preLaunchTask in background

[Malix-Labs]

Feature Request

Problem

Some tasks need to continue running in background after launch (i.e. : vite dev)

However, VSCode wait for preLaunchTask to finish before launching

There is no way to make a non "isBackground": true task launchable in background with preLaunchTask

Solution

A preLaunchTask background option

Also, it would be very nice to also have an option to automatically kill this task upon debug ended (i.e. chrome window has been closed)

Workaround

Add "isBackground": true to the related task in tasks.json

However, sometimes, the task are not user provided and are provided by an extension (example : denoland/vscode_deno#1193), which forces us to duplicate and maintain an unsynced task

Configuration

VS Code version: Code 1.94.2 (384ff73, 2024-10-09T16:08:44.566Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.10.10-200.fc40.x86_64
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.10.10-200.fc40.x86_64

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[Malix-Labs]

@meganrogge it's almost more of a bug (design) report than a feature request tbh

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[Malix-Labs]

@meganrogge can you fix that

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[Malix-Labs]

@meganrogge please fix #232200 (comment)