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During closing VSCode, PowerShell Extension displays popup #4101
Description
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Summary
During closing VSCode, PowerShell Extension displays popup with the message "The PowerShell Extention Terminal has stopped..."
PowerShell Version
Name Value
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PSVersion 7.2.5
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.2.5
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.25163
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0Visual Studio Code Version
1.69.2
3b889b090b5ad5793f524b5d1d39fda662b96a2a
x64Extension Version
ms-vscode.powershell@2022.7.2Steps to Reproduce
- Open VSCode
- Load PS script
- Close VSCode
- Popup with the message "The PowerShell Extention Terminal has stopped..." will appear, then VSCode will close itself.
Visuals
Logs
EditorServices.log
StartEditorServices.log
vscode-powershell.log
Language Server Protocol payload logs.txt
Activity
andyleejordan commentedon Jun 16, 2026
This should be resolved as of the termination-experience rework in #5380 (follow-up fix in #5463). On current
main, the "has stopped, would you like to restart it?" prompt is only shown while the session is activelyRunning/Busy. When VS Code is shutting down or the window reloads, the session is disposed first (status set toStopping) before that path can run, so the popup no longer appears. #5380 also added apowershell.integratedConsole.suppressTerminalStoppedNotificationsetting and a "Don't Show Again" action to silence it entirely.I can no longer reproduce this on a reload/close. Closing as fixed — please reopen if you still see the popup on a recent preview build.
🤖 Drafted by Copilot for Andy Jordan (@andyleejordan) to review/edit.