Undo in Settings while changing vim.statusBarColors breaks the plugin
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BUG REPORT
Environment:
- VSCode Version: 1.15
- VsCodeVim Version: 0.10.0
- OS: Win 10
What happened:
Playing around with statusBarColors, I tried to go back to the last color after saving the settings file.
In the meantime, the automated colorCustomizations had already loaded, being undone instead and then auto-generated again.
I hit u a few times until I noticed, then escape a few times. Now this file is in a state where I cannot finish the current command. After closing the file and reopening (same vs code session), the command stack (see photo) is still there.

What did you expect to happen:
Esc should cancel whatever command I'm typing
How to reproduce it:
I guess hitting u and saving a lot while changing the status bar colors. Maybe some copy+paste, too.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the behavior in the settings file while changing statusBarColors, saving repeatedly, and using undo, u, and Escape. Inspect the command stack shown in the report and compare the state before and after closing and reopening the file. Done means Escape reliably cancels the current command and reopening the file does not preserve a stuck command state.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100