IntelliSense Suggestions Not Working Without Reinstall in New Projects (Tailwind CSS v4.1.5) in vscode in mac

[Sai-krishna2610]

I'm facing a repeated issue while using Tailwind CSS v4.1.5. Each time I create a new project, I do not get IntelliSense suggestions in my editor (VS Code), unless I reinstall the entire Tailwind setup again.

[Sai-krishna2610]

Hi Tailwind team 👋,

Just wanted to add that this issue happens consistently across all new projects I create, even though the setup steps are correct. It's really frustrating to have to reinstall Tailwind CSS or restart VS Code every time just to get IntelliSense working.

I’ve confirmed:

The content paths are correct.

Files like .html, .js, and .jsx are present.

Tailwind CSS IntelliSense extension is installed and enabled.

It feels like the IntelliSense plugin or Tailwind CLI isn’t initializing properly until a reinstall or restart happens. Please look into this or suggest any stable workaround if available 🙏.

Thanks in advance!

[coredevel]

Having the same issue here except uninstalling, reinstalling and reloading window doesn't need to resolve it for me unfortunately.

I need to migrate the tailwind.config.js to the new var defs per the docs, I'm guessing the @config directive in the css file which is causing an issue might have something to do with it.

[thecrypticace]

@Sai-krishna2610 1. Can you please provide the information from the issue template? 2. Can you provide the logs from "Tailwind CSS: Show Output" in the command palette from before you reload (when things are not working) and after you reload (when things are)?

@coredevel Can you open a new issue with a reproduction?