# Problem running tests against 2026.1 (unresolved reference to ActionGroup)

**URL:** <https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/problem-running-tests-against-2026-1-unresolved-reference-to-actiongroup/3935>\
**Category:** IntelliJ Platform\
**Tags:** eap\
**Created:** [March 23, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/problem-running-tests-against-2026-1-unresolved-reference-to-actiongroup/3935 "2026-03-23T14:34:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/problem-running-tests-against-2026-1-unresolved-reference-to-actiongroup/3935/1 "2026-03-23T14:34:46Z")

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intellij-platform-gradle-plugin v2.13.1  
V1 plugin descriptor  
Running tests against 2026.1 rc

Almost all tests are failing now with 2026.1 rc, because of an unresolved ActionGroup ID.  
I don’t know how to fix this. The test passes when I remove the reference from plugin.xml, but that’s not what I want to release.

I also don’t know if it’s a packaging problem of the IDE or a problem of the intellij-platform-gradle-plugin.

Basically the error is `“ERROR: ActionGroupStub (bashpro.SendSignal): group with id “XDebugger.ToolWindow.LeftToolbar” isn’t registered”`.

The action was apparently moved to `intellij.platform.debugger.impl.ui.xml` in 2026.1.  
I already added `bundledModule("intellij.platform.debugger.impl")` to the build setup, but this did not fix the problem.

My plugin.xml contains thIs, it refers to “XDebugger.ToolWindow.LeftToolbar” to add a new action to the group:

```auto
        <group id="bashpro.SendSignal" class="pro.bashsupport.shell.debug.xdebugger.SendSignalActionGroup">
            <add-to-group group-id="XDebugger.ToolWindow.LeftToolbar" anchor="after" relative-to-action="Stop"/>
        </group>

```

The full error message:

```auto
ERROR: com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionGroupStub (bashpro.SendSignal): group with id "XDebugger.ToolWindow.LeftToolbar" isn't registered so the action won't be added to it; the action can be invoked via "Find Action" (module=PluginMainDescriptor(name=pro.bashsupport, id=pro.bashsupport, version=261.22158.182, isBundled=true, path=~/self-employment/products/bashsupport-pro/build/resources/test)) [Plugin: pro.bashsupport]
com.intellij.diagnostic.PluginException: com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionGroupStub (bashpro.SendSignal): group with id "XDebugger.ToolWindow.LeftToolbar" isn't registered so the action won't be added to it; the action can be invoked via "Find Action" (module=PluginMainDescriptor(name=pro.bashsupport, id=pro.bashsupport, version=261.22158.182, isBundled=true, path=~/self-employment/products/bashsupport-pro/build/resources/test)) [Plugin: pro.bashsupport]
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionManagerImplKt.reportActionError(ActionManagerImpl.kt:1723)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionManagerImplKt.access$reportActionError(ActionManagerImpl.kt:1)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionManagerImpl.getParentGroup(ActionManagerImpl.kt:856)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionManagerImpl.processAddToGroupNode(ActionManagerImpl.kt:815)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionManagerImpl.processGroupElement(ActionManagerImpl.kt:748)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionManagerImpl.registerPluginActions(ActionManagerImpl.kt:432)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionManagerImpl.doRegisterActions(ActionManagerImpl.kt:297)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.impl.ActionManagerImpl.<init>(ActionManagerImpl.kt:198)

```

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**Author:** ![jansorg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/jansorg/32/52_2.png) [@jansorg](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/jansorg)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/problem-running-tests-against-2026-1-unresolved-reference-to-actiongroup/3935/2 "2026-03-23T15:34:45Z")

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I tried moving this to `XDebugger.ToolWindow.TopToolbar3.Extra`, but same error.

When I try to register the missing group in my test plugin.xml, then the SDK says it’s already registered. This seems like weird packaging or a weird classloader, I guess.

For now, I’m unable to solve this.

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**Author:** ![yuriy.artamonov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/yuriy.artamonov/32/48_2.png) [@yuriy.artamonov](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/yuriy.artamonov)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/problem-running-tests-against-2026-1-unresolved-reference-to-actiongroup/3935/5 "2026-03-24T10:45:03Z")

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By any chance, does your plugin use plugin model v2? In this case you probably need `intellij.platform.debugger.impl` dependency on runtime dependency graph so the platform sorts action initialization properly.

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**Author:** ![jansorg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/jansorg/32/52_2.png) [@jansorg](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/jansorg)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/problem-running-tests-against-2026-1-unresolved-reference-to-actiongroup/3935/6 "2026-03-24T11:00:10Z")

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Nope, it’s a v1 descriptor. Adding the module for v1 via `bundledModule(…)`didn’t help. The logs did not show that it wasn’t loaded, but I’m not sure.

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**Author:** ![maksim.zuev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/maksim.zuev/32/1787_2.png) [@maksim.zuev](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/maksim.zuev)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/problem-running-tests-against-2026-1-unresolved-reference-to-actiongroup/3935/7 "2026-03-24T15:47:08Z")

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Filed [IJPL-240698](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-240698) Debugger API: cannot access the action group in 2026.1
