Execution policy should be checked client side before starting PowerShell Editor Services to prevent cryptic start issues

Hello everyone,

I don’t manage to execute the Console Preview, still the message “Unable to instantiate; language client undefined”. Even though I tried to see past issued, I coudn’t manage to solve 😦

If I install PowerShell 7.0 works correctly, but I will need to use 5.1 ones for project reasons. ISE 5.1 is working fine, but… VS code is another story!

Everything with latest version I’m afraid…

Here is what I get:

8/26/2020 12:16:16 PM [NORMAL] - Visual Studio Code v1.48.2 64-bit
8/26/2020 12:16:16 PM [NORMAL] - PowerShell Extension v2020.6.0
8/26/2020 12:16:16 PM [NORMAL] - Operating System: Windows 64-bit
8/26/2020 12:16:16 PM [NORMAL] - Language server starting --
8/26/2020 12:16:16 PM [NORMAL] -     PowerShell executable: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
8/26/2020 12:16:16 PM [NORMAL] -     PowerShell args: -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command Import-Module 'c:\Users\en32071\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\PowerShellEditorServices.psd1'; Start-EditorServices -HostName 'Visual Studio Code Host' -HostProfileId 'Microsoft.VSCode' -HostVersion '2020.6.0' -AdditionalModules @('PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode') -BundledModulesPath 'c:\Users\en32071\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\modules' -EnableConsoleRepl -StartupBanner "=====> PowerShell Integrated Console v2020.6.0 <=====
" -LogLevel 'Normal' -LogPath 'c:\Users\en32071\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\logs\1598436976-ca22623e-8ae9-41d3-bea4-4d671b2ec2bb1598436975595\EditorServices.log' -SessionDetailsPath 'c:\Users\en32071\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\sessions\PSES-VSCode-12824-615781' -FeatureFlags @() 
8/26/2020 12:16:16 PM [NORMAL] -     PowerShell Editor Services args: Import-Module 'c:\Users\en32071\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\PowerShellEditorServices.psd1'; Start-EditorServices -HostName 'Visual Studio Code Host' -HostProfileId 'Microsoft.VSCode' -HostVersion '2020.6.0' -AdditionalModules @('PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode') -BundledModulesPath 'c:\Users\en32071\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\modules' -EnableConsoleRepl -StartupBanner "=====> PowerShell Integrated Console v2020.6.0 <=====
" -LogLevel 'Normal' -LogPath 'c:\Users\en32071\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\logs\1598436976-ca22623e-8ae9-41d3-bea4-4d671b2ec2bb1598436975595\EditorServices.log' -SessionDetailsPath 'c:\Users\en32071\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\sessions\PSES-VSCode-12824-615781' -FeatureFlags @() 
8/26/2020 12:16:16 PM [NORMAL] - powershell.exe started.
8/26/2020 12:16:16 PM [NORMAL] - Waiting for session file
8/26/2020 12:16:18 PM [NORMAL] - Session file found
8/26/2020 12:16:18 PM [NORMAL] - Registering terminal close callback
8/26/2020 12:16:18 PM [NORMAL] - Registering terminal PID log callback
8/26/2020 12:16:18 PM [NORMAL] - powershell.exe PID: 17780
8/26/2020 12:16:18 PM [NORMAL] - Language server started.
8/26/2020 12:16:18 PM [NORMAL] - {"status":"started","languageServiceTransport":"NamedPipe","languageServicePipeName":"\\\\.\\pipe\\PSES_tsmmuob5.tc3","debugServiceTransport":"NamedPipe","debugServicePipeName":"\\\\.\\pipe\\PSES_og2bai0c.qkl"}
8/26/2020 12:16:18 PM [NORMAL] - Connecting to language service on pipe \\.\pipe\PSES_tsmmuob5.tc3...
8/26/2020 12:16:18 PM [NORMAL] - Language service connected.
8/26/2020 12:17:20 PM [ERROR] - <ConsoleFeature>: Unable to instantiate; language client undefined.

Any idea?!

Thank you!

[giojo81]

Dear @TylerLeonhardt , I can attach these other informations 1598516692-7d4ce1f5-9d13-4c10-baf8-2e1ab820017e1598516676631.zip

PS > code --list-extensions --show-versions

ms-vscode.powershell@2020.6.0
vscode-icons-team.vscode-icons@10.2.0
PS > $PSVersionTable


Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.17763.1007
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.17763.1007
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1


PS > $psEditor.EditorServicesVersion


Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
2      2      0      0

PS > code -v

1.48.2
a0479759d6e9ea56afa657e454193f72aef85bd0
x64

[TylerLeonhardt]

It’s odd to me as well that this prompt showed up when you set the log level to diagnostic. Can you provide the other logs @giojo81?

With that said, it would be nice if the vscode-powershell side could check for execution policy and warn users about this type of thing ahead of time.