nx console unable to start multiple projects

[ericsnap]

Current Behavior

If I want to start/serve multiple _projects_ in the nx console, the second project always complains that the first project/task is already executing like this:

The task 'nx-console: ng serve client (tools)' is already active.

In the example above, I first started the client>serve task/project.
Then I wanted to start the api>serve task/project.

Expected Behavior

I would expect to be able to start multiple projects/tasks from within the console sidebar widget.

Steps to Reproduce

I simply followed the steps from the tutorial to generate the code and structure.
Then:

• refresh projects list to make sure it is all up-to-date
• start the client>serve task
• start the api>serve task
• error

Failure Logs

Environment

  nx : Not Found
  @nrwl/angular : 10.3.2
  @nrwl/cli : 10.3.2
  @nrwl/cypress : 10.3.2
  @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : Not Found
  @nrwl/express : Not Found
  @nrwl/jest : 10.3.2
  @nrwl/linter : 10.3.2
  @nrwl/nest : 10.3.2
  @nrwl/next : Not Found
  @nrwl/node : 10.3.2
  @nrwl/react : Not Found
  @nrwl/schematics : Not Found
  @nrwl/tao : 10.3.2
  @nrwl/web : Not Found
  @nrwl/workspace : 10.3.2
  typescript : 4.0.5

(FWIW, not sure why it is saying nx: Not Found, I did run the nx report command. And I tried both using the global version and via yarn run)

[mandarini]

Hi there @ericsnap ! Thanks for filing an issue. I did not look into it in very much detail yet, but until I do, off the top of my head, have you tried the run-many command?

[ericsnap]

@mandarini you want me to read documentation? 😆
To be clear, I can absolutely run both commands separately in 2 different terminals. My bug report was more about the GUI/Console Projects section. I would have expected it to be able to run any of those tasks, regardless of whether or not another task is already executing (someone could want to run both serve and e2e at the same time or something like that).
And thanks for pointing that run-many command. I definitely will be able to use it.
_(sorry for the double-post if you see it twice - got my browser windows confused and replied with my personal account)_

[mandarini]

So, @ericsnap , after a brief discussion with @isaacplmann , we think this should be redirected to nrwl/nx-console, it seems to be an nx-console issue!

So, you can open an issue there, and we can close this issue?

[ericsnap]

@mandarini you are absolutely correct. I am fairly new to Nx and did not realize you had a different repo for console-specific issues. I will repost over there.
Thanks for the help.
PS: FWIW, I see there is already an issue but it was closed without resolution. Can @isaacplmann do anything about that?