import { ChildProcess } from "child_process";
import * as fs from "fs";
import * as os from "os";
import * as path from "path";
import { forkModule } from "./bootstrapFork";
import { StdioIpcHandler } from "../ipc";
import { ParsedArgs } from "vs/platform/environment/common/environment";
import { LogLevel } from "vs/platform/log/common/log";
import { Emitter, Event } from "@coder/events/src";
export enum SharedProcessState {
Stopped,
Starting,
Ready,
}
export type SharedProcessEvent = {
readonly state: SharedProcessState.Ready | SharedProcessState.Starting;
} | {
readonly state: SharedProcessState.Stopped;
readonly error: string;
};
export class SharedProcess {
public readonly socketPath: string = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `.vscode-remote${Math.random().toString()}`);
private _state: SharedProcessState = SharedProcessState.Stopped;
private activeProcess: ChildProcess | undefined;
private ipcHandler: StdioIpcHandler | undefined;
private readonly onStateEmitter = new Emitter<SharedProcessEvent>();
public readonly onState = this.onStateEmitter.event;
public constructor(
private readonly userDataDir: string,
private readonly builtInExtensionsDir: string,
) {
this.restart();
public get state(): SharedProcessState {
return this._state;
public restart(): void {
if (this.activeProcess && !this.activeProcess.killed) {
this.activeProcess.kill();
const extensionsDir = path.join(this.userDataDir, "extensions");
const mkdir = (dir: string): void => {
try {
fs.mkdirSync(dir);
} catch (ex) {
if (ex.code !== "EEXIST") {
throw ex;
mkdir(this.userDataDir);
mkdir(extensionsDir);
this.setState({
state: SharedProcessState.Starting,
});
let resolved: boolean = false;
this.activeProcess = forkModule("vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain", {
VSCODE_ALLOW_IO: "true",
VSCODE_LOGS: process.env.VSCODE_LOGS,
this.activeProcess.on("exit", (err) => {
if (this._state !== SharedProcessState.Stopped) {
error: `Exited with ${err}`,
state: SharedProcessState.Stopped,
this.ipcHandler = new StdioIpcHandler(this.activeProcess);
this.ipcHandler.once("handshake:hello", () => {
const data: {
sharedIPCHandle: string;
args: ParsedArgs;
logLevel: LogLevel;
} = {
args: {
"builtin-extensions-dir": this.builtInExtensionsDir,
"user-data-dir": this.userDataDir,
"extensions-dir": extensionsDir,
} as any,
logLevel: 0,
sharedIPCHandle: this.socketPath,
this.ipcHandler!.send("handshake:hey there", "", data);
this.ipcHandler.once("handshake:im ready", () => {
resolved = true;
state: SharedProcessState.Ready,
this.activeProcess.stderr.on("data", (data) => {
if (!resolved) {
error: data.toString(),
if (!this.activeProcess) {
return;
public dispose(): void {
if (this.ipcHandler) {
this.ipcHandler.send("handshake:goodbye");
this.ipcHandler = undefined;
private setState(event: SharedProcessEvent): void {
this._state = event.state;
this.onStateEmitter.emit(event);