Waiting for preLaunchTask 'build'...

If I choose 'start debugging (run extension) in the newly generated extension, extension host does not actually start and the whole thing is in some "hang state". In a while "Waiting for preLaunchTask 'build'..." message appears.

Appeared that default build task depends on two watch tasks, and they, eventually never finish.

Quick googling revealed a problem, but the solution from that post did not help.

Changing preLaunchTask to a non-watch task (i.e.: npm: compile) helps, but increases startup time.

Also, it was mentioned earlier: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-generator-code/issues/311

Please update the generator to address this issue

OS: MacOS 15.4
VSCode: 1.99.0
generator-code@1.11.9

? What type of extension do you want to create? New Extension (TypeScript)
? What's the name of your extension? example-test-es
? What's the identifier of your extension? example-test-es
? What's the description of your extension?
? Initialize a git repository? No
? Which bundler to use? esbuild
? Which package manager to use? npm

Inspect the generated extension's default build task, preLaunchTask, and the two watch tasks described in the report. Compare them with the non-watch npm: compile task and determine how the generated debugging configuration should avoid waiting indefinitely. Done means a newly generated TypeScript extension starts debugging without the reported hang.