Search returned an error!

[Tyriar]

Testing microsoft/vscode#103176

Renderer:

Webview:

[chrmarti]

Using a non-matching regex .* .* .* .* .* .* .* .* .* foobar also shows the same error. The webview console shows a timeout, so the error message could be more specific in this case.

[WalterLPearson]

I would like to take this on.
Has anyone looked into this more?

[lramos15]

@WalterLPearson nobody has taken a look at this yet, it would be great if you did! I think the issue here is search runs on the same thread as the ext host meaning we constantly interrupt its location on the event loop. The best solution here is to probably place search in a separate worker

[WalterLPearson]

Should I use standard Node worker_thread, or does vscode have a special worker class to use?

[lramos15]

No special workers for VS code. You will have to have a worker implementation for web and node separately most likely as the hex editor must work in the browser too

[WalterLPearson]

Strangest thing, vscode crashes when trying to reproduce error in debugger.
Using clean install of vscode with all Extension development and hexeditor instructions followed exactly.
Client window crashes and execution terminates with:
"The window has crashed (reason:'crashed', code:'-2147483645')"

I cannot progress without working debugger.

[lramos15]

Search has been re-implemented this should no longer be the case please let me know if you run into any issues still