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Automatically start workspace if started and not running
EhabY Sep 12, 2025
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EhabY Sep 15, 2025
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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### Changed

- Always enable verbose (`-v`) flag when a log directory is configured (`coder.proxyLogDir`).
- Automatically start a workspace if it is opened but not running.

### Added

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18 changes: 0 additions & 18 deletions src/remote.ts
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Expand Up @@ -54,18 +54,6 @@ export class Remote {
private readonly mode: vscode.ExtensionMode,
) {}

private async confirmStart(workspaceName: string): Promise<boolean> {
const action = await this.vscodeProposed.window.showInformationMessage(
`Unable to connect to the workspace ${workspaceName} because it is not running. Start the workspace?`,
{
useCustom: true,
modal: true,
},
"Start",
);
return action === "Start";
}

/**
* Try to get the workspace running. Return undefined if the user canceled.
*/
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);
break;
case "stopped":
if (!(await this.confirmStart(workspaceName))) {
return undefined;
}
writeEmitter = initWriteEmitterAndTerminal();
this.storage.output.info(`Starting ${workspaceName}...`);
workspace = await startWorkspaceIfStoppedOrFailed(
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// On a first attempt, we will try starting a failed workspace
// (for example canceling a start seems to cause this state).
if (attempts === 1) {
if (!(await this.confirmStart(workspaceName))) {
return undefined;
}
writeEmitter = initWriteEmitterAndTerminal();
this.storage.output.info(`Starting ${workspaceName}...`);
workspace = await startWorkspaceIfStoppedOrFailed(
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