PowerShell / PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices

Semantic Highlighting breaks when rapidly typing due to improper cancellation

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Since Feb 7, 2025.

  • #2301 by @copilot-swe-agent — open
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Description

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  • I have read the troubleshooting guide.
  • I am sure this issue is with the extension itself and does not reproduce in a standalone PowerShell instance.
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Summary

Like the title says, semantic highlighting doesn't work for any new text you type, it only works for the text that was already there when you opened a file. Interestingly the VS code token inspect feature correctly lists the semantic color but the visuals aren't updated. Initially I assumed this was a bug in VS code itself but if I try it with the C# extension it works perfectly fine in VS code so they must be doing something different from this extension.
Here's a clip that demonstrates the issue:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1ea3f679-ad4d-413e-97f1-4e4a17d9b610

PowerShell Version
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.5.0-preview.5
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.5.0-preview.5
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Name             : Visual Studio Code Host
Version          : 2024.5.0
InstanceId       : 0de14edd-e7a3-4dcc-9ad1-f833dc86ffca
UI               : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture   : da-DK
CurrentUICulture : da-DK
PrivateData      : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
DebuggerEnabled  : True
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace         : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace
Visual Studio Code Version
1.96.0-insider
19fabc20e35c89915c772116503a079554166a3f
x64
Extension Version
ms-vscode.powershell@2024.5.0
Steps to Reproduce

Enable semantic highlighting with colors that don't match the colors from the textmate highlighting and start typing.

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