The vs code task "Start API and Web" does not work any more

[thomasofdenmark]

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azd version 1.4.1 (commit 1cbed85)

Describe the bug
I am trying to run the task "Start API and Web" using the todo-nodejs-mongo-aks template. When I do "Shift + cmd + p" -> Tasks: Run task, I get this error in the OUTPUT tab (before selecting the actual task)

Error: the task 'Workspace: Restore API' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,azd restore api,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.39070389774816827,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Restore API"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Restore Web' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,azd restore web,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.7531014802740759,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Restore Web"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Web npm start' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,npm run start,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.3778032979344932,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Web npm start",
    "detail": "Helper task--use 'Start Web' task to ensure environment is set up correctly"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: API npm start' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,npm run start,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.9120319229664988,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: API npm start",
    "detail": "Helper task--use 'Start API' task to ensure environment is set up correctly"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Restore Web' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,azd restore web,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.6341149130277672,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Restore Web"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Web npm start' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,npm run start,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.18705709546311455,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Web npm start",
    "detail": "Helper task--use 'Start Web' task to ensure environment is set up correctly"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Restore Web' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,azd restore web,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.36323288159932354,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Restore Web"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Web npm start' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,npm run start,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.9128663822720793,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Web npm start",
    "detail": "Helper task--use 'Start Web' task to ensure environment is set up correctly"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Restore API' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,azd restore api,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.8271939443913685,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Restore API"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Restore Web' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,azd restore web,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.699224959049467,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Restore Web"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Web npm start' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,npm run start,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.47869063647859744,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Web npm start",
    "detail": "Helper task--use 'Start Web' task to ensure environment is set up correctly"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: API npm start' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,npm run start,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.6953999379453406,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: API npm start",
    "detail": "Helper task--use 'Start API' task to ensure environment is set up correctly"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Restore API' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,azd restore api,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.8867094619014328,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Restore API"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Restore Web' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,azd restore web,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.7523203600364023,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Restore Web"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: Web npm start' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,npm run start,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.3410895416577724,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: Web npm start",
    "detail": "Helper task--use 'Start Web' task to ensure environment is set up correctly"
}
Error: the task 'Workspace: API npm start' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,npm run start,",
    "idRandomizer": 0.7469761562245649,
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "Workspace: API npm start",
    "detail": "Helper task--use 'Start API' task to ensure environment is set up correctly"
}

This is my tasks.json:

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Start Web",
            "type": "dotenv",
            "targetTasks": [
                "Restore Web",
                "Web npm start"
            ],
            "file": "${input:dotEnvFilePath}"
        },
        {
            "label": "Restore Web",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "azd restore web",
            "presentation": {
                "reveal": "silent"
            },
            "problemMatcher": []
        },
        {
            "label": "Web npm start",
            "detail": "Helper task--use 'Start Web' task to ensure environment is set up correctly",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "npm run start",
            "options": {
                "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src/web/",
                "env": {
                    "WEB_APP_API_BASE_URL": "http://localhost:3100",
                    "BROWSER": "none"
                }
            },
            "presentation": {
                "panel": "dedicated",
            },
            "problemMatcher": []
        },

        {
            "label": "Start API",
            "type": "dotenv",
            "targetTasks": [
                "Restore API",
                "API npm start"
            ],
            "file": "${input:dotEnvFilePath}"
        },
        {
            "label": "Restore API",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "azd restore api",
            "presentation": {
                "reveal": "silent"
            },
            "problemMatcher": []
        },
        {
            "label": "API npm start",
            "detail": "Helper task--use 'Start API' task to ensure environment is set up correctly",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "npm run start",
            "options": {
                "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src/api/",
                "env": {
                    "NODE_ENV": "development"
                }
            },
            "presentation": {
                "panel": "dedicated",
            },
            "problemMatcher": []
        },

        {
            "label": "Start API and Web",
            "dependsOn":[
                "Start API",
                "Start Web"
            ],
            "problemMatcher": []
        }
    ],

    "inputs": [
        {
            "id": "dotEnvFilePath",
            "type": "command",
            "command": "azure-dev.commands.getDotEnvFilePath"
        }
    ]
}

[rajeshkamal5050]

@bwateratmsft @vhvb1989 can you take a look?

[vhvb1989]

@thomasofdenmark , can you confirm if you have the AzureDeveloperCLI - VSCode extension installed? (and also what version it is)

Something like:

[bwateratmsft]

@thomasofdenmark Those errors in the Output window are a known VSCode bug and you can ignore them.

[thomasofdenmark]

@vhvb1989 Yes it is installed. I have version 0.7.0.

[thomasofdenmark]

It seems like it is the "Start API" and "Start Web" tasks that is doing nothing. The other ones starts up in the TERMINAL tab if I run the individually.

[bwateratmsft]

Does F5 (or the command "Debug: Start Debugging") work? The tasks are meant to be consumed by VSCode to enable debugging.

[thomasofdenmark]

Does F5 (or the command "Debug: Start Debugging") work? The tasks are meant to be consumed by VSCode to enable debugging.

No, that does not work either.

[thomasofdenmark]

This seem to be the same issue. When I replace "${input:dotEnvFilePath}" with "${workspaceFolder}/.azure/your-azure-env-name/.env" it works. So mabye the issue is with the "command" in the tasks.json:

"inputs": [
        {
            "id": "dotEnvFilePath",
            "type": "command",
            "command": "azure-dev.commands.getDotEnvFilePath"
        }
    ]

[bwateratmsft]

Good find, I'll take a look.

[bwateratmsft]

This looks to be a regression in the Azure Dev CLI itself. Compare the output from 1.3.1 vs 1.4.1:

1.3.1: azd env list --output json

[
  {
    "Name": "bwatertestenv",
    "IsDefault": true,
    "DotEnvPath": "D:\\Sandbox\\AzdTaskTest\\.azure\\bwatertestenv\\.env"
  }
]

1.4.1: azd env list --output json

[
  {
    "Name": "bwatertestenv",
    "HasLocal": true,
    "HasRemote": false,
    "IsDefault": true
  }
]

The 1.4.1 output is missing DotEnvFilePath, which was present in 1.3.1. This is exactly what is being returned by the command--so the command is now returning undefined, which I guess VSCode takes to mean aborting the run of the task.

@wbreza do you know about the removal of that property?

[wbreza]

@wbreza do you know about the removal of that property?

@bwateratmsft This was unintentionally removed. Posted PR #2858 with a fix.

[pamelafox]

I got the error again today when opening https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-search-openai-demo/

Error: there is no registered task type 'dotenv'. Did you miss installing an extension that provides a corresponding task provider?