How to persist when-clause context in VSCode extension

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I followed the document of when clause context and added a custom when clause context.

I set a boolean context:

let start = vscode.commands.registerCommand('myExt.start', () => {
    vscode.commands.executeCommand('setContext', 'myExt.activated', true);
});

But after the VSCode restarts, even if myExt.activated is true. VSCode forget it...

"explorer/context": [
    {
        "command": "myExt.filter",
        "when": "myExt.activated"
    }
]

Not showing after VSCode restarts even if myExt.activated was true in the last time...

Also, when debugging the context with the Developer: Inspect Context Keys command, the myExt.activated is not there.

Is there any way to persist when-clause context between VSCode restarts?

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1 Answers

Since the answers appear in the comments (by @rioV8 and @Mark) I will summarize them here:

For storing persist data there are globalState and workspaceState (from the ExtensionContext).

For storing persist context we have to use globalState or workspaceState to store the state and register to * or onStartupFinished activation events and immediately call setContext with the state for the persist storage.

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