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Notification of breaking api change with v1.92 release of VS Code

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Hello from the VS Code team 👋

In our next release v1.92, we will update to Electron 30 which includes Node.js 20.14.0. This Node version contains a breaking change, in response to a CVE, which may affect you if you execute .bat or .cmd files on Windows. Based on a simple scan of your extension's source code, you may be impacted by this change. The stable VS Code that contains this update will be released in early August.

Action: please try out your extension on this month's VS Code Insiders on Windows. If you are affected by this change, you will encounter an EINVAL error when you try to spawn a bat/cmd file.

Node.js has added a section on batch file spawning to their documentation. To fix any issues:

  1. Find locations where you call child_process.spawn to execute a batch file on Windows
  2. Add shell: true or shell: process.platform === 'win32' to the options object
  3. If the batch script path may contain spaces, you will also need to wrap the path in quotation marks.

Please let us know if you run into issues or if you need clarification.

Happy coding!

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Search the extension source for child_process.spawn calls that execute .bat or .cmd files on Windows. Test the extension on VS Code Insiders on Windows, update the affected spawn options as described, and confirm the operation no longer produces an EINVAL error.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
node.js, typescript, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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