continuedev / continuedev/continue

Startup failures report no logs because there is no viewLogs method

Open
#12,946 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

ide:vscode kind:bug os:mac
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
36k
Forks
5.4k
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Before submitting your bug report
Relevant environment info
- OS:MacOS 15.7.7
- Continue version: 2.0.0
- IDE version: VSCode 1.127.0
- Model:ANY
- config:
  
{
  "models": [
    {
      "title": "Gemma4:e4b (Ollama)",
      "provider": "ollama",
	"model": "gemma4:e4b",
      "apiBase": "http://localhost:11434"
    }
  ]
}

  
  OR link to agent in Continue hub:
Description

The Troubleshooting guide says to open the console and look at the console window.
But start up failures offer the use a button "Show Logs". But it does nothing.
Looking at the console window we see why:

2026-07-05 20:45:34.005 [error] Error: command 'continue.viewLogs' not found
at Zrt._tryExecuteCommand (vscode-file://vscode-app/Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:1893:4832)
at Zrt.executeCommand (vscode-file://vscode-app/Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/

If I understand the README, it seems like 2.0 is planned as the last version of Continue. I hope that's not true.

Suggestion: It would make things easier for users if a viewLogs method were added.

To reproduce
  1. Configure any of the setups where activation fails.
  2. Press "Show Logs" button.
  3. Expected behavior, Logs show up; Actual behavior: the failure alert disappears, showing no logs.
  4. Look in console log, filter on "continue"
  5. See the error message like I logged above complaining continue.viewLogs not found.
Log output
2026-07-05 20:45:34.005 [error] Error: command 'continue.viewLogs' not found
    at Zrt._tryExecuteCommand (vscode-file://vscode-app/Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:1893:4832)
    at Zrt.executeCommand (vscode-file://vscode-app/Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing the startup failure alert's "Show Logs" action and the continue.viewLogs command reference. Check how commands are registered and verify that the completed flow opens the relevant logs when startup activation fails.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
58/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.