Iteration Plan for November 2022

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This plan captures our work in November. This is a 5-week iteration. We will ship in early December. Heads-up, we'll use the month of December for our annual house keeping iterations. So, this is the plan for the last stable release of the year.

Endgame

• November 28, 2022: Endgame begins
• December 2, 2022: Endgame done

The endgame details for this iteration are tracked here.

Plan Items

Below is a summary of the top level plan items.

Legend of annotations:

Mark	Description
🏃	work in progress
✋	blocked task
💪	stretch goal for this iteration
🔴	missing issue reference
🔵	more investigation required to remove uncertainty
⚫	under discussion within the team
⬛	a large work item, larger than one iteration

Accessibility

• Accessibility issues, see query @meganrogge @isidorn team
• Improve accessibility of Setting indicators vscode#159088 @rzhao271
• Fix accessibility issues in the welcome page query @bhavyaus

UX

• Identify Getting Started walkthrough improvements vscode#165846 @daviddossett @bhavyaus
• 🏃 Explore surfacing the remote experiences on the welcome page vscode-internalbacklog#3276 @bhavyaus
• Provide guidance for usage of Quick Pick titles vscode#158895 @daviddossett
• Identify improvements to workbench usability and aesthetic vscode#115641 @daviddossett
• 🏃 Explore updated built-in themes vscode#164924 @daviddossett

Workbench

• Exploration: Sharing profiles vscode#159891 @sandy081 @isidorn
• Allow hiding of badges for view containers vscode#158781 @lramos15
• Support exclusions for the explorer's autoReveal behavior vscode#136905 @lramos15
• Investigate issue with users getting stuck in restricted mode vscode#161362 @sbatten
• Swap Continue On item picker and asking for auth order vscode#165409 @joyceerhl
• Remove mention of edit sessions from: vscode#165408 @joyceerhl
• 🏃 Surface Continue On in more places vscode#165406 @joyceerhl

Web

WebAssembly Runtime Support

• Provide pluggable device drivers in WASM-WASI vscode-wasm#28@dbaeumer
• 🏃 💪 Explore provide a web-shell shell-engine-js#1 @dbaeumer @Tyriar

Code Editor

• Explore accepting parts of an inline completion proposal vscode#140708 @hediet
• Explore moving tokenization to a web worker vscode#147066 @hediet
• Have a setting to not focus suggestions vscode#151336 @jrieken

Merge Editor

• Participate in undo stack vscode#158864 @hediet
• Replace "Mark as Handled" with "Ignore" actions vscode#165696 @hediet

Notebook Editor

• 🏃 Explore a built-in variables viewer vscode#165445 @roblourens
• 🏃 Enable scrollable notebook outputs vscode-jupyter#7096 @amunger
• 💪 Drop NotebookContentProvider usage in the Interactive Window vscode#165252 @amunger
• Use consistent origin in backlayer webview for notebooks to improve caching vscode#145567 @mjbvz
• Help users diagnose notebook rendering perf issues vscode#154873 @mjbvz
• Improvements to notebook opening performance query @mjbvz
• 🏃 Allow searching dirty changes in open notebook editors in global search vscode#95275 @andreamah
• 🏃 Allow searching rich content in notebooks in global search vscode#164926 @andreamah

Jupyter Notebooks

• Contributions to the vscode-jupyter extension vscode-jupyter#11922 team

Languages

Language Server Protocol

• Publish new LSP release Fixed issue @dbaeumer

Python

• Contributions to the python extension vscode-python#20161 @brettcannon team

Python WebAssembly Runtime Support

• Implement a debug device driver for Python Branch @dbaeumer
• Help getting pdb work in the web PR @dbaeumer

JavaScript/TypeScript

• 🏃 Explore automatic type acquisition on web typescript#45314 @mjbvz

Debug

• Implement StartDebugging DAP request vscode#160169 @roblourens
• Provide support for console.profile vscode-js-debug#1443 @connor4312

Debug Adapter Protocol

• EOF behavior debug-adapter-protocol#239 @connor4312 @roblourens @weinand
• 🏃 Memory reuse debug-adapter-protocol#238 @connor4312 @roblourens @weinand

Testing

• 💪 Related code vscode#126932 @connor4312
• 💪 Auto run tests vscode#134941 @connor4312

Comments

• Additional actions in the Comment Thread vscode#163281 @alexr00

Terminal

• Allow extensions to contribute terminal quick fixes vscode#145234 @meganrogge
• Adopt editor quick fix widget for terminal quick fixes vscode#162067 @meganrogge

Tasks

• Add run task action to terminal dropdown vscode#162469 @meganrogge
• Investigate duplicate build tasks vscode#159640 @meganrogge

Source Control

• Explore implementing certain git status operations without spawning git vscode#64234 @lszomoru
• Responsive UI updates handling of slow status updates in large mono repos vscode#162417 @lszomoru
• SCM: Notification API vscode#161200 @lszomoru
• Git: Improve unsafe repository warning vscode#157159 @lszomoru

API

• API finalization: query @jrieken @mjbvz
• API proposals: query @jrieken @mjbvz
• 🏃 Continue finalization of remaining proposed notebook API vscode#149861 @mjbvz @rebornix @roblourens
• Improve Extensions logging vscode#159892 @sandy081

Extension Contributions

• Improvements to the Remote extensions vscode-remote-release#7479 @eleanorjboyd @chrmarti @aeschli
• Improvements to the GitHub Repositories extension query @joyceerhl @bhavyaus
• Live Preview: Add option to specify which external browser vscode-livepreview#69 @andreamah
• Live Preview: Add option to specify the root path of the server vscode-livepreview#155 @andreamah
• 🏃 Fix preview of forwarded ports in Codespaces for Simple Browser and Live Preview vscode-livepreview#111 @andreamah @mjbvz
• GHPRI: Show PR review status vscode-pull-request-github#681 @alexr00
• GHPRI: Improve activation performance vscode-pull-request-github#4053 @alexr00
• 🏃 💪 GHPRI: Support GitHub's suggested changes vscode-pull-request-github#603 @alexr00

Performance

• Introduce an Input Latency telemetry event vscode#163184 @Tyriar
• 🏃 Explore migrating from AMD to ESM vscode#160416 @jrieken @alexdima
  • Explore using esbuild for transpilation / bundling @alexdima
  • Explore AMD lazy code loading vscode#164068 @jrieken @alexdima @Tyriar
  • 🔴 Explore splitting main AMD bundle in multiple files @jrieken @alexdima
• 🏃 Investigate moving away from the styler pattern vscode#165478 @aeschli
• Explore mangling of private & protected properties in the codebase vscode#166126 vscode#165429 @jrieken
• Investigate reducing the size of the authentication extensions vscode#165728 @TylerLeonhardt
• Explore improving the loading performance of the Jupyter extension (packing, splitting) vscode-jupyter#11996 @Tyriar
• Why is the npm extension using workspaceContains:package.json? vscode#163480 @joyceerhl
• Generate implicit activation events from extension package.json contributions vscode#164701 @joyceerhl @alexdima @sandy081 @jrieken
• Add a new onNotebookSerializer:* vscode#134127 @joyceerhl
• Explore setTimeout for onStartupFinished extensions vscode#164593 @joyceerhl
• 🏃 Explore running Remote Repositories in a dedicated extension host in vscode.dev vscode-internalbacklog#3204 @joyceerhl
• Load language wasm files on demand vscode-anycode#53 @jrieken
• Eliminate first request to update server on vscode.dev @jrieken
• Generate <script> and <link> tags server-side on vscode.dev vscode-dev#454 @jrieken
• Web: Cache gallery extension resources vscode#165817 @sandy081

Engineering

• Convert LSP and WASM to the new npm publish pipeline #3191 @dbaeumer

Electron

• Enable AutoDisableAccessibility Chromium runtime flag vscode#162331 @deepak1556
• Main Request service is throwing errors for valid requests vscode#155204 @deepak1556
• 🏃 Investigate Electron 22 upgrade vscode#166265 @deepak1556
• Backport getPreferredSystemLanguages API in Electron electron#36035 @rzhao271 @deepak1556
• Adopt display language as locale for electron to properly display WCO vscode#159958 @rzhao271

Documentation

• 🏃 Update Azure Content, ToC vscode-docs#5614 @gregvanl @isidorn
• Update repo locations in Dev Container docs vscode-docs#5736 @bamurtaugh @gregvanl

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Deferred

• Support profiles in remote workspaces vscode#165247 @sandy081
• Settings Editor performance improvements query @rzhao271
• Investigate ways to reduce the performance cost of max results in search vscode#127621 @andreamah
• Adopt webpack for emmet-helper microsoft/vscode-emmet-helper#27 @rzhao271
• Update source control documentation to include the merge editor vscode-docs#5618 @hediet @gregvanl
• Add an Git introductory page vscode-docs#5677 @digitarald
• Restructure and refresh dev containers docs within new Dev Containers node vscode-docs#5737 @bamurtaugh @gregvanl
• Convert LSIF to the new npm publish pipeline #3191 @dbaeumer
• Explore how to better express view display styles (tree versus list) vscode#162595 @daviddossett
• Explore possibility of unifying explorer selection in focus behind a setting @lramos15
• Sandboxing: Explore adopting utility process for shared process vscode#154050 @bpasero @deepak1556
• 🏃 White flashing when opening a new window vscode#132339 @rzhao271 @deepak1556
• Review and update Configure C++ Debugging topic vscode-docs#5518 @gregvanl
• 💪 Explore ways to improve interacting with root files and folders in a crowded explorer view @lramos15 vscode#151630\
• 💪 Stabilize DocumentPasteEditProvider API to support pasting images vscode#30066 @mjbvz

[Hgseof]

This plan captures our work in November. This is a 5-week iteration. We will ship in early December. Heads-up, we'll use the month of December for our annual house keeping iterations. So, this is the plan for the last stable release of the year.

Endgame

• November 28, 2022: Endgame begins
• December 2, 2022: Endgame done

The endgame details for this iteration are tracked here.

Plan Items

Below is a summary of the top level plan items.

Legend of annotations:

Mark Description
🏃 work in progress
✋ blocked task
💪 stretch goal for this iteration
🔴 missing issue reference
🔵 more investigation required to remove uncertainty
⚫ under discussion within the team
⬛ a large work item, larger than one iteration

Accessibility

• 🏃 Accessibility issues, see query @meganrogge @isidorn team
• 🏃 Improve accessibility of Setting indicators vscode#159088 @rzhao271
• Fix accessibility issues in the welcome page query @bhavyaus

UX

• 🔴 Identify Getting Started walkthrough improvements @daviddossett @bhavyaus
• 🔴 Explore surfacing the remote experiences on the welcome page @bhavyaus
• 🏃 Provide guidance for usage of Quick Pick titles vscode#158895 @daviddossett
• Identify improvements to workbench usability and aesthetic vscode#115641 @daviddossett
• 💪 Explore updated built-in themes vscode#164924 @daviddossett

Workbench

• Exploration: Sharing profiles vscode#159891 @sandy081 @isidorn
• Support profiles in remote workspaces vscode#165247 @sandy081
• 🏃 Allow hiding of badges for view containers vscode#158781 @lramos15
• Support exclusions for the explorer's autoReveal behavior vscode#136905 @lramos15
• Settings Editor performance improvements query @rzhao271
• Investigate issue with users getting stuck in restricted mode vscode#161362 @sbatten
• Swap Continue On item picker and asking for auth order vscode#165409 @joyceerhl
• Remove mention of edit sessions from: vscode#165408 @joyceerhl
• Surface Continue On in more places vscode#165406 @joyceerhl

Search

• Investigate ways to reduce the performance cost of max results in search vscode#127621 @andreamah

Web

WebAssembly Runtime Support

• Provide pluggable device drivers in WASM-WASI vscode-wasm#28@dbaeumer
• 💪 Explore provide a web-shell shell-engine-js#1 @dbaeumer @Tyriar

Code Editor

• Explore accepting parts of an inline completion proposal vscode#140708 @hediet
• Explore moving tokenization to a web worker vscode#147066 @hediet

Merge Editor

• Participate in undo stack vscode#158864 @hediet
• Replace "Mark as Handled" with "Ignore" actions vscode#165696 @hediet

Notebook Editor

• Explore a built-in variables viewer vscode#165445 @roblourens
• Enable scrollable notebook outputs vscode-jupyter#7096 @amunger
• 💪 Drop NotebookContentProvider usage in the Interactive Window vscode#165252 @amunger
• Use consistent origin in backlayer webview for notebooks to improve caching vscode#145567 @mjbvz
• 🏃 Help users diagnose notebook rendering perf issues vscode#154873 @mjbvz
• Improvements to notebook opening performance query @mjbvz
• Allow searching dirty changes in open notebook editors in global search vscode#95275 @andreamah
• Allow searching rich content in notebooks in global search vscode#164926 @andreamah

Jupyter Notebooks

• 🏃 Contributions to the vscode-jupyter extension vscode-jupyter#11922 team

Languages

Language Server Protocol

• Publish new LSP release Fixed issue @dbaeumer

Python

• 🏃 Contributions to the python extension vscode-python#20161 @brettcannon team

Python WebAssembly Runtime Support

• Implement a debug device driver for Python Branch @dbaeumer
• Help getting pdb work in the web PR @dbaeumer

JavaScript/TypeScript

• Explore automatic type acquisition on web typescript#45314 @mjbvz

Debug

• 🏃 Implement StartDebugging DAP request vscode#160169 @roblourens
• 🔴 Provide support for console.profile @connor4312

Debug Adapter Protocol

• EOF behavior debug-adapter-protocol#239 @connor4312 @roblourens @weinand
• Memory reuse debug-adapter-protocol#238 @connor4312 @roblourens @weinand

Testing

• 💪 Related code vscode#126932 @connor4312
• 💪 Auto run tests vscode#134941 @connor4312

Comments

• Additional actions in the Comment Thread vscode#163281 @alexr00

Terminal

• 🏃 Allow extensions to contribute terminal quick fixes vscode#145234 @meganrogge
• 🏃 Adopt editor quick fix widget for terminal quick fixes vscode#162067 @meganrogge

Tasks

• Add run task action to terminal dropdown vscode#162469 @meganrogge
• Investigate duplicate build tasks vscode#159640 @meganrogge

Source Control

• 🏃 Explore implementing certain git status operations without spawning git vscode#64234 @lszomoru
• 🏃 Responsive UI updates handling of slow status updates in large mono repos vscode#162417 @lszomoru
• SCM: Notification API vscode#161200 @lszomoru
• Git: Improve unsafe repository warning vscode#157159 @lszomoru

Extensions

• None.

API

• API finalization: query @jrieken @mjbvz
• API proposals: query @jrieken @mjbvz
• 🏃 Continue finalization of remaining proposed notebook API vscode#149861 @mjbvz @rebornix @roblourens
• 🏃 Improve Extensions logging vscode#159892 @sandy081

Extension Contributions

• Improvements to the Remote extensions vscode-remote-release#7479 @eleanorjboyd @chrmarti @aeschli
• Improvements to the GitHub Repositories extension query @joyceerhl
• Live Preview: Add option to specify which external browser vscode-livepreview#69 @andreamah
• Live Preview: Add option to specify the root path of the server vscode-livepreview#155 @andreamah
• Fix preview of forwarded ports in Codespaces for Simple Browser and Live Preview vscode-livepreview#111 @andreamah @mjbvz
• GHPRI: Show PR review status vscode-pull-request-github#681 @alexr00
• 🏃 GHPRI: Improve activation performance vscode-pull-request-github#4053 @alexr00
• 💪 GHPRI: Support GitHub's suggested changes vscode-pull-request-github#603 @alexr00

Install / Update

• None.

Performance

• Introduce an Input Latency telemetry event vscode#163184 @Tyriar

• Explore migrating from AMD to ESM vscode#160416 @jrieken @alexdima

  • 🏃 Explore using esbuild for transpilation / bundling @alexdima
  • 🏃 Explore AMD lazy code loading vscode#164068 @jrieken @alexdima @Tyriar
  • 🔴 Explore splitting main AMD bundle in multiple files @jrieken @alexdima

• Investigate moving away from the styler pattern vscode#165478 @aeschli

• Explore mangling of private properties in the codebase vscode#165429

• 🔴 Adopt webpack for emmet extension @rzhao271

• 🏃 Investigate reducing the size of the authentication extensions vscode#165728 @TylerLeonhardt

• 🔴 Explore improving the loading performance of the Jupyter extension (packing, splitting) @Tyriar

• Why is the npm extension using workspaceContains:package.json? vscode#163480 @joyceerhl

• Add a new onNotebookSerializer:* vscode#134127 @joyceerhl

• Explore setTimeout for onStartupFinished extensions vscode#164593 @joyceerhl

• Explore running Remote Repositories in a dedicated extension host in vscode.dev vscode-internalbacklog#3204 @joyceerhl

• Load language wasm files on demand vscode-anycode#53 @jrieken

• 🔴 🏃 Eliminate first request to update server on vscode.dev @jrieken

• 🔴 Generate <script> and <link> tags server-side on vscode.dev @jrieken

• Web: Cache gallery extension resources vscode#165817 @sandy081

Engineering

• Convert LSP, LSIF and WASM to the new npm publish pipeline #3191 @dbaeumer

Electron

• Enable AutoDisableAccessibility Chromium runtime flag vscode#162331 @deepak1556
• Main Request service is throwing errors for valid requests vscode#155204 @deepak1556
• 🔴 Investigate Electron 22 upgrade @deepak1556
• 🏃 Backport getPreferredSystemLanguages API in Electron electron#36035 @rzhao271
• 🏃 Adopt display language as locale for electron to properly display WCO vscode#159958 @rzhao271

Documentation

• 🏃 Update Azure Content, ToC vscode-docs#5614 @gregvanl @isidorn
• Update source control documentation to include the merge editor vscode-docs#5618 @hediet @gregvanl
• Add an Git introductory page vscode-docs#5677 @digitarald
• Update repo locations in Dev Container docs vscode-docs#5736 @bamurtaugh @gregvanl
• Restructure and refresh dev containers docs within new Dev Containers node vscode-docs#5737 @bamurtaugh @gregvanl

Deferred

• Explore how to better express view display styles (tree versus list) vscode#162595 @daviddossett
• Explore possibility of unifying explorer selection in focus behind a setting @lramos15
• Sandboxing: Explore adopting utility process for shared process vscode#154050 @bpasero @deepak1556
• 🏃 White flashing when opening a new window vscode#132339 @rzhao271 @deepak1556
• Review and update Configure C++ Debugging topic vscode-docs#5518 @gregvanl
• 💪 Explore ways to improve interacting with root files and folders in a crowded explorer view @lramos15 vscode#151630\
• 💪 Stabilize DocumentPasteEditProvider API to support pasting images vscode#30066 @mjbvz