Log which extension took an action

[DanielHeath]

I've got a few extensions installed. One of them is doing something that bothers me (inserts closing parentheses when I type the opening one). However, there's nothing in the extension logs folder indicating where this behavior comes from.

I'd like to propose that all calls made to the extensions API be logged (possibly to a ring buffer or similar; no need to store more than a few seconds worth), and "show recent extension behavior" command added (which serializes this data to text and displays it in a buffer).

That would allow me to quickly figure out what was causing undesired behavior and disable it.

[IllusionMH]

In the meantime, you can try https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/02/16/extension-bisect to find out contributing extension (unless there is combination of extensions that needed to reproduce)

[DanielHeath]

Thanks - that helps narrow down which extension causes it for now.

Thinking further on this - if one could capture a stack-trace from the extension when it took an action - that would lead me almost instantly to the offending code in most cases, and from there to the configuration. That could also improve the debugging story for extension authors.

[vscodenpa]

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