From 22bfe725ac5ccb714288edb00f271bc7c06569c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Hedger <nicolas@hedger.ch>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:25:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: append activation timestamp to output channel
 names

---
 src/constants.ts | 10 ++++++++++
 src/logger.ts    | 11 ++++++++---
 src/session.ts   | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 67371d3..90c67e5 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import isWSL from "is-wsl";
 import { workspace } from "vscode";
 
+/**
+ * Activation timestamp
+ *
+ * This constant contains the timestamp at which the extension was activated.
+ *
+ * We use this constant to generate unique identifiers for output channels to
+ * mitigate a bug in VS Code where the output channel is not cleared.
+ */
+export const activationTimestamp = Date.now();
+
 /**
  * Whether the current platform uses musl
  */
diff --git a/src/logger.ts b/src/logger.ts
index c1ef355..79264d4 100644
--- a/src/logger.ts
+++ b/src/logger.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { LogLevel, window } from "vscode";
 import { displayName } from "../package.json";
+import { activationTimestamp } from "./constants";
 
 /**
  * Logger
@@ -11,9 +12,13 @@ import { displayName } from "../package.json";
  * logging verbosity, so only messages with the appropriate log level will be
  * displayed.
  */
-export const logger = window.createOutputChannel(displayName, {
-	log: true,
-});
+
+export const logger = window.createOutputChannel(
+	`${displayName} (${activationTimestamp})`,
+	{
+		log: true,
+	},
+);
 
 type LogArguments = Record<string, unknown>;
 
diff --git a/src/session.ts b/src/session.ts
index 91d0ecb..b578a17 100644
--- a/src/session.ts
+++ b/src/session.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ import {
 import { displayName } from "../package.json";
 import { findBiomeGlobally, findBiomeLocally } from "./binary-finder";
 import { isEnabledGlobally } from "./config";
-import { operatingMode, supportedLanguageIdentifiers } from "./constants";
+import {
+	activationTimestamp,
+	operatingMode,
+	supportedLanguageIdentifiers,
+} from "./constants";
 import { debug, error, info, error as logError, warn } from "./logger";
 import { type Project, createProjects } from "./project";
 import { state } from "./state";
@@ -294,7 +298,7 @@ const createLspLogger = (project?: Project): LogOutputChannel => {
 	// logger name, so we just use the display name of the extension.
 	if (!project?.folder) {
 		return window.createOutputChannel(
-			`${displayName} LSP (global session)`,
+			`${displayName} LSP (global session) (${activationTimestamp})`,
 			{
 				log: true,
 			},
@@ -309,9 +313,12 @@ const createLspLogger = (project?: Project): LogOutputChannel => {
 		operatingMode === "multi-root" ? `${project.folder.name}::` : "";
 	const path = subtractURI(project.path, project.folder.uri).fsPath;
 
-	return window.createOutputChannel(`${displayName} LSP (${prefix}${path})`, {
-		log: true,
-	});
+	return window.createOutputChannel(
+		`${displayName} LSP (${prefix}${path}) (${activationTimestamp})`,
+		{
+			log: true,
+		},
+	);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -323,7 +330,7 @@ const createLspTraceLogger = (project?: Project): LogOutputChannel => {
 	// logger name, so we just use the display name of the extension.
 	if (!project?.folder) {
 		return window.createOutputChannel(
-			`${displayName} LSP trace (global session)`,
+			`${displayName} LSP trace (global session) (${activationTimestamp})`,
 			{
 				log: true,
 			},
@@ -339,7 +346,7 @@ const createLspTraceLogger = (project?: Project): LogOutputChannel => {
 	const path = subtractURI(project.path, project.folder.uri).fsPath;
 
 	return window.createOutputChannel(
-		`${displayName} LSP trace (${prefix}${path})`,
+		`${displayName} LSP trace (${prefix}${path}) (${activationTimestamp})`,
 		{
 			log: true,
 		},

From 58cde73ca103075f809e693efbb764b4cb3ae693 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Hedger <nicolas@hedger.ch>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:29:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add issue link

---
 src/constants.ts | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 90c67e5..eddc4a5 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { workspace } from "vscode";
  *
  * We use this constant to generate unique identifiers for output channels to
  * mitigate a bug in VS Code where the output channel is not cleared.
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/204946
  */
 export const activationTimestamp = Date.now();