Does not load profile

[o-l-a-v]

Prerequisites

• I have written a descriptive issue title.
• I have searched all open and closed issues to ensure it has not already been reported.
• I have read the troubleshooting guide.
• I am sure this issue is with the extension itself and does not reproduce in a standalone PowerShell instance.
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Summary

Environment:

• Windows 11 24H2 x64 26100.4652
• VSCode v1.102.3 x64 user install
• PowerShell v7.5.2 installed with Scoop
  • https://github.com/o-l-a-v/scoop-bucket/blob/master/bucket/pwsh75.json
• Tried with vscode-powershell stable v2025.2.0 and preview v2025.3.1
• VSCode user settings.json contains "powershell.enableProfileLoading": true
• profile.ps1 located in $PROFILE.CurrentUserAllHosts / %USERPROFILE%\Documents\profile.ps1

My very minimal VSCode config, just installed this OS:

{
  "githubPullRequests.createOnPublishBranch": "never",
  "powershell.enableProfileLoading": true,
  "powershell.integratedConsole.showOnStartup": false,
  "powershell.integratedConsole.suppressStartupBanner": true,
  "powershell.powerShellAdditionalExePaths": {
    "7.5": "C:\\Users\\olavb\\scoop\\apps\\pwsh75\\current\\pwsh.exe"
  },
  "powershell.powerShellDefaultVersion": "7.5",
  "workbench.startupEditor": "none"
}

Observations:

• Profile loads when opening pwsh.exe v7.5.2, pwsh.exe v7.4.11, and Windows Terminal.

With trace output I can see the following for the PowerShell extension:

2025-08-01 13:34:36.806 [info] Restarting session...
2025-08-01 13:34:36.806 [debug] Session status changing from 'Running' to 'Stopping'.
2025-08-01 13:34:36.814 [debug] Disposing PowerShell process with PID: 19368
2025-08-01 13:34:36.815 [debug] Session status changing from 'Stopping' to 'Not Started'.
2025-08-01 13:34:36.815 [debug] Session status changing from 'Not Started' to 'Starting'.
2025-08-01 13:34:36.832 [debug] Finding PowerShell...
2025-08-01 13:34:36.857 [debug] Session status changing from 'Starting' to 'Starting'.
2025-08-01 13:34:36.857 [info] Starting '7.5' at: C:\Users\olavb\scoop\apps\pwsh75\current\pwsh.exe
2025-08-01 13:34:36.857 [debug] Starting process: C:\Users\olavb\scoop\apps\pwsh75\current\pwsh.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command Import-Module 'c:\Users\olavb\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2025.2.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\PowerShellEditorServices.psd1'; Start-EditorServices -HostName 'Visual Studio Code Host' -HostProfileId 'Microsoft.VSCode' -HostVersion '2025.2.0' -BundledModulesPath 'c:\Users\olavb\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2025.2.0\modules' -EnableConsoleRepl -StartupBanner '' -LogLevel 'Warning' -LogPath 'c:\Users\olavb\AppData\Roaming\Code\logs\20250801T133241\window1\exthost\ms-vscode.powershell' -SessionDetailsPath 'c:\Users\olavb\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage\ms-vscode.powershell\sessions\PSES-VSCode-8344-769411.json' -FeatureFlags @() 
2025-08-01 13:34:37.077 [info] PowerShell process started with PID: 20252
2025-08-01 13:34:37.077 [debug] Waiting for session file: file:///c%3A/Users/olavb/AppData/Roaming/Code/User/globalStorage/ms-vscode.powershell/sessions/PSES-VSCode-8344-769411.json
2025-08-01 13:34:37.493 [debug] Session file found.
2025-08-01 13:34:37.498 [debug] Session details: {
  "status": "started",
  "languageServiceTransport": "NamedPipe",
  "languageServicePipeName": "\\\\.\\pipe\\PSES_2amnokd3.004",
  "debugServiceTransport": "NamedPipe",
  "debugServicePipeName": "\\\\.\\pipe\\PSES_eqgbuk0y.cke",
  "powerShellVersion": "7.5.2"
}
2025-08-01 13:34:37.498 [debug] Connecting to language service...
2025-08-01 13:34:37.503 [debug] Language service connected.
2025-08-01 13:34:38.638 [trace] [PSES] OmniSharp.Extensions.LanguageServer.Server.Configuration.DidChangeConfigurationProvider: No ConfigurationItems have been defined, configuration won't surface any configuration from the client! | 
2025-08-01 13:34:38.668 [info] Started PowerShell v7.5.2.
2025-08-01 13:34:38.668 [debug] Session status changing from 'Starting' to 'Running'.
2025-08-01 13:34:38.668 [debug] Environment variable 'POWERSHELL_UPDATECHECK' was 'Off'.

I see a -NoProfile in there.

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[o-l-a-v]

Never mind. I had some logic to check for non-interactive session in my profile. It exited.

if (
    [Environment]::GetCommandLineArgs().Where{
        $_.StartsWith('-c', [System.StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase) -or
        $_.StartsWith('-f', [System.StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase) -or
        $_.StartsWith('-noni', [System.StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase) -or
        $_.StartsWith('-v', [System.StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase)
    }.'Count' -gt 0
) {
    Exit 0
}

I'll figure out how I done goofed and post back.

[o-l-a-v]

"Solved" it by also checking whether host is VSCode.

if (
    -not $Host.'Name'.Equals('Visual Studio Code Host') -and
    [Environment]::GetCommandLineArgs().Where{
        $_.StartsWith('-c', [System.StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase) -or
        $_.StartsWith('-f', [System.StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase) -or
        $_.StartsWith('-noni', [System.StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase) -or
        $_.StartsWith('-v', [System.StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase)
    }.'Count' -gt 0
) {
    Exit 0
}

[andyleejordan]

One of the args it starts with is -Command to load PSES, so it's triggering on the -c just for reference.