fix #176284

src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts

@@ -481,7 +481,8 @@ class CodeMain {
 				args.waitMarkerFilePath = waitMarkerFilePath;
 			}
 		}
-
+		addArg(process.argv, '--autoplay-policy', 'no-user-gesture-required');
+		args['autoplay-policy'] = 'no-user-gesture-required';
 		return args;
 	}
 

src/vs/platform/environment/common/argv.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export interface NativeParsedArgs {
 	'prof-duration-markers-file'?: string;
 	'prof-v8-extensions'?: boolean;
 	'no-cached-data'?: boolean;
+	'autoplay-policy'?: string;
 	verbose?: boolean;
 	trace?: boolean;
 	'trace-category-filter'?: string;

src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export interface IEnvironmentService {
 
 	// --- continue edit session
 	continueOn?: string;
+	autoplayPolicy?: string;
 	editSessionId?: string;
 
 	// --- extension development

src/vs/platform/environment/common/environmentService.ts

@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ export abstract class AbstractNativeEnvironmentService implements INativeEnviron
 		this.args['continueOn'] = value;
 	}
 
+	get autoplayPolicy(): string | undefined {
+		return this._args['autoplay-policy'];
+	}
+
 	get args(): NativeParsedArgs { return this._args; }
 
 	constructor(

src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ export const OPTIONS: OptionDescriptions<Required<NativeParsedArgs>> = {
 			}
 		}
 	},
-
 	'diff': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'o', alias: 'd', args: ['file', 'file'], description: localize('diff', "Compare two files with each other.") },
 	'merge': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'o', alias: 'm', args: ['path1', 'path2', 'base', 'result'], description: localize('merge', "Perform a three-way merge by providing paths for two modified versions of a file, the common origin of both modified versions and the output file to save merge results.") },
 	'add': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'o', alias: 'a', args: 'folder', description: localize('add', "Add folder(s) to the last active window.") },
@@ -190,6 +189,7 @@ export const OPTIONS: OptionDescriptions<Required<NativeParsedArgs>> = {
 	'_urls': { type: 'string[]' },
 	'disable-dev-shm-usage': { type: 'boolean' },
 	'profile-temp': { type: 'boolean' },
+	'autoplay-policy': { type: 'string' },
 
 	_: { type: 'string[]' } // main arguments
 };

src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/windowImpl.ts

@@ -1085,6 +1085,7 @@ export class CodeWindow extends Disposable implements ICodeWindow {
 		configuration.isInitialStartup = false; // since this is a reload
 		configuration.policiesData = this.policyService.serialize(); // set policies data again
 		configuration.continueOn = this.environmentMainService.continueOn;
+		configuration['autoplay-policy'] = this.environmentMainService.autoplayPolicy;
 		configuration.profiles = {
 			all: this.userDataProfilesService.profiles,
 			profile: this.profile || this.userDataProfilesService.defaultProfile,