(Preview) PowerShell Command Explorer completely empty (Logs included)

[mkanet]

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The Sidebar PowerShell Command Explorer doesn't have anything listed there.

• I am using the latest version of the PowerShell Extension for VSCode.
• I'm using Windows 10 (Version 2004) with native PowerShell 5.1.

Below, are the respective diagnostic logs when I navigate to the PowerShell Command Explorer:

Logs:
EditorServices.log
StartEditorServices.log
vscode-powershell.log

Thank you for your time and hard work.

[rjmholt]

I'm able to reproduce this locally, at first. After waiting a bit the explorer populated. In your case, does the command explorer simply never populate or do entries appear after a while?

[mkanet]

@rjmholt Thank you for your reply. I tried waiting several minutes... nothing happens, unfortunately.

It used to populate after only 5 seconds when it used to work on the same machine. Now, it doesn't populate at all. I'm not sure what else to try other than posting the debug logs above.

[SydneyhSmith]

Thanks, looks like this will need some deeper investigation

... fyi: @corbob

[corbob]

🤔 I believe I've seen instances where the sidebar doesn't load initially, and you must hit the refresh button to get it to load. Not sure if that's related to #2949 or like this issue (or if they're both related). I'll try to take another look at both this week and see if I can repro.

IIRC there was a setting added for not refreshing the first time, I presume that's not at play here though.

[mkanet]

🤔 I believe I've seen instances where the sidebar doesn't load initially, and you must hit the refresh button to get it to load. Not sure if that's related to #2949 or like this issue (or if they're both related). I'll try to take another look at both this week and see if I can repro.

IIRC there was a setting added for not refreshing the first time, I presume that's not at play here though.

@corbob , I really appreciate your effort to look into this issue. In my case, it doesn't make any difference if I manually press the refresh icon or not. The Command Explorer remains empty. This used to work for me a couple of years ago on the same PC. I'm not sure what changed to cause this to stop working. As far as I know, my setup has remained unchanged when it comes to PowerShell. I'm still using the same PowerShell that came with Windows 10:

PSVersion 5.1.19041.610
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.19041.610
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1

If there's any other information you need from me other than the debug logs I've provided, please let me know.