Prepare VS Code extension release v1.12.0

[aspire-repo-bot]

VS Code Extension Release v1.12.0

Version bump: 1.11.0 → 1.12.0
Commit range: 01c5a9a..54ff1b9
Baseline: VS Code Marketplace v1.11.0 (from the shipped VSIX extension/.version)

Proposed release notes (deterministic fallback)

The extension-changelog agentic workflow generates the final, polished extension/CHANGELOG.md entry and replaces the placeholder on this branch. The commit-derived list below is the human-reviewable fallback — if the agent does not run, paste it into extension/CHANGELOG.md before merging.

Changes (auto-generated from commits)

• implement VS Code telemetry signals (VS Code extension: next round of telemetry signals (engagement, view, commands, debug, dashboard passthrough) #17721)

Release instructions

1. Confirm extension/CHANGELOG.md is specific, user-facing, and free of internal-only changes. The extension-changelog agentic workflow replaces the placeholder entry with generated notes shortly after this PR is opened; if the placeholder is still present, fill it in from the deterministic fallback above before merging.

2. Get a signed Azure DevOps microsoft-aspire source build of the merge commit that published the aspire-vscode-extension artifact with exactly one .vsix, matching .manifest, and matching .signature.p7s:

   • Stable release: use the build that runs automatically on merge — it packages the extension as a stable (non-pre-release) VSIX.
   • Pre-release: the automatic merge build is stable-only, so manually queue the microsoft-aspire pipeline on the merge commit with Package VS Code Extension as Pre-Release=true, then use that build instead. The publish job fails if the VSIX pre-release flag does not match IsPrerelease.

3. Run Azure DevOps pipeline release-publish-nuget and select that build under Resources → aspire-build.

4. For an extension-only release, use these parameters:

   Parameter	Value
   ReleaseVersion	auto
   IsPrerelease	false for a stable release, true for a pre-release
   DryRun	false
   SkipNuGetPublish	true
   SkipChannelPromotion	true
   SkipWinGetPublish	true
   SkipHomebrewValidation	true
   SkipGitHubTasks	true
   SkipReleaseAssets	true
   SkipVSCodeExtensionPublish	false

5. For a full Aspire release, keep the normal NuGet/channel/GitHub task settings and additionally set SkipVSCodeExtensionPublish=false. For a pre-release extension, also use a source build queued with Package VS Code Extension as Pre-Release=true and set IsPrerelease=true.

6. To validate without publishing, run the same pipeline with DryRun=true and SkipVSCodeExtensionPublish=false; the release job validates the VSIX/manifest/signature triplet and Marketplace PAT but skips vsce publish.

Note: This preparation workflow can also be tested from a fork with dry_run=true. Dry-run mode resolves the Marketplace baseline, generates the changelog entry, uploads the proposed files as a workflow artifact, and skips bot-token branch/PR creation.

[github-actions]

🚀 Dogfood this PR with:

⚠️ WARNING: Do not do this without first carefully reviewing the code of this PR to satisfy yourself it is safe.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/aspire/main/eng/scripts/get-aspire-cli-pr.sh | bash -s -- 17801

Or

• Run remotely in PowerShell:

iex "& { $(irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/aspire/main/eng/scripts/get-aspire-cli-pr.ps1) } 17801"

[aspire-repo-bot]

Commit pushed: d08a8ea

Generated by Generate the VS Code extension changelog for a release PR

[github-actions]

Re-running the failed jobs in the CI workflow for this pull request because 1 job was identified as retry-safe transient failures in the CI run attempt.
GitHub was asked to rerun all failed jobs for that attempt, and the rerun is being tracked in the rerun attempt.
The job links below point to the failed attempt jobs that matched the retry-safe transient failure rules.

• Tests / Build native CLI archive (Windows ARM64) / Build CLI (win-arm64) - Job-level runner or infrastructure failure matched the transient allowlist.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Prepares the Aspire VS Code extension for the v1.12.0 release by bumping the extension version, adding a v1.12.0 changelog entry, and tightening the extension release workflow’s changelog-merge behavior to avoid Markdownlint failures.

Changes:

• Bump extension version from 1.11.0 to 1.12.0.
• Add a v1.12.0 entry to extension/CHANGELOG.md.
• Update the extension release workflow to strip leading blank lines when appending the prior changelog body (avoids multiple consecutive blank lines).

Show a summary per file

File	Description
extension/package.json	Bumps the extension version to 1.12.0.
extension/CHANGELOG.md	Adds the v1.12.0 release notes entry.
.github/workflows/extension-release.yml	Adjusts changelog update logic to avoid introducing extra blank lines.
.github/workflows/extension-changelog.md	Updates workflow guidance to explicitly avoid multiple consecutive blank lines (MD012).

Copilot's findings

• Files reviewed: 4/4 changed files
• Comments generated: 1

[adamint]

Fixed — the entry now links #17721 as the tracking issue and #17723 as the implementation PR, and the changelog agent prompt now explicitly preserves issue vs pull request references.

[github-actions]

❓ CLI E2E Tests unknown — 110 passed, 0 failed, 2 unknown (commit 73bdf35)

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[aspire-repo-bot]

✅ No documentation update needed.

docs_optional → internal_refactor

No triggered signals (signal_count: 0). This is a VS Code extension release preparation PR (v1.12.0) that adds telemetry signals internal to the VS Code extension. The telemetry implementation follows VS Code's standard telemetry.telemetryLevel setting — no new user configuration or CLI flags are introduced. The extension ships its own CHANGELOG.md with user-facing release notes. The microsoft/aspire.dev docs site has no dedicated section for VS Code extension telemetry behavior that would require updating.

Changed files justify the category:

• extension/CHANGELOG.md, extension/package.json — release metadata
• extension/src/views/AppHostDataRepository.ts, extension/src/utils/*.ts — internal extension implementation
• extension/src/test/*.ts — test files
• .github/workflows/extension-*.{yml,md} — CI/workflow files