show UI before server loads with welcome msg

2 files changed, 25 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/extension/src/activation/activate.ts b/extension/src/activation/activate.ts
index 05589d92..cd8f0cf3 100644
--- a/extension/src/activation/activate.ts
+++ b/extension/src/activation/activate.ts
@@ -24,20 +24,6 @@ export async function activateExtension(
   registerAllCodeLensProviders(context);
   registerAllCommands(context);
 
-  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    vscode.window.withProgress(
-      {
-        location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification,
-        title:
-          "Starting Continue Server... (it may take a minute to download Python packages)",
-        cancellable: false,
-      },
-      async (progress, token) => {
-        await startContinuePythonServer();
-        resolve(null);
-      }
-    );
-  });
   const serverUrl = getContinueServerUrl();
 
   ideProtocolClient = new IdeProtocolClient(
@@ -47,8 +33,8 @@ export async function activateExtension(
 
   // Setup the left panel
   (async () => {
-    const sessionId = await ideProtocolClient.getSessionId();
-    const provider = new ContinueGUIWebviewViewProvider(sessionId);
+    const sessionIdPromise = ideProtocolClient.getSessionId();
+    const provider = new ContinueGUIWebviewViewProvider(sessionIdPromise);
 
     context.subscriptions.push(
       vscode.window.registerWebviewViewProvider(
@@ -61,6 +47,20 @@ export async function activateExtension(
     );
   })();
 
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    vscode.window.withProgress(
+      {
+        location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification,
+        title:
+          "Starting Continue Server... (it may take a minute to download Python packages)",
+        cancellable: false,
+      },
+      async (progress, token) => {
+        await startContinuePythonServer();
+        resolve(null);
+      }
+    );
+  });
   // All opened terminals should be replaced by our own terminal
   // vscode.window.onDidOpenTerminal((terminal) => {});
 
diff --git a/extension/src/debugPanel.ts b/extension/src/debugPanel.ts
index b0db590a..79719a3b 100644
--- a/extension/src/debugPanel.ts
+++ b/extension/src/debugPanel.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ let streamManager = new StreamManager();
 export let debugPanelWebview: vscode.Webview | undefined;
 export function setupDebugPanel(
   panel: vscode.WebviewPanel | vscode.WebviewView,
-  sessionId: string
+  sessionIdPromise: Promise<string>
 ): string {
   debugPanelWebview = panel.webview;
   panel.onDidDispose(() => {
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ export function setupDebugPanel(
   panel.webview.onDidReceiveMessage(async (data) => {
     switch (data.type) {
       case "onLoad": {
+        const sessionId = await sessionIdPromise;
         panel.webview.postMessage({
           type: "onLoad",
           vscMachineId: vscode.env.machineId,
@@ -334,10 +335,10 @@ export class ContinueGUIWebviewViewProvider
   implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider
 {
   public static readonly viewType = "continue.continueGUIView";
-  private readonly sessionId: string;
+  private readonly sessionIdPromise: Promise<string>;
 
-  constructor(sessionId: string) {
-    this.sessionId = sessionId;
+  constructor(sessionIdPromise: Promise<string>) {
+    this.sessionIdPromise = sessionIdPromise;
   }
 
   resolveWebviewView(
@@ -345,6 +346,9 @@ export class ContinueGUIWebviewViewProvider
     _context: vscode.WebviewViewResolveContext,
     _token: vscode.CancellationToken
   ): void | Thenable<void> {
-    webviewView.webview.html = setupDebugPanel(webviewView, this.sessionId);
+    webviewView.webview.html = setupDebugPanel(
+      webviewView,
+      this.sessionIdPromise
+    );
   }
 }