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 PowerShell Editor Services itself and does not reproduce in a standalone PowerShell instance, and is not an issue with my editor.
• I have verified that I am using the latest version of PowerShell Editor Services.
• If this is a security issue, I have read the security issue reporting guidance.

Summary

I ran into this issue when my VSCode debugger broke after an VSCode update. After some troubleshooting I discovered that the issue originates from PowerShellEditorServices. When starting Editor services, the console hangs on a never ending blinking cursor.

PowerShell Version

Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 7.4.7
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.4.7
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0

Editor Version

VSCode 1.96.0, but also a "normal" terminal

PowerShell Editor Services Version

Unknown, cannot fetch information from $pseditor.
ModuleType Version PreRelease Name ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---------- ---- ----------------
Manifest 7.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Management {Add-Content, Clear-Content, Clear-Item, Clear-ItemProp...
Binary 4.2.0 PowerShellEditorServices Start-EditorServices
Script 2.3.6 PSReadLine {Get-PSReadLineKeyHandler, Get-PSReadLineOption, Remove...

Steps to Reproduce

Import-Module "C:\Users{username}.vscode\ms-vscode.powershell-202500\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\PowerShellEditorServices.psd1"

start-EditorServices

Visuals

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Logs

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