vscode: `Kill Terminal` when only one terminal is open does not close the terminal panel

In the current stable, when there is only one terminal in the terminal area, clicking Kill Terminal (the trash icon) would also minimize the panel. This is no longer the case in the latest insiders:

Recording 2022-10-31 at 10 26 51

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State: closed
Created 2 years ago
Comments: 29 (20 by maintainers)

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I’d be surprised if an extension could influence this

And you’re right, I found the culprit to be https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens. Uninstalling the extension fixes the issue, re-installing it brings the issue back

mistrate on May 22, 2023

If an extension is to “blame” this issue is still our fault, the terminal panel should never show unless:

There is an active terminal, or
There is no terminal backend and the “welcome” message shows

Tyriar on May 22, 2023