Unable change settings from deactivate() function

[vanowm]

Type: Bug

Attempting change global setting inside deactivate() function fail. No changes are done

Example:

export function deactivate() {
  const config = workspace.getConfiguration();
  console.log("deactivate()", "before", JSON.stringify(config.get('mysetting')));
  config.update('mysetting', Date.now(), true);
  console.log("deactivate()", "after", JSON.stringify(config.get('mysetting')));
}

The console shows before and after the same value undefined and global settings.json not changed

VS Code version: Code 1.85.1 (0ee08df, 2023-12-13T09:49:37.021Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz (16 x 3600)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	63.67GB (30.51GB free)
Process Argv	--verbose
Screen Reader	no
VM	50%

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[sandy081]

@alexdima I suspect this is not support during deactivation, hence assigning to you.