From 9f58704b19cd681a177042822008c34825b382a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Ignacio <brian.ignacio@espressif.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 18:28:16 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix output channel interrupt

---
 src/espIdf/serial/serialPort.ts |  8 +++++++-
 src/extension.ts                |  3 +++
 src/logger/outputChannel.ts     | 12 +++++++++---
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/espIdf/serial/serialPort.ts b/src/espIdf/serial/serialPort.ts
index c838d819c..972e03203 100644
--- a/src/espIdf/serial/serialPort.ts
+++ b/src/espIdf/serial/serialPort.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { LocDictionary } from "../../localizationDictionary";
 import { Logger } from "../../logger/logger";
 import { spawn } from "../../utils";
 import { SerialPortDetails } from "./serialPortDetails";
+import { OutputChannel } from "../../logger/outputChannel";
 
 export class SerialPort {
   public static shared(): SerialPort {
@@ -63,10 +64,15 @@ export class SerialPort {
         await this.updatePortListStatus(chosen.label, workspaceFolder);
       }
     } catch (error) {
+      const msg = error.message
+        ? error.message
+        : "Something went wrong while getting the serial port list";
       Logger.errorNotify(
-        "Something went wrong while getting the serial port list",
+        msg,
         error
       );
+      OutputChannel.appendLine(msg, "Serial port");
+      OutputChannel.appendLineAndShow(JSON.stringify(error));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 9fd3335e5..18c2e703b 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -3735,6 +3735,9 @@ const flash = (
           ) as ESP.FlashType;
         }
         await startFlashing(cancelToken, flashType, encryptPartition);
+        OutputChannel.appendLine(
+          "Flash has finished. You can monitor with ESP-IDF: Monitor your device command"
+        );
       }
     );
   });
diff --git a/src/logger/outputChannel.ts b/src/logger/outputChannel.ts
index 22e1d51b6..fb83aadf9 100644
--- a/src/logger/outputChannel.ts
+++ b/src/logger/outputChannel.ts
@@ -24,17 +24,21 @@ export class OutputChannel {
 
   public static appendLine(message: string, name?: string) {
     OutputChannel.checkInitialized();
-    if(name) {
+    if (name && this.lastTag !== name) {
+      if (this.lastTag) {
+        OutputChannel.instance.appendLine(`[/${this.lastTag}]`);
+      }
       OutputChannel.instance.appendLine(`[${name}]`);
+      this.lastTag = name;
     }
     OutputChannel.instance.appendLine(message);
   }
 
   public static append(message: string, name?: string) {
     OutputChannel.checkInitialized();
-    if(name) {
+    if (name) {
       OutputChannel.instance.appendLine(`[${name}]`);
-    } 
+    }
     OutputChannel.instance.append(message);
   }
 
@@ -58,6 +62,8 @@ export class OutputChannel {
 
   private static instance: vscode.OutputChannel;
 
+  private static lastTag: string;
+
   private static checkInitialized() {
     if (!OutputChannel.instance) {
       throw new Error(