fix(notifications): extension activation hangs if fetch fails

Problem: If notifications fail to fetch, it will retry multiple times with 30 second waits. Activation is awaiting on this though, so it may take forever to finish.
Solution: don't await on notification activation

Also, update logging statements.

packages/amazonq/src/extensionNode.ts

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ async function activateAmazonQNode(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
         ...authState,
     })
 
-    await activateNotifications(context, authState, getAuthState)
+    void activateNotifications(context, authState, getAuthState)
 }
 
 async function getAuthState(): Promise<Omit<AuthUserState, 'source'>> {

packages/core/src/extensionNode.ts

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
             ...authState,
         })
 
-        await activateNotifications(context, authState, getAuthState)
+        void activateNotifications(context, authState, getAuthState)
     } catch (error) {
         const stacktrace = (error as Error).stack?.split('\n')
         // truncate if the stacktrace is unusually long

packages/core/src/notifications/activation.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import { AuthState } from './types'
 import { getLogger } from '../shared/logger/logger'
 import { oneMinute } from '../shared/datetime'
 
+const logger = getLogger('notifications')
+
 /** Time in MS to poll for emergency notifications */
 const emergencyPollTime = oneMinute * 10
 
@@ -33,19 +35,23 @@ export async function activate(
         return
     }
 
-    const panelNode = NotificationsNode.instance
-    panelNode.registerView(context)
+    try {
+        const panelNode = NotificationsNode.instance
+        panelNode.registerView(context)
 
-    const controller = new NotificationsController(panelNode)
-    const engine = new RuleEngine(await getRuleContext(context, initialState))
+        const controller = new NotificationsController(panelNode)
+        const engine = new RuleEngine(await getRuleContext(context, initialState))
 
-    await controller.pollForStartUp(engine)
-    await controller.pollForEmergencies(engine)
+        await controller.pollForStartUp(engine)
+        await controller.pollForEmergencies(engine)
 
-    globals.clock.setInterval(async () => {
-        const ruleContext = await getRuleContext(context, await authStateFn())
-        await controller.pollForEmergencies(new RuleEngine(ruleContext))
-    }, emergencyPollTime)
+        globals.clock.setInterval(async () => {
+            const ruleContext = await getRuleContext(context, await authStateFn())
+            await controller.pollForEmergencies(new RuleEngine(ruleContext))
+        }, emergencyPollTime)
 
-    getLogger('notifications').debug('Activated in-IDE notifications polling module')
+        logger.debug('Activated in-IDE notifications polling module')
+    } catch (err) {
+        logger.error('Failed to activate in-IDE notifications module.')
+    }
 }

packages/core/src/notifications/controller.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import { FileResourceFetcher } from '../shared/resourcefetcher/fileResourceFetch
 import { isAmazonQ } from '../shared/extensionUtilities'
 import { telemetry } from '../shared/telemetry/telemetry'
 
+const logger = getLogger('notifications')
+
 /**
  * Handles fetching and maintaining the state of in-IDE notifications.
  * Notifications are constantly polled from a known endpoint and then stored in global state.
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ export class NotificationsController {
             this.readState()
             await this.fetchNotifications(category)
         } catch (err: any) {
-            getLogger('notifications').error(`Unable to fetch %s notifications: %s`, category, err)
+            logger.error(`Unable to fetch %s notifications: %s`, category, err)
         }
 
         await this.displayNotifications(ruleEngine)
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ export class NotificationsController {
      * hide all notifications.
      */
     public async dismissNotification(notificationId: string) {
-        getLogger('notifications').debug('Dismissing notification: %s', notificationId)
+        logger.debug('Dismissing notification: %s', notificationId)
         this.state.dismissed.push(notificationId)
         await this.writeState()
 
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ export class NotificationsController {
     private async fetchNotifications(category: NotificationType) {
         const response = await this.fetcher.fetch(category, this.state[category].eTag)
         if (!response.content) {
-            getLogger('notifications').verbose('No new notifications for category: %s', category)
+            logger.verbose('No new notifications for category: %s', category)
             return
         }
         // Parse the notifications
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ export class NotificationsController {
         const addedNotifications = newNotifications.filter((n: any) => !currentNotificationIds.has(n.id))
 
         if (addedNotifications.length > 0) {
-            getLogger('notifications').verbose(
+            logger.verbose(
                 'New notifications received for category %s, ids: %s',
                 category,
                 addedNotifications.map((n: any) => n.id).join(', ')
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ export class NotificationsController {
         this.state[category].eTag = response.eTag
         await this.writeState()
 
-        getLogger('notifications').verbose(
+        logger.verbose(
             "Fetched notifications JSON for category '%s' with schema version: %s. There were %d notifications.",
             category,
             this.state[category].payload?.schemaVersion,
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ export class NotificationsController {
      * Write the latest memory state to global state.
      */
     private async writeState() {
-        getLogger('notifications').debug('NotificationsController: Updating notifications state at %s', this.storageKey)
+        logger.debug('NotificationsController: Updating notifications state at %s', this.storageKey)
 
         // Clean out anything in 'dismissed' that doesn't exist anymore.
         const notifications = new Set(
@@ -239,7 +241,7 @@ function registerDismissCommand() {
                     await NotificationsController.instance.dismissNotification(notification.id)
                 })
             } else {
-                getLogger('notifications').error(`${name}: Cannot dismiss notification: item is not a vscode.TreeItem`)
+                logger.error(`${name}: Cannot dismiss notification: item is not a vscode.TreeItem`)
             }
         })
     )
@@ -277,17 +279,23 @@ export class RemoteFetcher implements NotificationFetcher {
         const fetcher = new HttpResourceFetcher(endpoint, {
             showUrl: true,
         })
-        getLogger('notifications').verbose(
-            'Attempting to fetch notifications for category: %s at endpoint: %s',
-            category,
-            endpoint
+        logger.verbose('Attempting to fetch notifications for category: %s at endpoint: %s', category, endpoint)
+
+        return withRetries(
+            async () => {
+                try {
+                    return await fetcher.getNewETagContent(versionTag)
+                } catch (err) {
+                    logger.error('Failed to fetch at endpoint: %s, err: %s', endpoint, err)
+                    throw err
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                maxRetries: RemoteFetcher.retryNumber,
+                delay: RemoteFetcher.retryIntervalMs,
+                // No exponential backoff - necessary?
+            }
         )
-
-        return withRetries(async () => await fetcher.getNewETagContent(versionTag), {
-            maxRetries: RemoteFetcher.retryNumber,
-            delay: RemoteFetcher.retryIntervalMs,
-            // No exponential backoff - necessary?
-        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -309,11 +317,7 @@ export class LocalFetcher implements NotificationFetcher {
 
     async fetch(category: NotificationType, versionTag?: string): Promise<ResourceResponse> {
         const uri = category === 'startUp' ? this.startUpLocalPath : this.emergencyLocalPath
-        getLogger('notifications').verbose(
-            'Attempting to fetch notifications locally for category: %s at path: %s',
-            category,
-            uri
-        )
+        logger.verbose('Attempting to fetch notifications locally for category: %s at path: %s', category, uri)
 
         return {
             content: await new FileResourceFetcher(globals.context.asAbsolutePath(uri)).get(),