"Pubspec has been edited" always reappears in Android Studio

[KCO-SK]

Steps to reproduce

1. Open a project
2. You will be warned by the "Pubspec has been edited" banner (even if there is no change).
3. Click Get or Update
4. The banner disappears
5. Switch to any .dart file within your project
6. The warning reappear (even the "ignore" button does not help)

My pubspec.yaml file does not have a fresh change date when taking a look at it in the Finder.
I didn't have this problem until some days ago.
I think there was a Flutter or Dart plugin update some days ago?

Expected results

The banner should disappear when upgrade or get process are done and only reappear after a real pubspec.yaml change.

Actual results

The banner reappears all the time.

System

macOS Sequoia 15.5 on a MacBook M2 Pro

Android Studio version

Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 Patch 1
Build #AI-243.26053.27.2432.13536105, built on May 22, 2025
Runtime version: 21.0.6+-13368085-b895.109 aarch64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.

Dart plugin version

243.26753.1

Flutter plugin version

86.0.1

Flutter version

Flutter 3.34.0-0.0.pre • channel beta • https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
Framework • revision 01fde956f0 (3 days ago) • 2025-06-16 13:32:43 -0500
Engine • revision 8ed9edbd7a (9 days ago) • 2025-06-10 16:02:26 -0700
Tools • Dart 3.9.0 (build 3.9.0-196.1.beta) • DevTools 2.47.0

[KCO-SK]

This error is no longer reproducible on my end today without changing anything.

[KCO-SK]

Now this problem reappeared again so suddenly as it disappeared 2 days ago.
Restarting my MacBook didn't help, either.

I know this is hard to debug without more information, but maybe you have an idea which helps for further investigation?

[pq]

Possibly related to this change: a8d3f98

[pq]

@KCO-SK: could you describe your project structure?

Where are your dart files in relation to the root of the project?

Specifically, are they at the "top" like this?

Or nested, like this:

[pq]

@KCO-SK: also: does your pubspec declare a dependency on flutter?

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter

If not, it's likely that this issue actually originates in the Dart Plugin:

https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-plugins/blob/e1b4c7245a1768685492a476496daa1222941a80/Dart/src/com/jetbrains/lang/dart/ide/inspections/DartOutdatedDependenciesInspection.java#L80-L82

[KCO-SK]

@pq:
pubspec.yaml is "at the top", here also a visual example of the problem:
/Users/kuhlemann/StudioProjects/poliapp/pubspec.yaml

Flutter dependency looks fine in my opinion: