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When PowerShell crashes and you use Restart Session cache for commands is not cleared

See original GitHub issue

System Details

System Details Output

### VSCode version: 1.32.1 05f146c7a8f7f78e80261aa3b2a2e642586f9eb3 x64

### VSCode extensions:
atomiks.moonlight@0.7.0
CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer-2@0.0.28
donjayamanne.githistory@0.4.6
eamodio.gitlens@9.5.1
ecmel.vscode-html-css@0.2.0
emmanuelbeziat.vscode-great-icons@2.1.47
GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github@0.5.0
Kelvin.vscode-sshfs@1.14.0
liximomo.remotefs@0.0.13
monokai.theme-monokai-pro-vscode@1.1.12
ms-vscode.PowerShell@1.11.0
PKief.material-icon-theme@3.6.3
shd101wyy.markdown-preview-enhanced@0.3.12
WakaTime.vscode-wakatime@1.2.12
yzhang.markdown-all-in-one@2.1.1


### PSES version: 1.11.0.0

### PowerShell version:

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.17763.316
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.17763.316
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Issue Description

When PowerShell Session crashes you can restart it and so I do. Problem is that with each restart cache for commands is not cleared so you end up with this:

Expected Behaviour

Restart of the session should clear everything, just like it is when you reopen VSCode.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Comments:13 (8 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

TylerLeonhardtcommented, Apr 12, 2019

Ah! @PrzemyslawKlys you might be getting completions from both source AND then generated module!

1reaction

PrzemyslawKlyscommented, Apr 11, 2019

Nope.

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