Add a setting

Author: MicroFish91

package.json

@@ -1373,6 +1373,11 @@
                         "description": "%azureFunctions.validateFuncCoreTools%",
                         "default": true
                     },
+                    "azureFunctions.forceEmulatorValidation": {
+                        "type": "boolean",
+                        "description": "%azureFunctions.forceEmulatorValidation%",
+                        "default": false
+                    },
                     "azureFunctions.requestTimeout": {
                         "type": "number",
                         "description": "%azureFunctions.requestTimeout%",

package.nls.json

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
     "azureFunctions.toggleAppSettingVisibility": "Toggle App Setting Visibility.",
     "azureFunctions.uninstallFuncCoreTools": "Uninstall Azure Functions Core Tools",
     "azureFunctions.validateFuncCoreTools": "Validate the Azure Functions Core Tools is installed before debugging.",
+    "azureFunctions.forceEmulatorValidation": "Force the extension to validate and set up emulator connections before debugging, even when a pre-launch task referencing an emulator is detected.",
     "azureFunctions.viewCommitInGitHub": "View Commit in GitHub",
     "azureFunctions.viewDeploymentLogs": "View Deployment Logs",
     "azureFunctions.viewProperties": "View Properties",

src/debug/validatePreDebug.ts

@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ export async function preDebugValidate(actionContext: IActionContext, debugConfi
     const preLaunchTaskName: string | undefined = debugConfig.preLaunchTask;
     const preLaunchTaskChain: string[] = preLaunchTaskName ? getPreLaunchTaskChain(getTasks(workspace), preLaunchTaskName) : [];
     const hasEmulatorTask: boolean = preLaunchTaskChain.some(label => emulatorTaskRegExp.test(label));
+    const forceEmulatorValidation: boolean = !!getWorkspaceSetting<boolean>('forceEmulatorValidation');
+    const skipEmulatorValidation: boolean = hasEmulatorTask && !forceEmulatorValidation;
     context.telemetry.properties.hasEmulatorTask = String(hasEmulatorTask);
+    context.telemetry.properties.forceEmulatorValidation = String(forceEmulatorValidation);
 
     try {
         context.telemetry.properties.lastValidateStep = 'funcInstalled';
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ export async function preDebugValidate(actionContext: IActionContext, debugConfi
                 context.telemetry.properties.lastValidateStep = 'workerRuntime';
                 await validateWorkerRuntime(context, projectLanguage, context.projectPath);
 
-                if (!hasEmulatorTask) {
+                if (!skipEmulatorValidation) {
                     switch (durableStorageType) {
                         case DurableBackend.DTS:
                             context.telemetry.properties.lastValidateStep = 'dtsConnection';
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ export async function preDebugValidate(actionContext: IActionContext, debugConfi
                     await validateAzureWebJobsStorage(context, context.projectPath);
 
                     context.telemetry.properties.lastValidateStep = 'emulatorRunning';
-                    shouldContinue = hasEmulatorTask || await validateEmulatorIsRunning(context, context.projectPath);
+                    shouldContinue = await validateEmulatorIsRunning(context, context.projectPath);
                 }
             }
         }