Build task shows forever spinner

[jrieken]

• this task which has no problem matcher https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-anycode/blob/e887e1daf60cd345e42eca7ac1c7c827a05bde91/.vscode/tasks.json#L9
• it spins forever, never stops

Screen.Recording.2021-07-19.at.15.43.48.mov

[Tyriar]

/duplicate #127684

[Tyriar]

Actually this is different, you need to set isBackground to true to get rid of the spinner right now:

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/5b642616ef3cba37b07ff6946da0cd8bd2280045/src/vs/workbench/contrib/tasks/browser/taskTerminalStatus.ts#L94-L97

This is likely as designed

cc @meganrogge

[jrieken]

Oh, thanks @Tyriar!

[alexr00]

Yes, this is by design. For tasks that "end" (non- background tasks) we show the spinner until the task exits. Since this is a watch task it should set isBackground to indicate that it is a task that will usually not exit on its own.