Variable expansion problem with launch config/userDataDir

[shanto]

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS Windows 11:
• Extension version 2.1.6:

Describe the bug:
When a custom userDataDir is specified, variables inside the value is not expanded.

Repro steps:
Define a launch config as:

{
  "name": "EdgeBrowserInternal",
  "userDataDir": "${workspaceFolder}/.vscode/edge",
  "type": "vscode-edge-devtools.debug",
  "request": "launch",
  "webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}"
}

Expected behavior:
Edge should launch with the profile directory as specified.

Additional context:
${workspaceFolder} specified above inside userDataDir is not expanded. Edge fails to launch with a custom profile, and falls back to default profile.

[vidorteg]

This seems to be a request for the Edge team, please report it using the Feedback button in Edge.

[shanto]

This seems to be a request for the Edge team, please report it using the Feedback button in Edge.

Actually not. It is the devtools VSCode extension which is not processing variables like these and passing it as-is to msedge.exe, I have verified this from edge://version. Edge is not supposed to recognize ${workspaceFolder}. It's VSCode's job to expand it and pass the processed path to msedge.exe. For everything else ${workspaceFolder} is expanded as expected. So, the problem definitely lies within the DevTools extension.

[vidorteg]

Reopening this issue.