microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools
Plugin upgrade breaks recognition of build tasks when using status bar button
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Description
Brief Issue Summary
With a default built task configured from task.json, pressing the Build button from the status bar now reveals a menu rather than running the default build task. The menu does not appear to contain the default build task as an option. This was not a problem in 1.12.27 - it would launch the default task as expected.
Build button:

Revealed menu after pressing button:

The "Cmake:Build Task" option in the workspace settings is set.
CMake Tools Diagnostics
{
"os": "linux",
"vscodeVersion": "1.74.3",
"cmtVersion": "1.13.40",
"configurations": [
{
"folder": "/home/jon/git/proto",
"cmakeVersion": "3.18.4",
"configured": true,
"generator": "Unix Makefiles",
"usesPresets": false,
"compilers": {
"C": "/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-10",
"CXX": "/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-g++-10"
}
}
],
"cpptoolsIntegration": {
"isReady": true,
"hasCodeModel": true,
"activeBuildType": "Debug",
"buildTypesSeen": [
"Debug"
],
"requests": [],
"responses": [],
"partialMatches": [],
"targetCount": 1,
"executablesCount": 0,
"librariesCount": 1,
"targets": [
{
"name": "rpc",
"type": "STATIC_LIBRARY"
}
]
},
"settings": [
{
"communicationMode": "automatic",
"useCMakePresets": "auto",
"configureOnOpen": true
}
]
}
Debug Log
(no relevant input generated when the menu comes up)
Additional Information
Below is the contents of my tasks.json. Pressing ctrl+shift+b builds as expected.
{
// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
// for the documentation about the tasks.json format
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "build current target",
"type": "shell",
"options": {
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}/build"
},
"command": "make -j`nproc` ${command:cmake.buildTargetName}",
"problemMatcher": [],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
}
},
]
}
Setting the default built task again (ctrl+shift+p -> Configure Default Build Task) does not resolve the problem.
Contributor guide
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with the provided tasks.json, the status-bar Build button, and the CMake Tools diagnostics; compare it with Ctrl+Shift+B, which works. Trace the status-bar build command and default-task discovery path, then verify that the configured default task runs from the button and that the menu includes it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100