fix: activate VS Code extension on startup and improve release workflow

Activate the extension via onStartupFinished so the instance selector
status bar appears without requiring the user to open the B2C sidebar
first. Tree views remain lazy — no network calls until the view is opened.

Improve GitHub releases: give main releases a descriptive title listing
published packages, move the VSIX exclusively to a dedicated VS Code
extension release (with changelog + install instructions), and prevent
tag collisions when the extension is the only published package.

Author: clavery

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         if: steps.release-type.outputs.type == 'stable' && steps.changesets.outputs.skip != 'true' && steps.quick-check.outputs.skip != 'true'
         run: |
-          # Determine the release tag — prefer CLI as the user-facing product
+          # Determine the release tag — prefer CLI as the user-facing product.
+          # VSX is excluded: it gets its own dedicated release to avoid tag collisions.
           if [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_cli }}" == "true" ]]; then
             RELEASE_TAG="@salesforce/b2c-cli@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_cli }}"
           elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_sdk }}" == "true" ]]; then
@@ -403,18 +404,27 @@ jobs:
             RELEASE_TAG="@salesforce/b2c-dx-mcp@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_mcp }}"
           elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_mrt }}" == "true" ]]; then
             RELEASE_TAG="@salesforce/mrt-utilities@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_mrt }}"
-          elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_vsx }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            RELEASE_TAG="b2c-vs-extension@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_vsx }}"
           elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_docs }}" == "true" ]]; then
             RELEASE_TAG="docs@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_docs }}"
           elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_plugins }}" == "true" ]]; then
             RELEASE_TAG="b2c-agent-plugins@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_plugins }}"
           else
-            echo "No packages published, skipping release"
+            echo "No non-VSX packages published, skipping main release"
             exit 0
           fi
 
-          gh release create "$RELEASE_TAG" --notes-file /tmp/release-notes.md
+          # Build a human-readable title from published package versions
+          TITLE_PARTS=()
+          [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_cli }}" == "true" ]] && TITLE_PARTS+=("b2c-cli ${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_cli }}")
+          [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_sdk }}" == "true" ]] && TITLE_PARTS+=("b2c-tooling-sdk ${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_sdk }}")
+          [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_mcp }}" == "true" ]] && TITLE_PARTS+=("b2c-dx-mcp ${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_mcp }}")
+          [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_mrt }}" == "true" ]] && TITLE_PARTS+=("mrt-utilities ${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_mrt }}")
+          [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_vsx }}" == "true" ]] && TITLE_PARTS+=("b2c-vs-extension ${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_vsx }}")
+          [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_docs }}" == "true" ]] && TITLE_PARTS+=("docs ${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_docs }}")
+          [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_plugins }}" == "true" ]] && TITLE_PARTS+=("agent-plugins ${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_plugins }}")
+          RELEASE_TITLE="Version Packages — $(IFS=', '; echo "${TITLE_PARTS[*]}")"
+
+          gh release create "$RELEASE_TAG" --title "$RELEASE_TITLE" --notes-file /tmp/release-notes.md
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -433,7 +443,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload skills to release
         if: steps.release-type.outputs.type == 'stable' && steps.changesets.outputs.skip != 'true' && steps.quick-check.outputs.skip != 'true' && steps.packages.outputs.publish_plugins == 'true'
         run: |
-          # Determine the release tag (same priority as Create GitHub Release)
+          # Determine the release tag (same priority as Create GitHub Release, excludes VSX)
           if [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_cli }}" == "true" ]]; then
             RELEASE_TAG="@salesforce/b2c-cli@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_cli }}"
           elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_sdk }}" == "true" ]]; then
@@ -442,8 +452,6 @@ jobs:
             RELEASE_TAG="@salesforce/b2c-dx-mcp@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_mcp }}"
           elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_mrt }}" == "true" ]]; then
             RELEASE_TAG="@salesforce/mrt-utilities@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_mrt }}"
-          elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_vsx }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            RELEASE_TAG="b2c-vs-extension@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_vsx }}"
           elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_docs }}" == "true" ]]; then
             RELEASE_TAG="docs@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_docs }}"
           else
@@ -454,35 +462,38 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Upload VS Code extension to release
-        if: steps.release-type.outputs.type == 'stable' && steps.packages.outputs.publish_vsx == 'true'
-        run: |
-          # Determine the release tag (same logic as Create GitHub Release)
-          if [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_cli }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            RELEASE_TAG="@salesforce/b2c-cli@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_cli }}"
-          elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_sdk }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            RELEASE_TAG="@salesforce/b2c-tooling-sdk@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_sdk }}"
-          elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_mcp }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            RELEASE_TAG="@salesforce/b2c-dx-mcp@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_mcp }}"
-          elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_mrt }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            RELEASE_TAG="@salesforce/mrt-utilities@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_mrt }}"
-          elif [[ "${{ steps.packages.outputs.publish_vsx }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            RELEASE_TAG="b2c-vs-extension@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_vsx }}"
-          else
-            echo "No release to upload to"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          gh release upload "$RELEASE_TAG" packages/b2c-vs-extension/*.vsix
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Create VS Code extension release
         if: >-
           steps.release-type.outputs.type == 'stable'
           && steps.packages.outputs.publish_vsx == 'true'
         run: |
           VSX_TAG="b2c-vs-extension@${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_vsx }}"
+          VSX_VERSION="${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_vsx }}"
+
+          # Extract extension changelog for the dedicated release
+          extract_latest() {
+            awk '
+              /^## / { if (found) exit; found=1; next }
+              found { print }
+            ' "$1"
+          }
+
+          VSX_CHANGELOG=$(extract_latest packages/b2c-vs-extension/CHANGELOG.md)
+
+          VSX_NOTES="## B2C DX VS Code Extension v${VSX_VERSION}
+
+Download the \`.vsix\` file below and install via:
+\`\`\`
+code --install-extension b2c-vs-extension-${VSX_VERSION}.vsix
+\`\`\`
+
+Or in VS Code: Extensions → ⋯ → Install from VSIX...
+
+---
+
+### Changelog
+
+${VSX_CHANGELOG}"
 
           # Create a dedicated release for the extension (not latest — main releases own that)
           # Use --clobber on upload in case a previous run partially completed
@@ -491,21 +502,10 @@ jobs:
             gh release upload "$VSX_TAG" packages/b2c-vs-extension/*.vsix --clobber
           else
             gh release create "$VSX_TAG" \
-              --title "VS Code Extension ${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_vsx }}" \
+              --title "VS Code Extension ${VSX_VERSION}" \
               --latest=false \
-              --notes "$(cat <<'NOTES'
-          ## B2C DX VS Code Extension v${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_vsx }}
-
-          Download the `.vsix` file below and install via:
-          ```
-          code --install-extension b2c-vs-extension-${{ steps.packages.outputs.version_vsx }}.vsix
-          ```
-
-          Or in VS Code: Extensions → ⋯ → Install from VSIX...
-          NOTES
-          )"
+              --notes "$VSX_NOTES"
 
-            # Upload the VSIX to the dedicated release
             gh release upload "$VSX_TAG" packages/b2c-vs-extension/*.vsix
           fi
         env:

packages/b2c-vs-extension/package.json

@@ -18,17 +18,13 @@
     "vscode": "^1.105.1"
   },
   "activationEvents": [
+    "onStartupFinished",
     "onView:b2cWebdavExplorer",
     "onView:b2cContentExplorer",
     "onFileSystem:b2c-webdav",
     "onFileSystem:b2c-content",
-    "onCommand:b2c-dx.openUI",
-    "onCommand:b2c-dx.promptAgent",
-    "onCommand:b2c-dx.listWebDav",
     "onView:b2cApiBrowser",
     "onView:b2cSandboxExplorer",
-    "onCommand:b2c-dx.scaffold.generate",
-    "onCommand:b2c-dx.cap.install",
     "onDebugResolve:b2c-script",
     "workspaceContains:**/commerce-app.json"
   ],