fix: An error occurred while loading view: continue.continueGUIView

[smmzyl]

Before Submitting

• I believe this is a bug.
• I couldn't find any open issue describing the same problem.
• I’ve reviewed the troubleshooting guide on the Continue Docs.

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Environment

• OS: Windows 10
• Continue: VS Code Extension
• VS Code Version: 1.99.2

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Description

After pulling the project and building it locally, running the extension in VS Code results in the following error when loading the GUI: An error occurred while loading view: continue.continueGUIView

Root Cause

The issue is caused by the webview property not being set on the webview protocol object. This prevents communication between the extension backend and the Webview, resulting in the GUI failing to initialize and throwing the error.

Reproduction Notes

This bug occurs only the first time the view is initialized. Once the Webview communication has been successfully established, VS Code caches the state.

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Suggested Fix

Ensure that the webview instance is correctly assigned to the protocol object during initialization so that communication can be established reliably on first load.

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[smmzyl]

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[smmzyl]

@RomneyDa When can the PR be merged into the master? Thanks for your hard work.

[sestinj]

@smmzyl Thanks for the PR and for sending the CLA message. Can you send the exact message that is given please? Without this the bot won't let us merge.

You should copy and paste exactly this: "I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA"

[RomneyDa]

@smmzyl looking to merge this but this test is failing persistently. Can you pull main and repush?

EDIT did this

[RomneyDa]

@sestinj passing to you since I now have a commit on it

[RomneyDa]

@smmzyl noticed the conversation got locked somehow, unlocked

[sestinj]

:tada: This PR is included in version 1.1.0 :tada:

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