I use a pickString input variable in my launch config, and since a recent vscode update, my common workflow failes. Whenever I try to abort the launch by pressing the ESC key with an opened pickString dialog, it still continues to launch passing the value ${input:runMode} to the launch command.

I use this in with the powershell extension in the script block, but it reproduces without extensions with the node-terminal launch type.

This is similar to this bug #102931

Please take a look and eventually fix or help.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

Version: 1.100.0
Commit: 19e0f9e
Date: 2025-05-07T12:48:53.763Z
Electron: 34.5.1
ElectronBuildId: 11369351
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

Steps to Reproduce:

1. create launch.json file with input item of type pickString e.g.

       "inputs": [
        {
            "type": "pickString",
            "id": "runMode",
            "description": "Choose",
            "options": [
                "item 1",
                "item 2"
            ],
        }
   
   

2. add launch entry, e.g.

   "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "myConfig",
            "type": "node-terminal",
            "request": "launch",
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
            "command": "echo ${input:runMode}",
        },
   

3. Launch myConfig
4. wait for the pickstring dropdown
5. press ESC
6. launch of myConfig continues, nevertheless no item was choosen.