Event when vscode quit.

[ghost]

is it there a way to get an event, like onDidCloseTextDocument, when vscode is about to quit?

[alexdima]

we need to implement calling deactivate

[alexdima]

With 98473e0, VSCode's extension host will now call deactivate() if extensions export it and call dispose() on ExtensionContext.subscriptions on shutdown, then will wait 1s before exiting

[remy-barros]

And what if we need to do some more complex stuff on deactivation? Something that takes some time like sync files in ftp server? Is there a way to delay vscode closing proccess?

[alexdima]

@remy-barros

@dbaeumer and I did a change where you can return a promise from the deactivate function. The VSCode extension host will go down in 10 seconds regardless if your promise completes or not (we must have a time box). If you are doing data critical things in the deactivate, I believe the approach is wrong, perhaps you could always save the files to a temporary location and synchronize at better times than on shut-down. Also, the deactivate is not the time to veto or prompt for saving, etc. deactivate means VS Code is going down or has went down due to a crash. If you want to have some sort of veto API, then please create a new issue asking for it.