diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/async.ts b/src/vs/base/common/async.ts
index 0a60bfd340b3a5cebe93d1d0c5bdc91b2a5daea6..e55ddf7e9df85c0961734af97ebd7ec018af3036 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/async.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/async.ts
@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ export function always<T>(promise: Thenable<T>, callback: () => void): Promise<T
 	return Promise.resolve(promise);
 }
 
+export function ignoreErrors<T>(promise: Thenable<T>): Thenable<T | undefined> {
+	return promise.then(undefined, _ => undefined);
+}
+
 /**
  * Runs the provided list of promise factories in sequential order. The returned
  * promise will complete to an array of results from each promise.