From 7b5cf12dc9efe47388d792b254b3fb8ec77d4b44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darlington Ogbuefi <ogbuefidarlington@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:05:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add setting to disable incessant PowerShell Extension
 Terminal Stopped notifications

---
 package.json   | 5 +++++
 src/session.ts | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f65cde26af..e53fa92ecf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1043,6 +1043,11 @@
             "default": false,
             "markdownDescription": "Do not show the startup banner in the PowerShell Extension Terminal."
           },
+          "powershell.showTerminalStoppedNotification": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": true,
+            "markdownDescription": "Show a notification when the PowerShell Extension terminal has stopped."
+          },
           "powershell.integratedConsole.showOnStartup": {
             "type": "boolean",
             "default": true,
diff --git a/src/session.ts b/src/session.ts
index b5b201a601..b774e048f3 100644
--- a/src/session.ts
+++ b/src/session.ts
@@ -1158,6 +1158,15 @@ Type 'help' to get help.
     }
 
     private async promptForRestart(): Promise<void> {
+        // Check user configuration before showing notification
+        const showNotifications = vscode.workspace
+            .getConfiguration("powershell")
+            .get<boolean>("showTerminalStoppedNotification", true);
+
+        if (!showNotifications) {
+            // User opted out — silently skip the notification
+            return;
+        }
         await this.logger.writeAndShowErrorWithActions(
             "The PowerShell Extension Terminal has stopped, would you like to restart it? IntelliSense and other features will not work without it!",
             [

From cb1c05b698c51a9aed18a6c5ad5600e3e03dbe81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Jordan <2226434+andyleejordan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 11:07:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Improve PowerShell Extension termination experience

We can now suppress the LSP library's duplicate notification,
and we provide a promptable action to suppress our own.
---
 package.json   |  6 +++---
 src/session.ts | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e53fa92ecf..015eaedcd2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1043,10 +1043,10 @@
             "default": false,
             "markdownDescription": "Do not show the startup banner in the PowerShell Extension Terminal."
           },
-          "powershell.showTerminalStoppedNotification": {
+          "powershell.suppressTerminalStoppedNotification": {
             "type": "boolean",
-            "default": true,
-            "markdownDescription": "Show a notification when the PowerShell Extension terminal has stopped."
+            "default": false,
+            "markdownDescription": "Do not show a notification when the PowerShell Extension Terminal has stopped."
           },
           "powershell.integratedConsole.showOnStartup": {
             "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/src/session.ts b/src/session.ts
index b774e048f3..2908f6d27f 100644
--- a/src/session.ts
+++ b/src/session.ts
@@ -980,7 +980,8 @@ export class SessionManager implements Middleware {
                     return {
                         action: CloseAction.DoNotRestart,
                         message:
-                            "Connection to PowerShell Editor Services (the Extension Terminal) was closed. See below prompt to restart!",
+                            "Connection to PowerShell Editor Services (the Extension Terminal) was closed.",
+                        handled: true,
                     };
                 },
             },
@@ -1159,14 +1160,15 @@ Type 'help' to get help.
 
     private async promptForRestart(): Promise<void> {
         // Check user configuration before showing notification
-        const showNotifications = vscode.workspace
-            .getConfiguration("powershell")
-            .get<boolean>("showTerminalStoppedNotification", true);
+        const suppressNotification =
+            vscode.workspace
+                .getConfiguration("powershell")
+                .get<boolean>("suppressTerminalStoppedNotification") ?? false;
 
-        if (!showNotifications) {
-            // User opted out — silently skip the notification
+        if (suppressNotification) {
             return;
         }
+
         await this.logger.writeAndShowErrorWithActions(
             "The PowerShell Extension Terminal has stopped, would you like to restart it? IntelliSense and other features will not work without it!",
             [
@@ -1180,6 +1182,17 @@ Type 'help' to get help.
                     prompt: "No",
                     action: undefined,
                 },
+                {
+                    prompt: "Don't Show Again",
+                    action: async (): Promise<void> => {
+                        await changeSetting(
+                            "suppressTerminalStoppedNotification",
+                            true,
+                            true,
+                            this.logger,
+                        );
+                    },
+                },
             ],
         );
     }