/** * @license * Copyright 2025 Google LLC * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 */ import { exec } from 'child_process'; import { promisify } from 'util'; import os from 'os'; import path from 'path'; const execAsync = promisify(exec); const MAX_TRAVERSAL_DEPTH = 32; /** * Fetches the parent process ID and name for a given process ID. * * @param pid The process ID to inspect. * @returns A promise that resolves to the parent's PID and name. */ async function getParentProcessInfo(pid: number): Promise<{ parentPid: number; name: string; }> { const platform = os.platform(); if (platform === 'win32') { const command = `wmic process where "ProcessId=${pid}" get Name,ParentProcessId /value`; const { stdout } = await execAsync(command); const nameMatch = stdout.match(/Name=([^\n]*)/); const processName = nameMatch ? nameMatch[1].trim() : ''; const ppidMatch = stdout.match(/ParentProcessId=(\d+)/); const parentPid = ppidMatch ? parseInt(ppidMatch[1], 10) : 0; return { parentPid, name: processName }; } else { const command = `ps -o ppid=,command= -p ${pid}`; const { stdout } = await execAsync(command); const trimmedStdout = stdout.trim(); const ppidString = trimmedStdout.split(/\s+/)[0]; const parentPid = parseInt(ppidString, 10); const fullCommand = trimmedStdout.substring(ppidString.length).trim(); const processName = path.basename(fullCommand.split(' ')[0]); return { parentPid: isNaN(parentPid) ? 1 : parentPid, name: processName }; } } /** * Traverses the process tree on Unix-like systems to find the IDE process ID. * * The strategy is to find the shell process that spawned the CLI, and then * find that shell's parent process (the IDE). To get the true IDE process, * we traverse one level higher to get the grandparent. * * @returns A promise that resolves to the numeric PID. */ async function getIdeProcessIdForUnix(): Promise { const shells = ['zsh', 'bash', 'sh', 'tcsh', 'csh', 'ksh', 'fish', 'dash']; let currentPid = process.pid; for (let i = 0; i < MAX_TRAVERSAL_DEPTH; i++) { try { const { parentPid, name } = await getParentProcessInfo(currentPid); const isShell = shells.some((shell) => name === shell); if (isShell) { // The direct parent of the shell is often a utility process (e.g. VS // Code's `ptyhost` process). To get the true IDE process, we need to // traverse one level higher to get the grandparent. try { const { parentPid: grandParentPid } = await getParentProcessInfo(parentPid); if (grandParentPid > 1) { return grandParentPid; } } catch { // Ignore if getting grandparent fails, we'll just use the parent pid. } return parentPid; } if (parentPid <= 1) { break; // Reached the root } currentPid = parentPid; } catch { // Process in chain died break; } } console.error( 'Failed to find shell process in the process tree. Falling back to top-level process, which may be inaccurate. If you see this, please file a bug via /bug.', ); return currentPid; } /** * Traverses the process tree on Windows to find the IDE process ID. * * The strategy is to find the grandchild of the root process. * * @returns A promise that resolves to the numeric PID. */ async function getIdeProcessIdForWindows(): Promise { let currentPid = process.pid; for (let i = 0; i < MAX_TRAVERSAL_DEPTH; i++) { try { const { parentPid } = await getParentProcessInfo(currentPid); if (parentPid > 0) { try { const { parentPid: grandParentPid } = await getParentProcessInfo(parentPid); if (grandParentPid === 0) { // Found grandchild of root return currentPid; } } catch { // getting grandparent failed, proceed } } if (parentPid <= 0) { break; // Reached the root } currentPid = parentPid; } catch { // Process in chain died break; } } return currentPid; } /** * Traverses up the process tree to find the process ID of the IDE. * * This function uses different strategies depending on the operating system * to identify the main application process (e.g., the main VS Code window * process). * * If the IDE process cannot be reliably identified, it will return the * top-level ancestor process ID as a fallback. * * @returns A promise that resolves to the numeric PID of the IDE process. * @throws Will throw an error if the underlying shell commands fail. */ export async function getIdeProcessId(): Promise { const platform = os.platform(); if (platform === 'win32') { return getIdeProcessIdForWindows(); } return getIdeProcessIdForUnix(); }