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Notifications always appear when I close a powershell terminal #5660
Description
Prerequisites
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Summary
This annoying notifications keep reappearing when I close a powershell terminal from vscode even though I already turn off the notification.
PowerShell Version
Name Value
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PSVersion 5.1.26100.9711
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.26100.9711
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
Name : ConsoleHost
Version : 5.1.26100.9711
InstanceId : 282c8351-1aad-44a1-8f83-3591e7accf19
UI : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture : en-US
CurrentUICulture : en-US
PrivateData : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
DebuggerEnabled : True
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspaceVisual Studio Code Version
1.142.0
6d62b1d5dace93a33b3a6d3eca1317bd5e15bcb1
x64Extension Version
ms-vscode.powershell@2025.4.0Steps to Reproduce
- Open a new vscode window
- Open a .ps1 script, this will open automatically a powershell terminal (this is also annoying because it opens terminal window if it was hidden)
- Click "kill terminal"
- The 2 notifications in screenshot will appear
Visuals
Logs
2026-10-21 14:06:17.044 [info] Visual Studio Code: v1.142.0 64-bit on Windows 64-bit
2026-10-21 14:06:17.044 [info] PowerShell Extension: v2025.4.0
2026-10-21 14:06:17.151 [info] Starting 'Windows PowerShell (x64)' at: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
2026-10-21 14:06:17.488 [info] PowerShell process started with PID: 17188
2026-10-21 14:06:23.669 [info] Started PowerShell v5.1.26100.
2026-10-21 15:29:07.520 [info] Visual Studio Code: v1.142.0 64-bit on Windows 64-bit
2026-10-21 15:29:07.520 [info] PowerShell Extension: v2025.4.0
2026-10-21 15:29:17.402 [info] Starting 'Windows PowerShell (x64)' at: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
2026-10-21 15:29:18.098 [info] PowerShell process started with PID: 38196
2026-10-21 15:29:24.948 [info] Started PowerShell v5.1.26100.
2026-10-21 15:36:09.722 [warning] PowerShell process terminated or Extension Terminal was closed, PID: 38196
2026-10-21 15:36:09.722 [error] The PowerShell Extension Terminal has stopped, would you like to restart it? IntelliSense and other features will not work without it!
2026-10-21 15:36:10.012 [info] Language service connection closed.
2026-10-21 15:36:10.015 [info] [PSES] [Error - 3:36:10 PM] Connection to PowerShell Editor Services (the Extension Terminal) was closed. See below prompt to restart!
2026-10-21 15:40:42.106 [info] Visual Studio Code: v1.142.0 64-bit on Windows 64-bit
2026-10-21 15:40:42.106 [info] PowerShell Extension: v2025.4.0
2026-10-21 15:40:42.132 [info] Starting 'Windows PowerShell (x64)' at: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
2026-10-21 15:40:42.665 [info] PowerShell process started with PID: 14248
2026-10-21 15:40:48.634 [info] Started PowerShell v5.1.26100.
2026-10-21 15:41:55.539 [warning] PowerShell process terminated or Extension Terminal was closed, PID: 14248
2026-10-21 15:41:55.539 [error] The PowerShell Extension Terminal has stopped, would you like to restart it? IntelliSense and other features will not work without it!
2026-10-21 15:41:55.818 [info] Language service connection closed.
2026-10-21 15:41:55.820 [info] [PSES] [Error - 3:41:55 PM] Connection to PowerShell Editor Services (the Extension Terminal) was closed. See below prompt to restart!
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