Test: task reconnection enabled by default

[meganrogge]

Refs #117408

• Windows @andreamah
• macOS @weinand
• WSL @bamurtaugh

Authors: @meganrogge @Tyriar

Complexity: 3

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Watch tasks will now be reconnected to on window reload by default.

Good examples are the VS Code - Build task and xterm.js watch task. Both can be activated via the command palette or Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+B.

Also try:

• killing the terminals and running the task again
• the problems update
• terminal statuses update
• restarting VS Code (closing the window and reopening it) does NOT bring back the tasks
• disabling it with task.reconnection

Known issue:

• start/stop tasks with problemMatchers persist on reload #158790

[bamurtaugh]

In case it helps others, I found the precise setting name to be "task.experimental.reconnection".

[weinand]

@meganrogge "Task reconnection" is a great feature and works very well.

I'm not sure whether #158886 is really related to reconnect or just a random find...

[Tyriar]

@bamurtaugh it's actually task.reconnection on the latest version, which may have been released just after your comment

[bamurtaugh]

Thanks @Tyriar, I see the updated name now!