version error should be more visible: Extension is not compatible

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, vscode
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Reproduce the generated "hello world" extension by launching it with F5 on Code 1.71.2, then inspect how the compatibility error appears in Output: Log (Window). Trace the extension-launch error handling and make the fatal incompatibility visible as a popup, matching the existing extension-host timeout error behavior.

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Description

when i launch the generated "hello world" extension with F5, the extension is not loaded

this error is hidden in Output: Log (Window)

[renderer18] [error] [/tmp/Hello]: Extension is not compatible with Code 1.71.2. Extension requires: ^1.72.0.

in this context, this is a fatal error, so it should be more visible

expected: error popup, similar to "Extension host did not start in 10 seconds ..."

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