Rerun task not working in monorepos #269686
Description
Type: Bug
Issue
Rerun task not working properly in monorepo.
This error seems to occur with tasks that are left running in the background, such as a --watch.
Steps to reproduce
1- Create a simple monorepo with npm workspaces.
2- Create any kind of repo inside the monorepo ( library, app or what you want).
3- Launch any script you want from the NPM script window.
4- Try to rerun task from the terminal side bar. It will fail and show an error in the bottom right corner: Task dev - packages/cb-password-manager-library no longer exists or has been modified. Cannot restart.
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VS Code version: Code 1.104.3 (385651c, 2025-10-02T12:30:51.747Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz (16 x 2304) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled 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 skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 31.79GB (20.50GB free) |
| Process Argv | --crash-reporter-id a4868ab4-718b-4469-820a-1c09a518091d |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
Extensions (53)
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
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| tsl-problem-matcher | amo | 0.6.2 |
| ng-template | Ang | 20.2.2 |
| cssrem | cip | 4.1.1 |
| esbuild-problem-matchers | con | 0.0.3 |
| angular-schematics | cyr | 6.23.0 |
| vscode-eslint | dba | 3.0.16 |
| proxy-toggle | Dom | 1.0.1 |
| es7-react-js-snippets | dsz | 4.4.3 |
| gitlens | eam | 17.5.1 |
| prettier-vscode | esb | 11.0.0 |
| code-runner | for | 0.12.2 |
| fetch-client | Gan | 1.8.0 |
| copilot | Git | 1.372.0 |
| copilot-chat | Git | 0.31.4 |
| vscode-github-actions | git | 0.28.0 |
| todo-tree | Gru | 0.0.226 |
| vscode-drawio | hed | 1.9.0 |
| Angular2 | joh | 18.0.2 |
| vscode-peacock | joh | 4.2.2 |
| rainbow-csv | mec | 3.22.0 |
| git-graph | mhu | 1.30.0 |
| remote-ssh | ms- | 0.120.0 |
| remote-ssh-edit | ms- | 0.87.0 |
| extension-test-runner | ms- | 0.0.12 |
| remote-explorer | ms- | 0.5.0 |
| vsliveshare | ms- | 1.0.5959 |
| vscode-versionlens | pfl | 1.22.4 |
| material-icon-theme | PKi | 5.27.0 |
| postman-for-vscode | Pos | 1.16.2 |
| quicktype | qui | 23.0.170 |
| vscode-services | rap | 1.0.2 |
| java | red | 1.46.0 |
| vscode-xml | red | 0.29.0 |
| vscode-yaml | red | 1.19.0 |
| LiveServer | rit | 5.7.9 |
| partial-diff | ryu | 1.4.3 |
| code-spell-checker | str | 4.2.6 |
| code-spell-checker-spanish | str | 2.3.9 |
| vscode-stylelint | sty | 1.5.3 |
| errorlens | use | 3.26.0 |
| intellicode-api-usage-examples | Vis | 0.2.9 |
| vscodeintellicode | Vis | 1.3.2 |
| migrate-java-to-azure | vsc | 1.5.2 |
| vscode-java-debug | vsc | 0.58.2 |
| vscode-java-dependency | vsc | 0.25.2025092303 |
| vscode-java-pack | vsc | 0.30.2 |
| vscode-java-test | vsc | 0.43.1 |
| vscode-java-upgrade | vsc | 1.6.1 |
| vscode-maven | vsc | 0.44.0 |
| vscode-icons | vsc | 12.14.0 |
| JavaScriptSnippets | xab | 1.8.0 |
| markdown-all-in-one | yzh | 3.6.3 |
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