[Tasks.json] The specified task cannot be tracked

[mxdh]

Type: Debugger

Describe the bug

• OS and Version:Win10 1809
• VS Code Version:1.29.1
• C/C++ Extension Version:0.20.1
• Other extensions you installed (and if the issue persists after disabling them):Problem persists after disabling all (and leaving C/C++)：
  Code Runner
  cppcheck
  Include Autocomplete
  Markdown All in One
  Pascal
  vscode-luogu

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Sorry,my English is not good.

After I updated the VSCode and the OS,when I run the debugger, it throws this exception:

Additional context
my launch.json:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "(Windows) Launch",
            "type": "cppvsdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "cmd",
            "args": [
                "/c",
                "${file}/../${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
                "&echo.",
                "&pause"
            ],
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "environment": [],
            "externalConsole": true,
            "preLaunchTask": "gcc",
        },
        {
            "name": "(gdb) Launch",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${file}/../${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe",
            "args": [],
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "environment": [],
            "externalConsole": true,
            "MIMode": "gdb",
            "miDebuggerPath": "D:/Compiler/MinGW/bin/gdb.exe",
            "preLaunchTask": "gccdbg",
            "setupCommands": [
                {
                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                    "ignoreFailures": true
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

my task.json:

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "gccdbg",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "gcc",
            "args": [
                "-std=c++98",
                "-g",
                "-Wall",
                "-Wextra",
                "-v",
                "-H",
                "${relativeFile}",
                "-o",
                "${relativeFile}/../${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
            ],
            "problemMatcher": {
                "owner": "cpp",
                "fileLocation": [
                    "relative",
                    "${workspaceRoot}"
                ],
                "pattern": {
                    "regexp": "^(.*):(\\d+):(\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$",
                    "file": 1,
                    "line": 2,
                    "column": 3,
                    "severity": 4,
                    "message": 5
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "label": "gcc",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "gcc",
            "args": [
                "-std=c++98",
                "-Wall",
                "-Wextra",
                "${relativeFile}",
                "-o",
                "${relativeFile}/../${fileBasenameNoExtension}.exe"
            ],
            "problemMatcher": {
                "owner": "cpp",
                "fileLocation": [
                    "relative",
                    "${workspaceRoot}"
                ],
                "pattern": {
                    "regexp": "^(.*):(\\d+):(\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$",
                    "file": 1,
                    "line": 2,
                    "column": 3,
                    "severity": 4,
                    "message": 5
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

[bytemain]

I have succeeded with this link.
VS Code 搭建 C/C++ 编译运行环境的三种方案

[pieandcakes]

This seems like an issue with your task and not debugging. Can you try and run your task from the Command field in VS Code and see if it runs successfully by itself?

[mxdh]

@pieandcakes This problem has appeared since I updated the VSCode and the OS

[pieandcakes]

@a2757326588 Tasks.json is not managed by the extension, but by VS Code itself. Their issues page can be found here. I think they will ask you the same questions though to determine what is causing the problem.

[mxdh]

@pieandcakes They told me that this issue caused by the extension.
microsoft/vscode#63705

[pieandcakes]

I commented on that thread to get more information.

cc: @WardenGnaw

[mxdh]

Thank you.
This problem has been fixed.