Function preReleaseCheck

Extension/src/LanguageServer/extension.ts:1496–1537

()

}

export async function preReleaseCheck(): Promise<void> {
    const displayedPreReleasePrompt: PersistentState<boolean> = new PersistentState<boolean>("CPP.displayedPreReleasePrompt", false);
    const isOnPreRelease: PersistentState<boolean> = new PersistentState<boolean>("CPP.isOnPreRelease", false);

    if (util.getCppToolsTargetPopulation() === TargetPopulation.Insiders) {
        isOnPreRelease.Value = true;
        return;
    }

    // First we need to make sure the user isn't already on a pre-release version and hasn't dismissed this prompt before.
    if (!isOnPreRelease.Value && !displayedPreReleasePrompt.Value && util.getCppToolsTargetPopulation() === TargetPopulation.Public) {
        // Get the info on the latest version from the marketplace to check if there is a pre-release version available.
        const response = await fetch('https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/extensionquery', {
            method: 'POST',
            headers: {
                Accept: 'application/json; api-version=3.0-preview',
                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                'User-Agent': 'vscode-cpptools'
            },
            body: '{"filters": [{"criteria": [{"filterType": 7, "value": "ms-vscode.cpptools"}]}], "flags": 529}'
        }).catch(logAndReturn.undefined);

        telemetry.logLanguageServerEvent("marketplaceFetch", undefined, { status: response?.status ?? 0 });

        const data: any = await response?.json().catch(logAndReturn.undefined);

        const preReleaseAvailable = data?.results?.[0]?.extensions?.[0]?.versions?.[0]?.properties?.some((e: object) => Object.values(e).includes("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code.PreRelease"));

        // If the user isn't on the pre-release version, but one is available, prompt them to install it.
        if (preReleaseAvailable) {
            displayedPreReleasePrompt.Value = true;
            const message: string = localize("prerelease.message", "A pre-release version of the C/C++ extension is available. Would you like to switch to it?");
            const yes: string = localize("yes.button", "Yes");
            const no: string = localize("no.button", "No");
            void vscode.window.showInformationMessage(message, yes, no).then((selection) => {
                if (selection === yes) {
                    void vscode.commands.executeCommand("workbench.extensions.installExtension", "ms-vscode.cpptools", { installPreReleaseVersion: true }).then(undefined, logAndReturn.undefined);
                }
            });
        }
    }
}

// This uses several workarounds for interacting with the hover feature.
// A proposal for dynamic hover content would help, such as the one here (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/195394)