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Don't show a separate notification for every package when the pub get/pub upgrade prompts trigger many invocations #5740

@reidbaker

Description

@reidbaker

Describe the bug

Screen.Recording.2025-10-07.at.1.11.38.PM.mov

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. open flutter/packages/packages in vscode
  2. click pub upgrade
  3. See a notification appear for every package as it upgrades.

Expected behavior
Any of the following design patterns

  • One notification the whole time
  • One notification the whole time with progress bar or text
  • One notification at the end
  • No notification

Please complete the following information:

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Workspace Environment
Dart Code extension: 3.120.0
Flutter extension: 3.120.0 (activated)

App: Visual Studio Code
App Host: desktop
Version: mac 1.104.3

Workspace type: Dart, Flutter (LSP)
Workspace name: packages

Dart (3.10.0-268.0.dev): /Users/reidbaker/flutter-work/bin/cache/dart-sdk
Flutter (3.37.0-1.0.pre-386): /Users/reidbaker/flutter-work (macOS (darwin/macos))

Output from 'dart info'

/Users/reidbaker/flutter-work/bin/cache/dart-sdk/bin/dart info

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General info

  • Dart 3.10.0-268.0.dev (dev) (Wed Oct 1 09:03:20 2025 -0700) on "macos_arm64"
  • on macos / Version 15.7 (Build 24G222)
  • locale is en

Process info

Memory CPU Elapsed time Command line
34 MB 0.0% 01:59 dart devtools --machine --allow-embedding --dtd-uri ws:/PJfjwGEs7JM=
12034 MB 0.0% 01:59 dart language-server --protocol=lsp --client-id=VS-Code --client-version=3.120.0
19 MB 0.0% 01:59 dart tooling-daemon --machine
79 MB 0.9% 01:59 flutter_tools.snapshot daemon
Output from 'flutter doctor'

/Users/reidbaker/flutter-work/bin/flutter doctor -v

[✓] Flutter (Channel main, 3.37.0-1.0.pre-386, on macOS 15.7 24G222 darwin-arm64, locale en) [1,032ms]
    • Flutter version 3.37.0-1.0.pre-386 on channel main at /Users/reidbaker/flutter-work
    • Upstream repository git@github.com:flutter/flutter.git
    • Framework revision de64eed980 (5 days ago), 2025-10-02 11:37:33 -0400
    • Engine revision 65aca3661b
    • Dart version 3.10.0 (build 3.10.0-268.0.dev)
    • DevTools version 2.50.0
    • Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets, omit-legacy-version-file, enable-lldb-debugging

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 36.0.0) [1,062ms]
    • Android SDK at /Users/reidbaker/Library/Android/sdk/
    • Emulator version 36.1.9.0 (build_id 13823996) (CL:N/A)
    • Platform android-36, build-tools 36.0.0
    • ANDROID_HOME = /Users/reidbaker/Library/Android/sdk/
    • Java binary at: /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk@17/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
      This JDK is specified in your Flutter configuration.
      To change the current JDK, run: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 17.0.15+0)
    • All Android licenses accepted.

[!] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 16.2) [435ms]
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Build 16C5032a
    ✗ Unable to get list of installed Simulator runtimes.
    ✗ CocoaPods not installed.
        CocoaPods is a package manager for iOS or macOS platform code.
        Without CocoaPods, plugins will not work on iOS or macOS.
        For more info, see https://flutter.dev/to/platform-plugins
      For installation instructions, see https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html#installation

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [5ms]
    • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[✓] Connected device (2 available) [5.8s]
    • macOS (desktop) • macos  • darwin-arm64   • macOS 15.7 24G222 darwin-arm64
    • Chrome (web)    • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 141.0.7390.55

[✓] Network resources [871ms]
    • All expected network resources are available.

! Doctor found issues in 1 category.

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