eclipse-theia/theia

Platform.io extension unable to load upon restart

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#6,753 opened on Dec 13, 2019

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Description

Description

When installing the Platform.io extension (by dragging and dropping the .vsix file in the extensions panel). Once the Platform.io core had finished installing a notification that reads as "PlatformIO IDE has been successfully installed! Please reload window" appears. When pressing "reload now", the window reloads but the extension itself doesn't load. The process ends up repeating every time the IDE is opened/reloaded and the extension cannot finish installing.

Reproduction Steps

  1. Begin by installing the Platform.io vscode extension.
  2. Follow the installation steps and wait for the "reload now" notification to show up.
  3. Wait for the IDE to reload

OS and Theia version: Gitpod version (latest)

Diagnostics: Output info: Installing PlatformIO Core... Please do not close this window and do not open other folders until this process is completed. PlatformIO IDE installed successfully. Please restart VSCode.

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Research direction
Investigate the extension activation lifecycle in Theia, specifically the 'onReload' or 'activationEvents' handling. Check if Platform.io extension is correctly registered and if its activation events are being triggered after window reload.
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typescript
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developer experiencetooling
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