Npm Script Explorer tries to execute the labels of a task instead of the script

[daniel-schulz]

• VSCode Version: 1.36.0, 1.36.1
• OS Version: Windows 10 Pro 1809 (build 17763.437)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Setup any task in the package.json.
2. Create a task of type NPM with any label different form the script name.
3. Try to run that task via NPM SCRIPTS
4. It seems like VSCode is trying to execute the label instead of the script.
   BTW: Executing the task in the command panel works fine:
   

I've also recorded the issue see video in the zip file:
video_vscode_npm_scipt_bug.zip

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[vscodebot]

(Experimental duplicate detection)
Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Stop script in NPM Script Explorer (#49738)
• Newly created npm scripts are not picked up by the explorer (#48544)
• Pin task in the npm script explorer (#73786)
• Can't execute task inside VS Code after VS Code update (#73817)

[daniel-schulz]

Just installed the new release.
Issue still available in 1.36.1.

[daniel-schulz]

(Experimental duplicate detection)
Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Stop script in NPM Script Explorer (#49738)
• Newly created npm scripts are not picked up by the explorer (#48544)
• Pin task in the npm script explorer (#73786)
• Can't execute task inside VS Code after VS Code update (#73817)

These are no duplicates of this problem.

[daniel-schulz]

Does no one have the same problem or do I something wrong?
Is it maybe not intended to use task.json together with package.json (npm scripts)?

[egamma]

@daniel-schulz not clear what your exact scenario is, but if you just want to run a script from the package.json, then you do not need to define tasks. Can you just delete your 'tasks.json' file and try to run the scripts from the NPM Script Explorer directly.

If this doesn't do what you want, then please provide a package.json and tasks.json file so that we can easily reproduce the problem.

[daniel-schulz]

@egamma Thank you for the reply. I want to use the tasks.json to provide readable labels for my NPM scripts from the package.json.

I've attached a simple workspace with example package.json and tasks.json files.
npm-scripts-issue.zip

[egamma]

Thanks for the repro, the issue is confirmed.

The code had a check that the script name exists in the package.json, which doesn't work when the task is defined in the tasks.json. I've removed this guard.

[daniel-schulz]

Thank you very much @egamma.