From b2e8f1ea6a7f69a0439c80008256a695a1336bb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ehab Younes <ehab.alyounes@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:59:04 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: show Tasks view container in Cursor when not
 authenticated

Cursor has a bug where view containers whose views are all hidden via
`when` clauses never re-appear after the context changes. Add a
placeholder login tree view so the coderTasks container always has at
least one visible view.

Fixes #838
---
 package.json     | 11 +++++++++++
 src/extension.ts | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bfe0dabf..33308f34 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@
 				}
 			],
 			"coderTasks": [
+				{
+					"id": "coder.tasksLogin",
+					"name": "Coder Tasks",
+					"icon": "media/tasks-logo.svg",
+					"when": "!coder.authenticated"
+				},
 				{
 					"type": "webview",
 					"id": "coder.tasksPanel",
@@ -225,6 +231,11 @@
 				"view": "myWorkspaces",
 				"contents": "Coder is a platform that provisions remote development environments. \n[Login](command:coder.login)",
 				"when": "!coder.authenticated && coder.loaded"
+			},
+			{
+				"view": "coder.tasksLogin",
+				"contents": "Sign in to view and manage Coder tasks.\n[Login](command:coder.login)",
+				"when": "!coder.authenticated && coder.loaded"
 			}
 		],
 		"commands": [
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 9266bf54..58c1e6b4 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,18 @@ export async function activate(ctx: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<void> {
 	// controlled by contexts, see `when` in the package.json.
 	const commands = new Commands(serviceContainer, client, deploymentManager);
 
+	// Placeholder tree view for the coderTasks container when not authenticated.
+	// Works around a Cursor bug where containers with all views hidden via `when`
+	// clauses never re-appear after the context changes.
+	ctx.subscriptions.push(
+		vscode.window.createTreeView("coder.tasksLogin", {
+			treeDataProvider: {
+				getTreeItem: () => new vscode.TreeItem(""),
+				getChildren: () => [],
+			},
+		}),
+	);
+
 	// Register Tasks webview panel with dependencies
 	const tasksPanelProvider = new TasksPanelProvider(
 		ctx.extensionUri,