From 89ca1b69b073c91e6f713005e81df6cdff3e5352 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:45:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Initial plan


From fe94a02b618e1622fecba9d325613bc348079d41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:50:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Fix activation command ANSI output by showing summary on
 success

Co-authored-by: mtharrison <916064+mtharrison@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/extension.ts | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index fb2ba32..ba6a2a0 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
             "hapi/lab Test Runner"
           );
           context.subscriptions.push(outputChannel);
-          outputChannel.show(true);
 
           const binPath = path.join(folder.uri.fsPath, "node_modules", ".bin");
           const env = {
@@ -97,7 +96,10 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
             PATH: `${binPath}:${process.env.PATH}`,
           };
 
-          outputChannel.appendLine(`> ${activationCommand}\n`);
+          // Buffer output to show only on failure
+          let stdoutBuffer = "";
+          let stderrBuffer = "";
+          let hasError = false;
 
           const proc = spawn(activationCommand, [], {
             cwd: folder.uri.fsPath,
@@ -106,21 +108,48 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
           });
 
           proc.stdout.on("data", (data: Buffer) => {
-            outputChannel?.append(data.toString());
+            stdoutBuffer += data.toString();
           });
 
           proc.stderr.on("data", (data: Buffer) => {
-            outputChannel?.append(data.toString());
+            stderrBuffer += data.toString();
           });
 
           proc.on("error", (err) => {
+            hasError = true;
+            outputChannel?.show(true);
+            outputChannel?.appendLine(`> ${activationCommand}\n`);
+            if (stdoutBuffer) {
+              outputChannel?.append(stdoutBuffer);
+            }
+            if (stderrBuffer) {
+              outputChannel?.append(stderrBuffer);
+            }
             outputChannel?.appendLine(
               `\nActivation command failed: ${err.message}`
             );
           });
 
           proc.on("close", (code) => {
-            outputChannel?.appendLine(`\nProcess exited with code ${code}`);
+            if (code !== 0 || hasError) {
+              // Show full output on failure
+              if (!hasError) {
+                outputChannel?.show(true);
+                outputChannel?.appendLine(`> ${activationCommand}\n`);
+                if (stdoutBuffer) {
+                  outputChannel?.append(stdoutBuffer);
+                }
+                if (stderrBuffer) {
+                  outputChannel?.append(stderrBuffer);
+                }
+              }
+              outputChannel?.appendLine(`\nProcess exited with code ${code}`);
+            } else {
+              // Show success summary only
+              outputChannel?.appendLine(
+                `Activation command completed successfully`
+              );
+            }
           });
         }
       }

From ff8fb30d1109e582eb0e57d777e02dfa10c44394 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:52:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Address code review feedback: extract helper and improve
 readability

Co-authored-by: mtharrison <916064+mtharrison@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/extension.ts | 41 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index ba6a2a0..7583014 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
           let stderrBuffer = "";
           let hasError = false;
 
+          const showFailureOutput = () => {
+            outputChannel?.show(true);
+            outputChannel?.appendLine(`> ${activationCommand}\n`);
+            if (stdoutBuffer) {
+              outputChannel?.append(stdoutBuffer);
+            }
+            if (stderrBuffer) {
+              outputChannel?.append(stderrBuffer);
+            }
+          };
+
           const proc = spawn(activationCommand, [], {
             cwd: folder.uri.fsPath,
             env,
@@ -117,38 +128,24 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
 
           proc.on("error", (err) => {
             hasError = true;
-            outputChannel?.show(true);
-            outputChannel?.appendLine(`> ${activationCommand}\n`);
-            if (stdoutBuffer) {
-              outputChannel?.append(stdoutBuffer);
-            }
-            if (stderrBuffer) {
-              outputChannel?.append(stderrBuffer);
-            }
+            showFailureOutput();
             outputChannel?.appendLine(
               `\nActivation command failed: ${err.message}`
             );
           });
 
           proc.on("close", (code) => {
-            if (code !== 0 || hasError) {
-              // Show full output on failure
-              if (!hasError) {
-                outputChannel?.show(true);
-                outputChannel?.appendLine(`> ${activationCommand}\n`);
-                if (stdoutBuffer) {
-                  outputChannel?.append(stdoutBuffer);
-                }
-                if (stderrBuffer) {
-                  outputChannel?.append(stderrBuffer);
-                }
-              }
-              outputChannel?.appendLine(`\nProcess exited with code ${code}`);
-            } else {
+            if (code === 0 && !hasError) {
               // Show success summary only
               outputChannel?.appendLine(
                 `Activation command completed successfully`
               );
+            } else {
+              // Show full output on failure
+              if (!hasError) {
+                showFailureOutput();
+              }
+              outputChannel?.appendLine(`\nProcess exited with code ${code}`);
             }
           });
         }

From 93035c63c24b314b94e4a6b9c78ea451c373067c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Harrison <hi@matt-harrison.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:11:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] bug: trigger release for ANSI codes rendering fix

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>