nRF Connect for VS Code commands are not found after restarting VS Code

[Gene Roylance]

I have been using VS Code and nRF Connect extensions for over 1 year.  I run on a Mac Mini computer with Apple M2 processor.  I recently updated the macOS to Sequoia Version 15.1.1.  However, this specific problem began when I updated VS Code to version 1.96.  Here is the information about the current version I am running:

Version: 1.96.1 (Universal)
Commit: 42b266171e51a016313f47d0c48aca9295b9cbb2
Date: 2024-12-17T17:50:05.206Z
Electron: 32.2.6
ElectronBuildId: 10629634
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.1.0

Here is what I see.  After starting up the VS Code, I switch to the NRF CONNECT extension.  I see the tabs on the left side completely blank.  Here is a snapshot of what I see:

I try clicking on the Generate Support Icon, and I get an error that this command is not found.

I can get past this error with the following steps:

1.  Remove all the build directories from the Folder that I have open

2.  Close down VS Code completely

3.  Start VS Code again

After doing these steps, I get back to having access to NRF CONNECT commands.

[Simonr]

Hi

I hope you have had a good holiday season as well. Have you tried the newer versions of the nRF Connect SDK (v2.8.0 or 2.9.0) to see if that also shows the same issue when using sysbuild? I recall there were some issues with sysbuild in NCS 2.7.0, and that it was much more stable as of NCS 2.8.0. 

Best regards,

Simon