Merge to vs

.github/actions/.npmrc

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 registry=https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/azure-public/VisualCpp/_packaging/cpp_PublicPackages/npm/registry/
-always-auth=true
 # Disable postinstall scripts for supply chain security. Allowlist exceptions with npm trust: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v11/commands/npm-trust
 ignore-scripts=true

.github/actions/common/utils.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export const normalizeIssue = (issue: {
 	const cleanse = (str: string) => {
 		let out = str
 			.toLowerCase()
-			.replace(/<!--.*-->/gu, '')
 			.replace(/.* version: .*/gu, '')
 			.replace(/issue type: .*/gu, '')
 			.replace(/vs ?code/gu, '')
@@ -36,6 +35,12 @@ export const normalizeIssue = (issue: {
 			.replace(/\s+/gu, ' ')
 			.replace(/```[^`]*?```/gu, '');
 
+		while (
+			out.includes('<!--') &&
+			out.includes('-->') &&
+			out.indexOf('-->') > out.indexOf('<!--')) {
+			out = out.slice(0, out.indexOf('<!--')) + out.slice(out.indexOf('-->') + 3);
+		}
 		while (
 			out.includes(`<details>`) &&
 			out.includes('</details>') &&
@@ -116,9 +121,9 @@ Repo: ${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}
 
 <!-- Context:
 ${JSON.stringify(context, null, 2)
-	.replace(/<!--/gu, '<@--')
-	.replace(/-->/gu, '--@>')
-	.replace(/\/|\\/gu, 'slash-')}
+				.replace(/<!--/gu, '<@--')
+				.replace(/--!?\s*>/gu, '--@>')
+				.replace(/\/|\\/gu, 'slash-')}
 -->
 `);
 };

.github/actions/package.json

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "@octokit/rest": "^21.1.1",
     "@slack/web-api": "^6.9.1",
     "applicationinsights": "^2.5.1",
-    "axios": "^1.15.0",
+    "axios": "^1.16.0",
     "uuid": "^14.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

.github/workflows/ci_linux.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      target-ref:
+        description: Branch, tag, or SHA to test
+        required: true
+        default: main
 
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
@@ -15,3 +21,4 @@ jobs:
     with:
       runner-env: ubuntu-24.04
       platform: linux
+      checkout-ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.target-ref || github.ref }}

.github/workflows/ci_mac.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      target-ref:
+        description: Branch, tag, or SHA to test
+        required: true
+        default: main
 
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
@@ -15,4 +21,5 @@ jobs:
     with:
       runner-env: macos-15
       platform: mac
+      checkout-ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.target-ref || github.ref }}
       yarn-args: --network-timeout 100000

.github/workflows/ci_windows.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      target-ref:
+        description: Branch, tag, or SHA to test
+        required: true
+        default: main
 
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
@@ -15,3 +21,4 @@ jobs:
     with:
       runner-env: windows-2025
       platform: windows
+      checkout-ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.target-ref || github.ref }}

.github/workflows/job-compile-and-test.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ on:
         # Expects 'mac', 'linux', or 'windows'
         required: true
         type: string
+      checkout-ref:
+        required: false
+        type: string
       yarn-args:
         type: string
 
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref }}
 
       - name: Use Node.js 24
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4

Build/package/jobs_package_vsix.yml

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
   - script: mkdir $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)\vsix
     displayName: Create Staging Directory
 
-  - script: npm install --no-save --ignore-scripts=false --include=optional --force @vscode/vsce@3.7.1
+  - script: npm install --no-save --ignore-scripts=false --include=optional --force @vscode/vsce@3.9.1
     displayName: Install vsce
     workingDirectory: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)\${{ parameters.srcDir }}
 

Build/publish/jobs_publish_vsix.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         $aadToken = az account get-access-token --query accessToken --resource $(AzureGuid) -o tsv
         Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=AAD_TOKEN;issecret=true]$aadToken"
 
-  - script: npm install --no-save --ignore-scripts=false --include=optional --force @vscode/vsce@3.7.1
+  - script: npm install --no-save --ignore-scripts=false --include=optional --force @vscode/vsce@3.9.1
     displayName: Install vsce
 
   - script: npm rebuild @vscode/vsce-sign --ignore-scripts=false

Extension/.npmrc

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 registry=https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/azure-public/VisualCpp/_packaging/cpp_PublicPackages/npm/registry/
-always-auth=true
 # Disable postinstall scripts for supply chain security. Allowlist exceptions with npm trust: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v11/commands/npm-trust
 ignore-scripts=true