I have the same issue on idf 5.1 on Apple Silicon.
It still compiles, but feels wrong

I know this is an old thread, but I have another somewhat related question. How do I know, if my board has the buggy circuit? Is there any way of detecting, without flashing? On my boards I have to press these buttons, but I think I didn't have to do this the first time I flashed them...

Did you solve the problem? I'm facing the same issue.

System is a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro 21H1.

I solved the problem by installing the ESP-IDF manually to the exact same location as the extension would have done. Works fine.

Hello, I did a clean install of Windows and VSCode. There were no errors while installing, but when I try to build something, i get this error: > Executing task: cmake --build . < ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': The system cannot find the file specified. The terminal process "C:\WINDOWS\System3...