VS Code 1.76 - no Tasks visible

[Parchbrot]

hi, after VS Code update 1.76 no task icons are visible. Tasks v.0.11.1, Window 10, VS Code 1.76.0

[actboy168]

What is your tasks.json?

[Parchbrot]

we have integrated the tasks configuration into our workspace file:

{ "folders": [ { "path": "." } ], "settings": { // set window title "window.title": "CE | ${activeEditorShort} | ${activeFolderLong}", "workbench.colorCustomizations": { }, }, "extensions": { "recommendations": [ "actboy168.tasks", "aaron-bond.better-comments", "christian-kohler.path-intellisense", "codezombiech.gitignore", "2gua.rainbow-brackets", "DavidAnson.vscode-markdownlint", "DotJoshJohnson.xml", "ms-dotnettools.csharp", "ms-vscode.powershell", "ms-vscode.vs-keybindings", "naco-siren.gradle-language", "PKief.material-icon-theme", "redhat.fabric8-analytics", "redhat.java", "redhat.vscode-yaml", "VisualStudioExptTeam.vscodeintellicode", "vscjava.vscode-java-debug", "vscjava.vscode-java-dependency", "vscjava.vscode-java-test", "zhuangtongfa.material-theme" ], }, "tasks": { "version": "2.0.0", "echoCommand": true, "clear": true, "tasks": [{ "label": "NPM_Install", "type": "shell", "command": [ "npm install", ], "problemMatcher": [], "options": { "statusbar": { "label": "$(play) NPM Install", }, "shell": { "executable": "C:\\Windows\\system32\\cmd.exe", "args": [ "/d", "/c" ] } } }, { "label": "NPM_InstallElectron", "type": "shell", "command": [ "cd node_modules/electron", "&", "node install.js", ], "problemMatcher": [], "options": { "statusbar": { "label": "$(play) NPM Install Electron", }, "shell": { "executable": "C:\\Windows\\system32\\cmd.exe", "args": [ "/d", "/c" ] } } }, { "label": "NPM_Build", "type": "shell", "command": [ "npm run build", ], "problemMatcher": [], "options": { "statusbar": { "label": "$(play) NPM Run Build", }, "shell": { "executable": "C:\\Windows\\system32\\cmd.exe", "args": [ "/d", "/c" ] } } }, { "label": "NPM_RunWatch", "type": "shell", "command": [ "npm run watch", ], "problemMatcher": [], "options": { "statusbar": { "label": "$(play) NPM Run Watch", }, "shell": { "executable": "C:\\Windows\\system32\\cmd.exe", "args": [ "/d", "/c" ] } } }, { "label": "NPM_Start", "type": "shell", "command": [ "npm start", ], "problemMatcher": [], "options": { "statusbar": { "label": "$(play) NPM Start", }, "shell": { "executable": "C:\\Windows\\system32\\cmd.exe", "args": [ "/d", "/c" ] } } } ], } }

[actboy168]

Try your config file, and I can see the statusbar.

[damienlsq]

when update to VS Code 1.76.0, I miss the tasks statusbar too, Mac vscode

[actboy168]

@damienlsq What is your tasks.json?

[damienlsq]

{ "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "type": "shell", "label": "xxx", "detail": "", "command": "grunt reloadRelease" }, ] }

[actboy168]

I can't reproduce it.

You can check if the settings tasks.statusbar.default.hide is true.

[Parchbrot]

no hide attribute

[Parchbrot]

update: I saw, that the icons will be shown after changing the content of the launch.json independent of the content. after restart the task icons are gone again

[Parchbrot]

update2: I guess it is a VS Code issue. I merged my launch.json and the workspace file. After each modify and save the icons are visible. After a restart they are gone...

[actboy168]

May be related to https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/176006.

[GaspardRig]

Hi, I got the same issue, no tasks are visible in status bar in Tasks version 0.12.1, but work in 0.12.0

Vscode :

Version: 1.76.1 (system setup) Commit: 5e805b79fcb6ba4c2d23712967df89a089da575b Date: 2023-03-08T16:32:00.131Z Electron: 19.1.11 Chromium: 102.0.5005.196 Node.js: 16.14.2 V8: 10.2.154.26-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621 Sandboxed: No

[actboy168]

Hi, I got the same issue, no tasks are visible in status bar in Tasks version 0.12.1, but work in 0.12.0

@GaspardRig What is your tasks.json?

[GaspardRig]

{ "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "label": "Build", "command": "meson", "args": [ "compile", "-C", "build/" ], "icon": { "id": "tools" }, "presentation": { "echo": true, "reveal": "always", "focus": true, "panel": "shared", "showReuseMessage": true, "revealProblems": "onProblem", "clear": false } }, { "label": "Clean", "command": "meson", "args": [ "compile", "--clean", "-C", "build/" ], "icon": { "id": "trash" }, "presentation": { "close": true } }, { "label": "CPPCheck", "command": "cppcheck", "args": ["--enable=all", "--error-exitcode=1","./drivers/", "./include/", "./tst/"], "icon": {"id": "check-all"}, "presentation": { "revealProblems": "onProblem", "clear": true, } }, { "label": "Build Doc", "command": "make", "args": [ "html" ], "icon": { "id": "book" }, "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/doc" } }, { "label": "Build PDF", "command": "make", "args": [ "latexpdf" ], "icon": { "id": "book" }, "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/doc" } }, { "label": "Coding Style", "command": "python", "args": [ "./scripts/uncrustify.py" ], "icon": { "id": "pencil" }, "options": { "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}" } } ] }

[GaspardRig]

Fix with 0.12.2, thanks :)

[Parchbrot]

no change on my side. task icons just appear if I modify and save the json file

[actboy168]

@Parchbrot Can VSCode 1.76.1 solve your problem?

[Parchbrot]

VS code has updated automatically and no changes with Tasks extension update...

[actboy168]

@Parchbrot You can disable other extensions and see if it works.

[CircuitHawk]

Same issue on my end. Start VS Code, no tasks icons. However icons will re-appear under the following conditions:

1) Go to settings and check then uncheck "Tasks > Statusbar > Default: Hide" 2) Make a change in tasks.json and re-save 3) Disable Tasks extension, reload VS Code, then re-enable Tasks

Running VS Code 1.76.1 and Tasks 0.12.2. Windows 10. Thanks for the support!

[johndatserakis]

Had the same issue.

Updated my tasks[0].options.statusbar.hide to false. It was not specifically set before.

It's showing properly now. Perhaps the hide default got toggled somehow in the latest VSCode update. I've never personally touched it.

[kcvinker]

I have the same issue. No items are visible in status bar. This is my task.json.

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Odin App",
            "options": {
                "statusbar": {
                    "hide": false
                }
            },
            "type": "process",
            "command": "ConEmu64",
            "args": [
                "-Dir",
                "C:\\Users\\kcvin\\OneDrive\\Programming\\Odin\\Winforms",
                "-run",
                "odin run",
                "app.odin",
                "-file"
            ],
            "presentation": {
                "echo": false,
                "reveal": "never",
                "focus": false,
                "panel": "shared",
                "showReuseMessage": false,
                "clear": true
            }
        },
        {
            "label": "DebugWing",
            "options": {
                "statusbar": {
                    // "hide": false
                }
            },
            "type": "process",
            "command": "ConEmu64",
            "args": [
                "-Dir",
                "C:\\Users\\kcvin\\OneDrive\\Programming\\D Lang\\Wings",
                "-run",
                "dmd -debug -i -run app.d"
            ],
            "presentation": {
                "echo": false,
                "reveal": "never",
                "focus": false,
                "panel": "shared",
                "showReuseMessage": false,
                "clear": true
            }
        },

        {
            "label": "Copy Wings Folder",
            "options": {
                "statusbar": {
                    "hide": true
                }
            },
            "type": "process",
            "command": "ConEmu64",
            "args": [
                "-run",
                "C:\\Users\\kcvin\\OneDrive\\Programming\\D Lang\\Wings Helper\\wings_copier.exe"
            ],
            "presentation": {
                "echo": false,
                "reveal": "never",
                "focus": false,
                "panel": "shared",
                "showReuseMessage": false,
                "clear": true
            }
        },
        {
            "label": "Run Python App",
            "type": "process",
            "command": "ConEmu64",
            "args": [
                "-Dir",
                "c:\\Users\\kcvin\\OneDrive\\Programming\\Python\\PyForms",
                "-run",
                "python",
                "app.py"
            ],
            "presentation": {
                "echo": false,
                "reveal": "never",
                "focus": false,
                "panel": "shared",
                "showReuseMessage": false,
                "clear": true
            },
            "problemMatcher": []
        },
        {
            "label": "Run Autoit App",
            "options": {
                "statusbar": {
                    "hide": true
                }
            },
            "type": "process",
            "command": "ConEmu64",
            "args": [
                "-run",
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\AutoIt3\\SciTE\\AutoIt3Wrapper\\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3",
                "/run",
                "/prod",
                "/ErrStdOut",
                "/in",
                "c:\\Users\\kcvin\\OneDrive\\Programming\\Autoit Projects\\Windowing Experiments\\app.au3"
            ],
            "presentation": {
                "echo": true,
                "reveal": "always",
                "focus": false,
                "panel": "shared",
                "showReuseMessage": false,
                "clear": true
            }
        },

        {
            "label": "Run_C3",
            "options": {
                "statusbar": {
                    // "hide": false
                }
            },
            "type": "process",
            "command": "ConEmu64",
            "args": [
                "-Dir",
                "C:\\Users\\kcvin\\OneDrive\\Programming\\C3\\CForms\\cforms",
                "-run",
                "c3c run cforms"
            ],
            "presentation": {
                "echo": false,
                "reveal": "never",
                "focus": false,
                "panel": "shared",
                "showReuseMessage": false,
                "clear": true
            }
        },

        {
            "label": "Run Lua_App",
            "type": "process",
            "command": "ConEmu64",
            "args": [
                "-Dir",
                "C:\\Users\\kcvin\\OneDrive\\Programming\\Lua\\LuaForms",
                "-run",
                "luajit",
                "app.lua"
            ],
            "presentation": {
                "echo": false,
                "reveal": "never",
                "focus": false,
                "panel": "shared",
                "showReuseMessage": false,
                "clear": true
            },
            "problemMatcher": []
        },

        {
            "label": "Run Nelua",
            "type": "process",
            "command": "ConEmu64",
            "args": [
                "-Dir",
                "C:\\Users\\kcvin\\OneDrive\\Programming\\Nelua\\Nforms",
                "-run",
                "nelua", "--cache-dir", "bin", "app.nelua",
            ],
            "presentation": {
                "echo": false,
                "reveal": "never",
                "focus": false,
                "panel": "shared",
                "showReuseMessage": false,
                "clear": true
            },
            "options": {
                "statusbar": {
                    "color" : "#22C1D6"
                }
            },
            "problemMatcher": []
        },
    ],
    "statusbar.default.hide": true,
    "statusbar.limit": 8,

}

[actboy168]

@kcvinker Can you try disabling other extensions?

[kcvinker]

@actboy168, Okay, let me try.

[pp244]

For me the tasks just disappeared today with the update to tasks v0.13.0. They return when I roll back to v0.12.3.

VSC 1.76.1.

[actboy168]

@pp244 What is your tasks.json?

[pp244]

Sorry to make you even ask... Was just working on a minimum sample - stripped it down to this:

{
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "foo",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "echo 'hello world'"
        }
    ]
}

[actboy168]

@pp244 I can't reproduce it. You mean this tasks.json works in 0.12.3 but not in 0.13?

Can you try disabling other extensions?

[pp244]

Sure, here is what I found: I disabled all extensions and then enabled only tasks. My tasks show up when 0.12.3 is installed. After updating to 0.13 and restarting VSC, they are gone. After rolling back to 0.12.3 and restarting VSC, they are back. So yes, this is true:

You mean this tasks.json works in 0.12.3 but not in 0.13?

BTW, the tasks.json is a "user" file here, located in .../AppData/Roaming/Code/User

[kcvinker]

@pp244, How disable all extensions ? How did you do that ?

[pp244]

@kcvinker found it in the command palette:

[kcvinker]

@pp244, Thank you :)

[actboy168]

@pp244 0.13.1 already fixed.

[kcvinker]

@actboy168 Yes, it worked after disabled all other extensions.

[actboy168]

@kcvinker Can you find out which extension makes tasks invisible?

[pp244]

@pp244 0.13.1 already fixed.

That is great news, thank you very much! Fix confirmed, 0.13.1 works for me.

[Parchbrot]

after VS Code update 1.76.2 and Tasks update 0.13.1 the icons now are visisble directly after VS Code Start. Thx much for support! 👍