Vscode: macOS dock icon is miniscule

[samuela]

If you zoom way, way in you can see that it's in between VirtualBox and Activity Monitor:

• VSCode Version: Version 1.30.0-insider (1.30.0-insider) c72cb129f2a0b8117c9b01f3767026041d7d1d31
• OS Version: macOS 10.14.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch VSCode.
2. Observe the dock icon.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[samuela]

Restarting the dock with killall Dock seems to have reset the icon to normal size. Still not sure how or why it ended up tiny in the first place.

[roblourens]

That's... weird. Let us know if that happens again.

[Elijen]

Happens to me too. Restarting VS Code does not help. killall Dock does.

[Nitive]

Just happened to me on stable version. Lots of time could not figure out what it is. killall Dock have helped.

VSCode Version: 1.29.1
OS Version: macOS 10.14

[sameeragrawal]

This just happened to me, just after upgrading and restarting VS Code.

63681 opened for this one.

[alistaircom]

I am also having this issue. I have:

• disabled all extensions
• ensured I am running the current stable build: 1.29.1
• removed all themes, am running the default Light (Visual Studio)
• removed all custom settings from settings.json
• quit the app and relaunched

I am running MacOS 10.14.1 (18B75)

See screenshot:

[roblourens]

Anyone still seeing it, try killall Dock or restarting the mac.

[alistaircom]

Yes, killall Dock fixes it.

Here's hoping there will be a fix that doesn't include restarting your dock or your Mac to have an icon work.

[roblourens]

Is there an open dupe for this @bpasero or @joaomoreno? It seems to have happened to several people. I also see https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/59578

[bpasero]

Sounds like a bug in Mojave to me, but I never saw that.

Are people seeing any suspicious output when running "code --verbose"?

[roblourens]

And has anyone seen it with any other apps?

[alistaircom]

I have not seen it in any other apps. This post on Stack Exchange seems to be indicating an identical issue:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/338881/there-is-a-tiny-icon-on-macos-dock-that-is-not-clickable

[roblourens]

Next time it comes up we can have someone diff ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Dock.plist before and after killing the Dock. But from that answer it's not clear that there was anything wrong with the plist entry since killing the Dock along seems to fix it.

[chris-rock]

I just had the same issue, therefore its still happening in vscode 1.30.1 I've never experienced it with any other app yet.

[samuela]

This just happened to me again after the whole restart-to-upgrade process to Version 1.31.0-insider.

[rhysmccaig]

I had this happen to this me this week. I took a look at the plist before and after killing the dock. Interestingly, before killing the dock, while showing up as a tiny icon, the plist did not have an entry for VSCode in recent-apps. After killing the dock it restarted with the full size item and had an entry for the app in recent-apps. No other entries in the plist looked odd or relevant however.

[Robotex]

Happened to me 2-3 times already this month, mostly after my MacBook awakened from sleep/after a hard shutdown

[samuela]

Just got this again on VSCode Version 1.31.0-insider (1.31.0-insider) and macOS 10.14.2.

[AlecR]

I'm also experiencing this issue using version 1.30.2 on macOS 10.14

[apbarratt]

Also experiencing this issue. Please stop closing it if no effort has been made to fix it. I note this is not the first ticket logged for this issue either, the previous one locked down so that no one can comment on it further.

[leggsimon]

@roblourens I took a copy of my com.apple.Dock.plist before and after. I have diffed it but if I'm honest I have no idea what I'm looking at!

It seems as though some of the different lines might be caused by the fact that the order changed but they’re both here for you if they might mean anything to you

https://gist.github.com/leggsimon/58e9da1708a2d0f4c47f83fde1e1f5da

[japhillips87]

It's happening for me too. killall Dock does work, but it's an annoying bug.

@apbarratt they have been closing duplicate issues and referencing this one.

[bfinlay]

Experiencing this issue still with macOS 10.14.2 and VS Code 1.31.1

[rallerG]

I have this issue with macOS 10.14.3 and VS code 1.32.3

[mirceagrelus]

This issue continues to pop up, and it's very annoying. Latest versions of everything.

[qinfeng]

Same issue here with macOS 10.14.4 and VS code 1.33. killall Dock fix it.

[hacker]

Not much of a difference upon Dock restart. I was expecting a lot of noise, but no:

--- b.plist 2019-05-11 16:56:15.000000000 +0200
+++ a.plist 2019-05-11 16:56:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
 <plist version="1.0">
 <dict>
    <key>autohide</key>
    <false/>
    <key>last-messagetrace-stamp</key>
    <real>579029752.02692497</real>
    <key>loc</key>
    <string>en_GB</string>
    <key>mod-count</key>
-   <integer>2173</integer>
+   <integer>2174</integer>

[plamenh]

Me too, just updated.

[a-x-]

Fix it please.

Yes, I can do killall Dock and it works,
but issue catches humans again and again

---

• VSCode Version: (latest) 1.35.1 and previous
• OS Version: (latest) 10.14.5

this issue occur even when all extensions are disabled (yes, yes)

[darkheartfelt]

This is extremely annoying.

[nikhil-cdac]

I am having the same issue. macOs 10.14.5 VS Code: Version 1.36.0 (1.36.0)

[samuela]

Ever since the icon rebrand recently I haven't had this issue. (I'm on 1.37.0-insider at the moment.) No idea if that means it's actually been resolved, but for whatever reason it hasn't happened to me yet.

[plamenh]

@samuela , I similarly thought so just as well, before this morning, since when I have the same problem as with the old icon. So, no worries, it will happen eventually. killall Dock is our friend.

[Gullintani]

"Watching the Earth between the Saturn and the Jupiter"

[achingbrain]

I get this all the time. Doesn't happen to any other app, just VSCode.

[bstaudacher]

Still happening macOS 10.14.5, VS Code Version: 1.37.1

Screenshot (adorable but annoying):

[darkheartfelt]

LOL @ this still happening on 1.38.0

[michaelneale]

killall Dock works - showed up after a macos restart recently.

[tsunami42]

killall Dock works
VSCode version 1.38.1
MacOS version 10.14.6 (18G95)

[zenwong]

killall Dock works
VSCode version 1.38.1
MacOS version 10.14.6

noticed it happening after a hard reboot of the system.

[Pixeleyes]

Same for me
1.39.1
10.14.6

[bpasero]

I added the "help wanted" label recently as I am clueless what this is. If anyone has contacts to Apple devs to ask for help that would be cool 👍

[yiyizym]

Same for me
1.39.2
10.15

[aliblackwell]

Same for me
VS Code: 1.39.2
Mac: 10.14.5

Here's a repo with a before and after of ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Dock.plist. It's in binary so git diff wasn't very helpful, but hopefully it's of use to someone (@roblourens): https://github.com/aliblackwell/vscode-broken-icon

[bpasero]

@aliblackwell can you explain what exactly this diff is telling? Are you suggesting that the diff would reveal what setting the dock was changing to to make the issue go away?

[aliblackwell]

Hey @bpasero this was posted in response to @roblourens' request (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/63068#issuecomment-444548823) for a diff. I'm not a Mac developer so I couldn't really tell you what it's telling – I just posted it on the off-chance it was helpful to someone qualified to fix this bug!

[aliblackwell]

But yes @bpasero, it's essentially a before and after of my com.apple.Dock.plist where in the state before running killall Dock the icon was tiny, and the state after it was fixed.

[anandshenoy14]

Happens to me on VSCode Version 1.39.2

Details Here:
Version: 1.39.2
Commit: 6ab598523be7a800d7f3eb4d92d7ab9a66069390
Date: 2019-10-15T15:33:00.827Z
Electron: 4.2.10
Chrome: 69.0.3497.128
Node.js: 10.11.0
V8: 6.9.427.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 18.6.0

It gets resolved only by doing killall Dock

[dannew]

Haven't seen it for a while but after updating to 1.40.1 it happened again. killall Dock fixed it.

Version: 1.40.1
Commit: 8795a9889db74563ddd43eb0a897a2384129a619
Date: 2019-11-13T16:47:44.719Z
Electron: 6.1.2
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 18.7.0

[nantunes]

Same thing.

VS Code 1.40.1
macOS 10.15

[gurghet]

Happened to me as well, super cute. (but slightly unproductive)

[oisindev]

Happened over here too
MacOS 10.14.5
VS Code:
Version: 1.40.2
Commit: f359dd69833dd8800b54d458f6d37ab7c78df520
Date: 2019-11-25T14:52:45.129Z
Electron: 6.1.5
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 18.6.0

killall Dock fixed it

[phillipbroberts]

Happened to me today:

VS Code version: Code 1.40.2 (f359dd69833dd8800b54d458f6d37ab7c78df520, 2019-11-25T14:52:45.129Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 19.0.0

System Info

|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz (8 x 2700)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
flash_3d: enabled
flash_stage3d: enabled
flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled
gpu_compositing: enabled
metal: disabled_off
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
oop_rasterization: disabled_off
protected_video_decode: unavailable_off
rasterization: enabled
skia_renderer: disabled_off
surface_control: disabled_off
surface_synchronization: enabled_on
video_decode: enabled
viz_display_compositor: enabled_on
viz_hit_test_surface_layer: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled|
|Load (avg)|3, 2, 2|
|Memory (System)|16.00GB (1.03GB free)|
|Process Argv||
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|

Extensions (2)

Extension|Author (truncated)|Version
---|---|---
aws-toolkit-vscode|ama|1.4.0
python|ms-|2019.11.50794

killall Dock fixed it

[alistaircom]

I have returned to the error after killall Dock previously "fixed" it. I noticed that the icon is tiny once again after a number of months where it didn't appear to be happening. However, I often don't use the dock, and use Alfred to launch apps, then Cmd+Tab to switch between them. I just happened to notice it today when the Dock popped up.

• VS Code 1.40.2
• OS 19.0.0

[winsome]

Add me to the list of those experiencing it

Version: 1.40.2
Commit: f359dd69833dd8800b54d458f6d37ab7c78df520
Date: 2019-11-25T14:52:45.129Z
Electron: 6.1.5
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.0.0

[bfinlay]

Still experiencing tiny icon problem in dock with version information below. killall Dock repairs the problem until the next time it occurs.

Version: 1.41.0
Commit: 9579eda04fdb3a9bba2750f15193e5fafe16b959
Date: 2019-12-11T17:58:38.338Z
Electron: 6.1.5
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.0.0

[alexsergin]

It happened just now after vscode update. Dock restart has fixed the problem

[fengyc]

Same for me.

Version: 1.40.2
Commit: f359dd69833dd8800b54d458f6d37ab7c78df520
Date: 2019-11-25T14:52:45.129Z
Electron: 6.1.5
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.2.0

[pavelloz]

Is this normal?

Version: 1.41.1
Commit: 26076a4de974ead31f97692a0d32f90d735645c0
Date: 2019-12-18T14:57:51.166Z
Electron: 6.1.5
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 18.7.0

[vgrafe]

I had this happen regularly, but now the icon is not in the dock at all. Not even the running indicator underneath it (the app icon is also absent when I cmd+tab to cycle between running apps)

[ZuBB]

I am having this right now.

@joaomoreno @deepak1556 I can provide any info you need or do some debug

[n13]

Same here

Sure killall Dock fixes it but how about VS Code behaves like a normal application? After all, I've never seen that with any app, this is the second time I've had it happen with VS Code.

[LucasMW]

Happened to me in Mac OS Catalina. Have never happened before
Version: 1.41.1
Commit: 26076a4de974ead31f97692a0d32f90d735645c0
Date: 2019-12-18T14:57:51.166Z
Electron: 6.1.5
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.0.0

killall Dock works, however.

[codepo8]

Keeps happening here, too.

[danashurst]

Happened to me as well. killall Dock command seems to rectify the issue.

[nikhil-ravi]

Happened here as well. killall Dock did the trick.

Running macOS Catalina 10.15.2.

[jupp0r]

Happens to me frequently, which is really annoying. killall Dock works.

[rhukster]

metoo I have never seen this with any other app in all my years running macOS, and it just happened to me also. No one has a clue?

[softgandhi]

happens to me as well. killall Dock works. Thanks.

[djalmaaraujo]

I just had this issue. killall Dock fixed. Thanks.

Version: 1.41.1
Commit: 26076a4de974ead31f97692a0d32f90d735645c0
Date: 2019-12-18T14:57:51.166Z
Electron: 6.1.5
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.2.0

[pcolazurdo]

same here on:
Version: 1.43.0-insider
Commit: 4c9161a3f125f5a788aafa73a4ecfcb27dcfc319
Date: 2020-02-14T05:26:38.779Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.3.0

killall Dock fixed it, but really annoying - and this thread wasn't easy to find :)

[jflyup]

same issue:

Version: 1.42.1
Commit: c47d83b293181d9be64f27ff093689e8e7aed054
Date: 2020-02-11T14:44:27.652Z
Electron: 6.1.6
Chrome: 76.0.3809.146
Node.js: 12.4.0
V8: 7.6.303.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.2.0

killall Dock fixed it

[019a]

Same here. killall Dock fixed it too.

[newlegendmedia]

I am seeing this issue too. I just started evaluating whether I to switch to VS Code from Sublime and this is not a good start. Ive used Macs for 20+ years and never had this happen with an app.

[codepo8]

Well, that's a bit unfair, @newlegendmedia, I've used macs for 10 years and discovered all kind of weird things. I moved from Sublime to VSCode, too, and I would not go back ever again. It is so much more lightweight and there is an extension for everything!

[newlegendmedia]

@codepo8 I would agree except this appears to have been reported over a year ago.

[jeremymika]

It's ridiculous. Took me a few days to understand what was actually happening. It's funny, I'm looking at switching back to Sublime. My text is rendering weird, and this seems like just another item in a growing list of weird things that this web-app-pretending-to-be-an-app does poorly (and seemingly unfixable) that native apps do not.

Of course, I say that, but fast-forward to 3 days after switching: "I'm BAAACK!" We'll see...

[gerwim]

Same issue here. Running killall Dock fixed it (for now). Starting the app with Alfred (if that makes any difference).

Version: 1.43.0
Commit: 78a4c91400152c0f27ba4d363eb56d2835f9903a
Date: 2020-03-09T19:34:44.548Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.3.0

[morningstarwang]

Restarting the dock with killall Dock seems to have reset the icon to normal size. Still not sure how or why it ended up tiny in the first place.

happen to me either on the latest stable version

[AkuSilvenius]

I experienced this first time now, in macOS Mojave 10.14.6. As for others, killall Dock fixes the issue for me too.

vscode:

Version: 1.43.1
Commit: fe22a9645b44368865c0ba92e2fb881ff1afce94
Date: 2020-03-18T07:01:41.240Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 18.7.0

[lllvantis]

Version: 1.43.1
Commit: fe22a9645b44368865c0ba92e2fb881ff1afce94
Date: 2020-03-18T07:01:41.240Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.3.0

Happened again.

[piyushwadhwani]

it happens for me too

Version: 1.43.1
Commit: fe22a9645b44368865c0ba92e2fb881ff1afce94
Date: 2020-03-18T07:01:41.240Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.3.0

killall Dock fixes it

[maibatsu]

I have the same issue :D

Version: 1.43.1
Commit: fe22a9645b44368865c0ba92e2fb881ff1afce94
Date: 2020-03-18T07:01:41.240Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.3.0

Running killall Dock fixed it.

[jhoughjr]

First time for me seeing this issue. But I have no running indicator, but the icon does appear in the app switcher. Nice to see this has been an issue for two years.

[Kristof-Mattei]

Version: 1.43.2
Commit: 0ba0ca52957102ca3527cf479571617f0de6ed50
Date: 2020-03-24T07:34:57.037Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.4.0

same issue here. Spent 2 hours finding the icon on my Dock.

[junjizhi]

Version: 1.43.2
Commit: 0ba0ca52957102ca3527cf479571617f0de6ed50
Date: 2020-03-24T07:34:57.037Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.4.0

Had the same issue. Running killall Dock fixed it.

[alectrocute]

This is an issue with Electron, that I don't believe was introduced by VS Code's source. Colleague ran into this today after reinstalling our newly built Electron 8.x app in production. If I find a workaround before the VS Code team does, I'll make certain to share.

The problem is, I cannot get this darn bug to bite me, which makes it very difficult to determine the cause.

We currently utilize Electron's app.dock API which is not playing too nicely with macOS Catalina. A random combination of app.dock.show(), app.dock.hide() and app.dock.* can trigger this dock-breaking payload. Needless to say, the aforementioned API's are critical to an Electron app feeling like an app and we can't just stop using them.

A very humous albeit frustrating bug. Hope to see it through soon.

[austinjhunt]

I've been bitten as well:

Version: 1.44.0
Commit: 2aae1f26c72891c399f860409176fe435a154b13
Date: 2020-04-08T08:23:56.137Z (6 days ago)
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.4.0

macOS Catalina v 10.15.4

Something interesting to note in my case is that it started happening immediately after adding a secondary monitor.

[dannew]

I've been bitten as well:

Version: 1.44.0
Commit: 2aae1f2
Date: 2020-04-08T08:23:56.137Z (6 days ago)
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.4.0

macOS Catalina v 10.15.4

Something interesting to note in my case is that it started happening immediately after adding a secondary monitor.

I also use both the internal screen and an external monitor.

[alectrocute]

I'm using an external monitor and have identical specs to @austinjhunt, which leaves me scratching my head as to why I can't trigger this bug? Has anybody at the very least narrowed down a repeatable pattern yet (would be a huge help for me, just to get the data required to trace)?

[CapsAdmin]

It happened to me on a macbook pro. It's been like this for a while actually, but I just didn't see the small icon and I thought vscode was just gone from the taskbar for some obscure macos reason and so I got kind of used to it. (I tried googling vscode missing from dock)

I tried to diff the plist mentioned above but the only thing that changed was an increment of <integer> in the dict entry. (I had to convert the binary plist to xml)

I have no external monitor.

Version: 1.44.0
Commit: 2aae1f26c72891c399f860409176fe435a154b13
Date: 2020-04-08T08:23:56.137Z (1 wk ago)
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.2.0

[jrr]

Just thought I'd share this with the internet:

[Glaydson]

I'm using Catalina 10.15.5 (beta) and the problem persists. Issuing killall Dock fixes it fortunately.

[mmsoon]

Version: 1.44.2
Commit: ff915844119ce9485abfe8aa9076ec76b5300ddd
Date: 2020-04-16T17:07:18.473Z
Electron: 7.1.11
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 18.6.0

killall dock fixes this

[BenKHoward]

For the record, I just had a similar issue where the vs code icon didn't appear in the dock at all. There was no tiny icon and no dot on the bottom to indicate a running app (so I wasn't just overlooking the icon). com.apple.dock.plist did show that there should've been something there for vs code.

killall Dock fixed it.

Just thought I'd mention it in case someone outright has no icon.

**As an update, its been 3 weeks and I haven't had the issue resurface. At least for now, it seems like it was a one-time occurrence.

[premkash]

Happened to my mac too.

See that miniscule vscode in the dock.

My VSCode specifications are as follows:

Version: 1.45.0
Commit: d69a79b73808559a91206d73d7717ff5f798f23c
Date: 2020-05-07T15:57:33.467Z
Electron: 7.2.4
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.4.0
````

I also have external monitors.

Running following in terminal fixed the issue:

killall Dock
```

[bpasero]

Can people seeing this issue please report back if it reproduces in todays insider build were a change went in yesterday:

• Download or update from https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/
• Check Help > About you are on Commit: e88b8d32aa7233f6cb3665f6dae9fa78b1e8aafb

Thanks

[bpasero]

ping @samuela

[samuela]

@bpasero I'll keep a look out for it!

[bpasero]

Closing optimistically, we can reopen if this comes back.

[kenklin]

Can people seeing this issue please report back if it reproduces in todays insider build were a change went in yesterday:

• Download or update from https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/
• Check Help > About you are on Commit: e88b8d32aa7233f6cb3665f6dae9fa78b1e8aafb

Thanks

@bpasero Thanks. Looks good for me so far ...
Version: 1.46.0-insider
Commit: da3bf754c3c0eabda1dc80ed9d627679ee560697
Date: 2020-05-19T10:04:14.981Z (8 hrs ago)
Electron: 7.2.4
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.4.0

[niyazpk]

I am not on insider build, so cannot check the above commit. Still happening for me with the latest update though:

Version: 1.45.1
Commit: 5763d909d5f12fe19f215cbfdd29a91c0fa9208a
Date: 2020-05-14T08:33:47.663Z (1 wk ago)
Electron: 7.2.4
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 18.7.0

[alexdmiller]

+1

Version: 1.45.1
Commit: 5763d909d5f12fe19f215cbfdd29a91c0fa9208a
Date: 2020-05-14T08:33:47.663Z (1 wk ago)
Electron: 7.2.4
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.4.0

[bpasero]

You need our insiders version to benefit from the fix: https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/

[worc]

what's the timeline for this fix to drop outside the insiders build?

[bpasero]

~1.5weeks from today.

[olegueret]

Just to mention it happened to me but with Azure Data Studio, also based on VSCode.

Their issue: https://github.com/microsoft/azuredatastudio/issues/8107

I tried uninstalling the app, download again and reinstall, but that doesn't fix it.
When it was uninstalled, the icon still appeared in the Dock (in the Recents list).

Reopening Finder doesn't work. killall Dock works tough.

I'm on Mojave 10.14.6 (18G4032)

Azure Data Studio
Version: 1.18.1
Commit: 5b3b97f4a34018f3b37b0fce30e32f2af7ad78fa
Date: 2020-05-26T21:11:42.467Z (1 wk ago)
VS Code: 1.45.0
Electron: 7.2.4
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 18.7.0

[slyang-git]

killall Dockhelps

[isidorn]

Optimistically adding verified label based on users comments with VS Code insiders

[Pixelatex]

This has just occured to me for the very first time. Only happens when I have certain plugins installed. (postgres ones)

p.s. killall Dock did indeed fix it

[alectrocute]

@bpasero For others affected with this issue in Electron, would you kindly point to the specific commit or code changed?

[bpasero]

@alectrocute the change is https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/commit/f8f0c0ec5499cf5d210b12672d71784e93d42f0d and it was basically not using any app.dock.* methods whatsoever.

[worc]

got a recent update and the issue went away for me:

Version: 1.46.0
Commit: a5d1cc28bb5da32ec67e86cc50f84c67cc690321
Date: 2020-06-10T08:59:06.977Z (1 wk ago)
Electron: 7.3.1
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 18.7.0