buffer open-url requests

related to #10340

src/main.js

@@ -132,9 +132,22 @@ app.on('open-file', function (event, path) {
 	global.macOpenFiles.push(path);
 });
 
+const openUrls = [];
+const onOpenUrl = (event, url) => {
+	event.preventDefault();
+	openUrls.push(url);
+};
+
+app.on('will-finish-launching', () => app.on('open-url', onOpenUrl));
+
+global.getOpenUrls = () => {
+	app.removeListener('open-url', onOpenUrl);
+	return openUrls;
+};
+
 // Load our code once ready
 app.once('ready', function () {
 	var nlsConfig = getNLSConfiguration();
 	process.env['VSCODE_NLS_CONFIG'] = JSON.stringify(nlsConfig);
 	require('./bootstrap-amd').bootstrap('vs/code/electron-main/main');
-});
+});
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src/vs/platform/url/electron-main/urlService.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import Event, {chain} from 'vs/base/common/event';
+import Event, {chain, mapEvent, buffer} from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import {fromEventEmitter} from 'vs/base/node/event';
 import {IURLService} from 'vs/platform/url/common/url';
 import product from 'vs/platform/product';
@@ -19,12 +19,21 @@ export class URLService implements IURLService {
 	onOpenURL: Event<URI>;
 
 	constructor() {
+		app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient(product.urlProtocol);
+
 		const rawOnOpenUrl = fromEventEmitter(app, 'open-url', (event: Electron.Event, url: string) => ({ event, url }));
 
-		this.onOpenURL = chain(rawOnOpenUrl)
-			.map(({ event, url }) => {
-				event.preventDefault();
+		// always prevent default and return the url as string
+		const onOpenUrl = mapEvent(rawOnOpenUrl, ({ event, url }) => {
+			event.preventDefault();
+			return url;
+		});
+
+		// buffer all `onOpenUrl` events until someone starts listening
+		const bufferedOnOpenUrl = buffer(onOpenUrl, true, global.getOpenUrls());
 
+		this.onOpenURL = chain(bufferedOnOpenUrl)
+			.map(url => {
 				try {
 					return URI.parse(url);
 				} catch(e) {
@@ -33,7 +42,5 @@ export class URLService implements IURLService {
 			})
 			.filter(uri => !!uri)
 			.event;
-
-		app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient(product.urlProtocol);
 	}
 }
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