Programmatically running a task in VS Code Web ignores dependsOn tasks

[thegecko]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: VS Code Web v1.69.2
• OS Version: MacOS

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a custom task provider in an extension (process and shell tasks are unsupported in VS Code Web)
2. Create a tasks.json file with multiple tasks where one dependsOn the other
3. Contribute a command which executes the task with the dependency using vscode.tasks.executeTask(...)
4. Open the extension in VS Code Web and execute the command

Expectation: the dependent task is executed
Outcome: it isn't

Test details...

Executing Run Task... in command pallet to start the task with dependency

• VS Code Desktop: Works
• vscode-test-web: Works
• vscode.dev: Works

Executing task with dependency using custom command with vscode.tasks.executeTask(...)

• VS Code Desktop: Works
• vscode-test-web: Does not work (dependent task not executed)
• vscode.dev: Does not work (dependent task not executed)

Extension reproducing this issue can be found here:

https://github.com/thegecko/web-extension-tasks

[meganrogge]

Tasks are currently not supported in the web, so this is expected

[vscodenpa]

The described behavior is how it is expected to work. If you disagree, please explain what is expected and what is not in more detail. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!

[thegecko]

Tasks are currently not supported in the web, so this is expected

Tasks run in the web version fine, the feedback is that explicitly shell and process type tasks won't work.

If tasks are not intended to run in the web, then this expectation should be set accordingly by removing the related commands and showing feedback to the user to this affect. Currently the only feedback pertains to none-custom task providers.

[meganrogge]

This might be fixed in insider's tomorrow - there were some changes to the handling of dependent tasks

[thegecko]

This might be fixed in insider's tomorrow - there were some changes to the handling of dependent tasks

Thanks @meganrogge

I've re-tested this in vscode.dev insiders (Version: 1.79.0-insider) and unfortunately still see the issue.

In vscode.dev, if you have a task which dependsOn another task, both will be executed if the leaf task is executed with the Tasks: Run Task command, but only one executes if the same task is invoked programmatically using vscode.tasks.executeTask(...).

[thegecko]

This bug is also apparent when execution debugging programatically. e.g. any preLaunchTask seems to be ignored