[API] Terminal.name returns empty string after calling createTerminal()

[formulahendry]

• VSCode Version: 1.35
• OS Version: Windows

Steps to Reproduce:

1. calling createTerminal()
2. check the value of Terminal.name is empty string (which is not expected)
3. wait for some time, the value of Terminal.name becomes normal

Related to #74233 (comment), as we could not use terminal.integrated.shell.<platform>. However, we could not use Terminal.name.

This issue has affect the Code Runner and Maven extension:

• The token '&&' is not a valid statement separator in this version. formulahendry/vscode-code-runner#491
• Errors in running c++. formulahendry/vscode-code-runner#492
• Invoking mvn command using right-click on POM failing - Parent/Child Maven Project  #75007

[vscodebot]

(Experimental duplicate detection)
Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Terminal: introduce option to use current directory-name as terminal-name (#69640)

[Tyriar]

This is as designed since createTerminal is synchronous but setting of the name only happens once the process has launched (async). For now you can workaround this by polling until name is set.

[vscodebot]

The described behavior is how it is expected to work. If you disagree, please explain what is expected and what is not in more detail. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

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