Failed to create terminal for task when running automatic tasks

[nerdo]

• VSCode Version: 1.32.3
• OS Version: macOS Mojave 10.14.3

Steps to Reproduce:

Automatic tasks seem to interfere with extensions that need to run tasks.

I use a PHPUnit extension (https://github.com/elonmallin/vscode-phpunit) and I find that whenever I launch a workspace that runs automatic tasks, the phpunit commands fail with an error message saying Failed to create terminal for task phpunit: run.

Turning off the automatic tasks seems to fix the issue.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No
No

[vscodebot]

(Experimental duplicate detection)
Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Fail to create terminal for task (#70557)
• Executing task depending on terminal (#68150)
• Change debugging tab to be tasks tab (#38969)
• Test automatic task notification timing (#67262)
• Tasks: Configure Task opens menu with one item (#40508)

[alexr00]

This is duplicate of #70557. It should be fixed in insiders, and the fix should be available in the next release.

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