Espressif-IDE no longer finds serial ports for flashing

[RogerDavisWork]

I have been successfully compiling and flashing my ESP32C6 target for a couple of months.

Suddenly today, when I try to flash the target, it says that there are no serial ports. The drop-down list is empty.

Yet, Device Manager in Windows sees the port and when I unplug and plug it back in it goes away and comes back.

Additionally, if I bring up an alternate terminal program, I can open the correct port and see the traffic from the device, so I know the port, the wire, and Windows are all functioning properly. I just have lost the ability for the Espressif-IDE to see ANY serial port in the drop-down list, so I can no longer flash the device.

I have also tried restarting the IDE and even rebooting the PC but the issue remains.

Edit: I should add that from the command line everything works. I can do "idf.py flash" with or without a "-p" and it finds the port and flashes the device. I can also do "idf.py -p COM11 monitor" and it opens a monitor and shows the traffic. The problem is very specific to the IDE.

[RogerDavisWork]

It has been 8 days since I posted this. Are there no suggestions from the creators of this IDE?

[leonardo.costa]

It has been 8 days since I posted this. Are there no suggestions from the creators of this IDE?

Hello,
Eclipse combox box have had always problem with Espressif IDE, never fixed. The creators of this IDE are probably hiding in shame.

Leo