Merge pull request #3340 from continuedev/tomasz/handle-gui-error

Handle sidebar opening problems

extensions/vscode/src/commands.ts

@@ -284,6 +284,28 @@ async function processDiff(
   }
 }
 
+function waitForSidebarReady(
+  sidebar: ContinueGUIWebviewViewProvider,
+  timeout: number,
+  interval: number,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const startTime = Date.now();
+
+    const checkReadyState = () => {
+      if (sidebar.isReady) {
+        resolve(true);
+      } else if (Date.now() - startTime >= timeout) {
+        resolve(false); // Timed out
+      } else {
+        setTimeout(checkReadyState, interval);
+      }
+    };
+
+    checkReadyState();
+  });
+}
+
 // Copy everything over from extension.ts
 const getCommandsMap: (
   ide: VsCodeIde,
@@ -437,18 +459,25 @@ const getCommandsMap: (
       // This is a temporary fix—sidebar.webviewProtocol.request is blocking
       // when the GUI hasn't yet been setup and we should instead be
       // immediately throwing an error, or returning a Result object
+
       if (!sidebar.isReady) {
         focusGUI();
-        return;
+
+        const isReady = await waitForSidebarReady(sidebar, 5000, 100);
+        if (!isReady) {
+          return;
+        }
       }
 
       const historyLength = await sidebar.webviewProtocol.request(
         "getWebviewHistoryLength",
         undefined,
+        false,
       );
       const isContinueInputFocused = await sidebar.webviewProtocol.request(
         "isContinueInputFocused",
         undefined,
+        false,
       );
 
       if (isContinueInputFocused) {
@@ -458,13 +487,15 @@ const getCommandsMap: (
           void sidebar.webviewProtocol?.request(
             "focusContinueInputWithNewSession",
             undefined,
+            false,
           );
         }
       } else {
         focusGUI();
         sidebar.webviewProtocol?.request(
           "focusContinueInputWithNewSession",
           undefined,
+          false,
         );
         void addHighlightedCodeToContext(sidebar.webviewProtocol);
       }