’s missing, you can try reinstalling nvim-treesitter first.

[chrisolsen]

It is there

[chris@xps ~]$ file .local/share/nvim/lazy/nvim-treesitter/lua/nvim-treesitter/config.lua
.local/share/nvim/lazy/nvim-treesitter/lua/nvim-treesitter/config.lua: ASCII text

Here is the :checkhealth output

nvim-treesitter:                                                            ✅

Requirements ~
- ✅ OK Neovim was compiled with tree-sitter runtime ABI version 15 (required >=13).
- ✅ OK tree-sitter-cli 0.25.10 (/home/chris/.local/share/nvim/mason/bin/tree-sitter)
- ✅ OK node 24.6.0 (/home/chris/.local/share/mise/installs/node/24.6.0/bin/node)
- ✅ OK tar 1.35.0 (/usr/bin/tar)
- ✅ OK curl 8.16.0 (/usr/bin/curl)
  curl 8.16.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/8.16.0 OpenSSL/3.5.3 zlib/1.3.1 brotli/1.1.0 zstd/1.5.7 libidn2/2.3.7 libpsl/0.21.5 libssh2/1.11.1 nghttp2/1.67.1 nghttp3/1.12.0
  Release-Date: 2025-09-10
  Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher gophers http https imap imaps ipfs ipns mqtt pop3 pop3s rtsp scp sftp smb smbs smtp smtps telnet tftp ws wss
  Features: alt-svc AsynchDNS brotli GSS-API HSTS HTTP2 HTTP3 HTTPS-proxy IDN IPv6 Kerberos Largefile libz NTLM PSL SPNEGO SSL threadsafe TLS-SRP UnixSockets zstd

OS Info ~
- sysname: Linux
- release: 6.16.8-arch3-1
- machine: x86_64
- version: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon, 22 Sep 2025 22:08:35 +0000
```

[cedieio]

Had the same issue, was thinking I had tree sitter on main version.
#1657 this PR fixed the error pop up on start.

[zedonix]

The issue is solved right?

[asdf8601]

In case it helps, I've just commented on the line that contains the config reference:

    main = 'nvim-treesitter.configs', -- Sets main module to use for opts

• https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim/blob/master/init.lua#L944

Not sure of the implications of this, but at least I don't see that message every time I open a file.

I've noticed that this happened after updating tree-sitter; not sure what has changed on their side.

[asdf8601]

Specifying the branch name as master solves this issue.

Note: You have to remove the existing installation of treesitter and install it again to clone the right branch.

 {
    -- Highlight, edit, and navigate code
    'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter',
    lazy = false,
    build = ':TSUpdate',
    branch = 'master',  -- NOTE: Use master for backwards compatibility.
    -- NOTE: this causes error on main
    main = 'nvim-treesitter.configs', -- Sets main module to use for opts
    opts = {
      ensure_installed = ensure_installed,
      auto_install = true,
      highlight = {
        enable = true,
        additional_vim_regex_highlighting = { 'ruby' },
      },
      indent = { enable = true, disable = { 'ruby' } },
    },
    -- NOTE: this causes error on main
    config = function(_, opts)
      -- require('config.treesitter').setup(opts)
      require('nvim-treesitter.configs').setup(opts)
    end,
  },