language server startup failed on macOS 10.14.1 (18B75)

System Details

VSCode version:

1.28.2 7f3ce96ff4729c91352ae6def877e59c561f4850 x64

VSCode extensions:

donjayamanne.githistory@0.4.3 ms-kubernetes-tools.vscode-kubernetes-tools@0.1.14 ms-mssql.mssql@1.4.0 ms-python.python@2018.9.2 ms-toolsai.vscode-ai@0.3.1 ms-vscode.azure-account@0.5.1 ms-vscode.cpptools@0.20.1 ms-vscode.PowerShell@1.9.0 ms-vsts.team@1.144.1 PeterJausovec.vscode-docker@0.3.1 redhat.vscode-yaml@0.1.0 vsciot-vscode.vscode-arduino@0.2.22

PSES version:

PowerShell version:

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.1.0
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    6.1.0
OS                             Darwin 18.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 18.2.0: Fri Oct  5 19:41:49 PDT 2018; root:xnu-4903.221.2~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Issue Description

The PowerShell console in VSCode cannot start. After 2 minutes of starting it stops with the error message “The language service could not be started”.

Attached Logs

11/7/2018 3:50:39 PM [NORMAL] - Path specified by 'powerShellExePath' setting - '' - not found, reverting to default PowerShell path.
11/7/2018 3:50:42 PM [NORMAL] - Language server starting --
11/7/2018 3:50:42 PM [NORMAL] -     exe: /usr/local/bin/pwsh
11/7/2018 3:50:42 PM [NORMAL] -     args: /Users/Tom/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.powershell-1.9.0/modules/PowerShellEditorServices/Start-EditorServices.ps1 -HostName 'Visual Studio Code Host' -HostProfileId 'Microsoft.VSCode' -HostVersion '1.9.0'-AdditionalModules @('PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode') -BundledModulesPath '/Users/Tom/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.powershell-1.9.0/modules'-EnableConsoleRepl -LogLevel 'Normal' -LogPath '/Users/Tom/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.powershell-1.9.0/logs/1541602239-f4c34257-a983-41bb-a211-d260bd964adb1541602224073/EditorServices.log' -SessionDetailsPath '/Users/Tom/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.powershell-1.9.0/sessions/PSES-VSCode-10449-748238' -FeatureFlags @()
11/7/2018 3:50:43 PM [NORMAL] - Syntax Folding Provider registered
11/7/2018 3:52:43 PM [NORMAL] - Language server startup failed.
11/7/2018 3:52:43 PM [ERROR] - The language service could not be started: 
11/7/2018 3:52:43 PM [ERROR] - Timed out waiting for session file to appear.

[TomJanetscheck]

After purging all elements and re-installation VSCode and the PS extension everything seems to work, again. Not sure what it was but for now I’m fine.

Thank you for your effort.

[rjmholt]

Yep that’s the command — missed a word there.

It looks our usual options aren’t available then.

If that’s the only file in the logs folder then the failure is probably pretty early and there’s a good chance it’s in Start-EditorServices.ps1.

Try putting a Wait-Debugger in there and tracing through.