bug: Vscode extension doesn't update on tasks update

[kiloblaster]

Description

when the tasks.json file gets edited (for example a task is marked "in-progress") even if you hit the refresh icon in the kanaban, often it's not updated properly.

If i click on the task the status is proper, but it just not reflected as it changes on the kanaban view.

Also when subtasks are created, often you see those in the main task detail, but as you click on the subtask it says not found (but on the json the subtask is there).

Steps to Reproduce

1. open the kanaban
2. edit the tasks or expand with task-master cli
3. refresh the kanaban

Expected Behavior

The status of the task should change

Actual Behavior

The status is still the previous one

Environment

• Task Master version: 0.26
• Node.js version: 22.19.0
• Operating system: MAC 26.0
• IDE (if applicable): Cursor

[mvgijssel]

Can confirm that the board does not update itself consistently. When I drag an item between the columns it does seem to update

Task Master version: 0.40.0
Deno 2.6.3
Operating systen: Linux devcontainer arm64
IDE: VSCode

Logs from the Output panel of TaskMaster:

[2025-12-23T08:47:37.066Z] DEBUG: Webview message: getTags {
  "type": "getTags",
  "requestId": "req_49_1766479657065"
}
[2025-12-23T08:47:37.066Z] Calling MCP tool "list_tags" with timeout: 300000ms
[2025-12-23T08:47:37.068Z] DEBUG: Webview message: getTasks {
  "type": "getTasks",
  "data": {
    "tag": "master",
    "withSubtasks": true
  },
  "requestId": "req_50_1766479657065"
}
[2025-12-23T08:47:37.068Z] DEBUG: Cache hit for get_tasks_{"withSubtasks":true,"tag":"master"} (0ms, 2 accesses)
[2025-12-23T08:47:37.069Z] 📤 MCP server message: {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 41,
  "error": {
    "code": -32601,
    "message": "MCP error -32601: Unknown tool: list_tags"
  }
}
[2025-12-23T08:47:37.070Z] ERROR: Error calling MCP tool "list_tags": {
  "code": -32601,
  "name": "McpError"
}
[2025-12-23T08:47:37.070Z] ERROR: Failed to get tags: {
  "code": -32601,
  "name": "McpError"
}

So my suspicion is that I need to reconfigure the MCP server to expose all tools for the Kanban board to fully work. I'll try that next.

[mvgijssel]

Can confirm that with the following VSCode .settings the "reload" button works consistently:

  "taskmaster.mcp.env": {
    "TASK_MASTER_TOOLS": "all"
  }

[Crunchyman-ralph]

ah good catch, should be easy to fix on vscode extension !