serverReadyAction doesn't work with integratedTerminal

[kf6kjg]

• VSCode Version: 1.32.3
• OS Version: Win 10.0.17134

Steps to Reproduce:

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
		{
			"type": "node",
			"request": "launch",
			"name": "Launch and debug",
			"runtimeExecutable": "nodemon",
			"restart": true,
			"console": "integratedTerminal",
			"internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen",
			"serverReadyAction": {
				"pattern": "Server started at (https?://[^:]+:[0-9]+)",
				"urlFormat": "%s",
				"action": "debugWithChrome",
				"webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}"
			}
		}
  ]
}

The application launched and shows ready:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.648]
(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

REDACTED>cd REDACTED && REDACTED\AppData\Roaming\npm\nodemon.cmd --inspect-brk=10105
[nodemon] 1.18.9
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] watching: *.*
[nodemon] starting `node --inspect-brk=10105 server.js`
Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:10105/e7f8422e-aee0-4e5d-9560-8b0c8ac585bb
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
Debugger attached.
Server started at http://localhost:8080

However no Chrome debug instance shows.

Alternate configs tested:

1. integratedTerminal with openExternally: no browser window opened.
2. internalConsole with debugWithChrome: Chrome debug window launches pointed at the URL.
3. internalConsole with openExternally: Current browser's active window gets a new tab pointed at the URL.

Looks like the problem is that output to the integrated terminal is not parsed.

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• Restarting Debugger Failing to Kill Nodemon (#56756)

[kf6kjg]

Looks like this was expected in #69311's definition now that I've found and read it. However the built-in template configuration for nodemon produces

{
	"type": "node",
	"request": "launch",
	"name": "nodemon",
	"runtimeExecutable": "nodemon",
	"program": "${workspaceFolder}/app.js",
	"restart": true,
	"console": "integratedTerminal",
	"internalConsoleOptions": "neverOpen"
},

which is where I got those settings. I suspect there's reasons for nodemon default settings to be this way, but I've not researched it.

[weinand]

The "serverReadyAction" is a "Preview" as clearly stated in the February release notes:

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_32#_preview-features

and one of the limitations is the issue you are seeing:

In the latest Insiders of VS Code the "serverReadyAction" feature works in the integrated terminal.

The reason why the nodemon launch configuration makes use of the integrated terminal is explained here:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/nodejs/nodejs-debugging#_restarting-debug-sessions-automatically-when-source-is-edited