LS Client does not send `workDoneProgress` token for formatting about vscode-languageserver-node HOT 2 CLOSED

VS Code has no general concept for reporting work done progress (e.g. the VS Code API doesn't have the concept of a progress monitor when running format). To stay with this UI design the LSP client doesn't setup a monitor by its own.

This is outlines in the LSP spec. See

There is no specific client capability signaling whether a client will send a progress token per request. The reason for this is that this is in many clients not a static aspect and might even change for every request instance for the same request type. So the capability is signal on every request instance by the presence of a workDoneToken property.

To avoid that clients set up a progress monitor user interface before sending a request but the server doesn’t actually report any progress a server needs to signal general work done progress reporting support in the corresponding server capability. For the above find references example a server would signal such a support by setting the referencesProvider property in the server capabilities as follows:

So a server setting the property is not forcing the client to setup a monitor. It is still up to the client to decide whether it sends a monitor or not.

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Got it.

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