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Please provide instrumentation key

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, typescript, vscode
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start with src/extension.ts and the initializeFromJsonFile call shown in the stack trace, then inspect the referenced extension telemetry wrapper. Reproduce the Extension Development Host launch with the sample Java project and trace the instrumentation-key failure. Done means the extension activates without this error and a debug session starts.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

ai-triaged bug

I'm trying to debug the java-debug server and for that I've launched vscode-java-debug plugin, in which after launching its "Extension Developement Host" I've opened my sample Java project.

But when I'm trying to launch my sample project vscode-java-debug prints out the following:

{affectsConfiguration: ƒ}
Error: Please provide instrumentation key {stack: 'Error: Please provide instrumentation key
	at…code-java-debug\\dist\\extension.js:35150:29)', message: 'Please provide instrumentation key'}
arg0: Error: Please provide instrumentation key {stack: 'Error: Please provide instrumentation key\n\tat…code-java-debug\\dist\\extension.js:35150:29)', message: 'Please provide instrumentation key'}
f @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:163:6
e @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:159:26521
<anonymous> @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:159:26388
<anonymous> @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\@vscode\extension-telemetry\dist\node\common\baseTelemetrySender.js:97
◀ Promise.catch ▶
instantiateSender @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\@vscode\extension-telemetry\dist\node\common\baseTelemetrySender.js:96:10
updateUserOptIn @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\@vscode\extension-telemetry\dist\node\common\baseTelemetryReporter.js:31
BaseTelemetryReporter @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\@vscode\extension-telemetry\dist\node\common\baseTelemetryReporter.js:18
TelemetryReporter @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\@vscode\extension-telemetry\dist\node\node\telemetryReporter.js:94
initialize @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\vscode-extension-telemetry-wrapper\lib\src\index.js:53
<anonymous> @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\vscode-extension-telemetry-wrapper\lib\src\index.js:29
fulfilled @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\vscode-extension-telemetry-wrapper\lib\src\index.js:5:43
◀ Promise.then ▶
step @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\vscode-extension-telemetry-wrapper\lib\src\index.js:7:33
<anonymous> @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\vscode-extension-telemetry-wrapper\lib\src\index.js:8
__awaiter @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\vscode-extension-telemetry-wrapper\lib\src\index.js:4
initializeFromJsonFile @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\node_modules\vscode-extension-telemetry-wrapper\lib\src\index.js:25
<anonymous> @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\src\extension.ts:32:33
<anonymous> @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\dist\extension.js:16:71
__awaiter @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\dist\extension.js:12:12
activate @ f:\projects\smartgit\javaDebug\vscode-java-debug\dist\extension.js:46:12
kb @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:15214
jb @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:14921
<anonymous> @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:13079
◀ Promise.then ▶
hb @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:13004
fb @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:12205
◀ await ▶
actualActivateExtension @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:9402
n @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:115:4460
m @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:115:4421
l @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:115:3877
K0 @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:115:3804
k @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:115:3366
j @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:115:3321
j @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:115:3013
<anonymous> @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:115:2292
h @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:115:2280
activateById @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:115:2192
bb @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:10628
qb @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:16807
◀ await ▶
<anonymous> @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:16470
pb @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:16458
ob @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:16248
<anonymous> @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:18112
◀ Promise.then ▶
tb @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:18098
$startExtensionHost @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:119:22030
processTicksAndRejections @ <node_internals>/internal/process/task_queues:95:5
◀ await ▶
processTicksAndRejections @ <node_internals>/internal/process/task_queues:95:5
◀ await ▶
S @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:32:115275
Q @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:32:115055
M @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:32:114144
L @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:32:113249
<anonymous> @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:32:112046
B @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:30:746
fire @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:30:964
fire @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:32:9457
<anonymous> @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:175:13296
B @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:30:746
fire @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:30:964
fire @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:32:9457
<anonymous> @ c:\VSCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:175:11588
emit @ <node_internals>/events:518:28
MessagePortMain._internalPort.emit @ <node_internals>/electron/js2c/utility_init:2:2949
callbackTrampoline @ <node_internals>/internal/async_hooks:130:17
Starting jdt.ls (syntax) from vscode-java sources
Starting jdt.ls (standard) from vscode-java sources
Cannot update debug settings. s: No delegateCommandHandler for vscode.java.updateDebugSettings {code: -32601, data: undefined, stack: 'Error: No delegateCommandHandler for vscode.j…Trampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:130:17)', message: 'No delegateCommandHandler for vscode.java.updateDebugSettings'}

And in result no debug session starts.

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