VS Code Processes

The VS Code Processes extensions shows all child processes of VS Code in a custom view in the VS Code Explorer.

From the context menu of a process node you can terminate the process or attach a debugger to it.

Using VS Code Processes

By default the Process View is not shown. To open it use the "Show Process View" command.

The context menu of a process node in the tree supports these actions:

Kill: tries to kill the process by sending a SIGTERM signal.
Force Kill: forcefully kills the process by sending a SIGKILL signal.
Start Node Debugging: this action is only available if the process is identified as a node.js process that supports debugging. The heuristics uses the command line arguments of the process: if a --inspect, --inspect-brk, --debug, or --debug-brk flag is found (with or without port number), a debug session is started against a debug port. If none of the flags are found but the process executable is node a debug session is started via the process ID and the SIGUSR1 mechanism.

More actions are planned in the future.