Surface Custom Step Types as a third category under each cartridge in the Cartridges explorer, alongside Hooks and Job Steps. (Thanks @clavery!)
- Custom step types are parsed from any
steptypes.json under the cartridge (both script-module-step and chunk-script-module-step categories are supported, and the legacy flat-array shape is tolerated). - Clicking a step type opens its module implementation (the
.js file referenced by the module field) — resolving across sibling cartridges when the module lives in a different cartridge from where it's registered. - Right-click → Show Step Type Definition jumps to the
@type-id line inside steptypes.json for the alternate navigation target. - Nodes for step types whose module cannot be resolved on disk fall back to opening the JSON definition, so the click always does something useful. #565
Add B2C-DX Analytics (CIP/CCAC) feature to the VS Code extension. Surfaces three webview panels: (Thanks @clavery!)
- Query Builder — visual SELECT/FROM/WHERE/ORDER BY/LIMIT composer with raw-SQL toggle and a workspace-scoped Saved Queries library tagged per tenant.
- Tables Browser — schema explorer for the active CIP warehouse tenant.
- Curated Reports — parameter forms for every
cip report … command with date pickers, validation, sortable result grid, and CSV/JSON export.
Adds multi-realm management (group, add, edit, switch, remove) so a single workspace can target multiple tenants. CIP commands now route through registerSafeCommand so SafetyGuard policies are enforced and a cipAnalytics feature category is recorded by usage telemetry. The shared webview stylesheet is copied into dist/cip-analytics/ at build time so the packaged extension no longer reaches into src/ for runtime assets. #565
The extension no longer activates on every VS Code startup. It now activates on demand when you open a B2C Commerce workspace (detected via dw.json, .project, cartridge/*.properties, or commerce-app.json), open a B2C view, or run a B2C command — reducing startup overhead in unrelated projects. (Thanks @clavery!)
Adds an opt-in b2c-dx.features.sandboxFilesystem setting (default off) that automatically mounts the active instance's WebDAV filesystem as a workspace folder. #559
Improve ISML diagnostics and hover help: (Thanks @clavery!)
- Add four diagnostics that catch common structural mistakes:
<iselse>/<iselseif> outside an <isif>, <isbreak>/<isnext>/<iscontinue> outside an <isloop>, <isreplace> outside an <isdecorate>, and <isprint> setting both style and formatter. - The
encoding="off" output-escaping warning (stored-XSS risk) is now on by default and fires for every tag with an encoding attribute (previously it was opt-in and only checked a subset of tags). Silence it per line with <iscomment> b2c-dx-disable-next-line encoding-off </iscomment> or globally via b2c-dx.isml.diagnostics.disabledRules. - Correct and expand tag hover text (fixes an inaccurate
<isscript> tip, documents <isloop> status properties, <isprint> style/formatter, and <iscontent> placement). #565
Add ISML document formatting and expand ISML diagnostics. (Thanks @clavery!)
Formatting. ISML files now support Format Document and Format Selection, powered by the same engine as VS Code's built-in HTML formatter (vscode-html-languageservice). <isscript> bodies and ${...} expressions are preserved verbatim, and void ISML tags are normalized to <isxxx/>. Configurable via b2c-dx.isml.format.* and gated by b2c-dx.features.ismlFormatting.
Diagnostics. Added required-attribute checks (e.g. <isif> needs condition, <isloop> needs an iterator and an alias, <isinclude> needs template or url) and an opt-in encoding="off" output-escaping warning. Every diagnostic now carries a stable rule code shown in the Problems panel.
Suppression & configuration. Individual lines can be suppressed inline with an ISML comment directive — <iscomment> b2c-dx-disable-next-line <code> </iscomment> (or b2c-dx-disable-line, or no code to suppress all rules on the line) — offered as a quick fix on any diagnostic. Rules can be disabled project-wide via b2c-dx.isml.diagnostics.disabledRules (the encoding-off warning is disabled by default). #565
Highlight ISML tags (<isif>, <isloop>, <isprint>, <isscript>, etc.) distinctly from plain HTML tags so ISML directives are easier to spot at a glance. Controlled by the b2c-dx.isml.highlightTags setting (on by default); disable it to render ISML tags in the normal HTML tag color. The color follows the active theme and never modifies your settings. #565
Add ISML language support in the VS Code extension, including .isml file association, grammar and snippets, auto-close and linked editing for tags, diagnostics and quick fixes, symbols/folding/hover, semantic completions (Resource.msg, URLUtils, res.render, require), and template path links/definitions/references across cartridges. #565
Consolidate the B2C Operations (Jobs) experience into the primary B2C-DX sidebar based on review feedback: (Thanks @clavery!)
- Single Job History view under the existing
b2c-dx container (collapsed by default). The standalone "B2C-DX Operations" sidebar and the React-based Job History table webview have been removed — all controls now live in the tree's title bar. - No fetch on activation. The view shows a load hint until you press Refresh (or enable the new Auto-Refresh toggle). A new
b2c-dx.jobs.autoRefresh setting (off by default) and a title-bar toggle control opt-in polling. - Chronological-first root view. Job History now defaults to a BM-style flat timeline of recent executions, with a title-bar toggle to switch to the previous "group by job" view. New
b2c-dx.jobs.defaultGrouping setting controls the default. - Default status filter is
all, fixing the empty-view-on-first-load defect (previously required clicking the filter before anything appeared). - Inline name filter in the title bar (BM-style job-name search).
- Open in Business Manager deep-links directly to Administration › Operations › Jobs instead of the BM landing page.
- Job Definitions view removed. Its useful action — Create Job Scaffold — moves to a right-click on a cartridge in the Cartridges explorer.
- Cartridges explorer broadened to expand each cartridge into Hooks and Job Steps child nodes (parsed from
hooks.json and cartridge/scripts/jobsteps/). Click a file to open it. #565
Add a B2C Operations (Jobs) experience to the VS Code extension: (Thanks @clavery!)
- Job History — view execution history from the connected instance, including jobs that are currently running (shown live with a spinner and auto-refresh), with a table to search, filter (status, job, user, date, time presets), sort, and export runs to CSV/JSON. Each run has inline actions to open its log, view details, and re-run.
- Job Definitions — view the jobs (
jobs.xml) and custom step types (steptypes.json) defined in your workspace cartridges, with actions to run, deploy, and open the source files. - Run / Re-run — trigger a job (optionally with parameters), poll it to completion, and open its log automatically. Re-run reuses the original execution's parameters.
- Create Job Scaffold — generate a custom job step script, its
steptypes.json registration, and a matching jobs.xml that references the registered custom.* step type. - Deploy Job Definition — deploy a
jobs.xml to register the job in Business Manager.
System (sfcc-*) jobs are distinguished from custom jobs, and actions that don't apply to them are disabled with an explanation. #565
Add XSD-based validation, autocomplete, and hover docs for B2C metadata XML files, backed by ~50 bundled schemas (catalogs, promotions, jobs, services, A/B tests, page-meta-tags, sorting rules, source codes, content libraries, event routing, and more). (Thanks @clavery!)
Namespace-based association. Validation is matched by the document's declared XML namespace, not by filename or folder layout, so a metadata file validates against the correct schema wherever it lives — in a canonical site-archive (sites/<id>/…), an exploded metadata/ workspace, or anywhere else. The extension ships an XML catalog and registers it with the Red Hat XML language server at runtime; no changes are written to your settings.json.
Optional companion extension. Validation is powered by the Red Hat XML extension (redhat.vscode-xml), a soft dependency — it is not force-installed and no Java runtime is required. When you open a B2C metadata XML file, the extension offers to install it (with a "Don't ask again" option); until then the extension is unaffected. You can trigger setup any time via the B2C DX: Set Up Metadata XML Validation command, and disable the whole feature with the b2c-dx.features.xmlValidation setting. Teams whose policies block third-party extensions can simply decline the prompt. #565
Fix the VS Code extension failing to activate when ISML support is enabled. The src/isml/scanner.ts module loaded vscode-html-languageservice via runtime require() calls that esbuild left unbundled. Because the VSIX is packaged with vsce --no-dependencies, the deep submodule paths could not be resolved at runtime and activation crashed silently — no "B2C DX" output channel, no instance selector, no commands. Switched to direct ESM imports so esbuild inlines the scanner code into the bundle. #565
Harden ISML language support: (Thanks @clavery!)
- Treat
<isslot>, <ismodule>, and <iscomponent> as empty (self-closing) elements, so auto-close no longer inserts invalid closing tags and diagnostics no longer report them as "not closed". - Ignore markup inside
<iscomment> and <isscript> bodies — commented-out ISML and < characters in scripts no longer produce false diagnostics, folding, or symbols. - Debounce diagnostics so large templates are not re-linted on every keystroke.
- Guard the "create template" command against being run directly from the command palette.
- Resolve template links without the
vscode-html-languageservice dependency, removing a fragile deep import into that package's internals. #565
Gate the developer onboarding walkthrough behind a new b2c-dx.features.onboarding setting (Preview, off by default). The guided walkthrough, role-based deep-dive panel, and their palette commands no longer appear — and the walkthrough no longer auto-opens on first activation — unless the setting is enabled. Set b2c-dx.features.onboarding to true to opt in while the feature is still in development. #565
Stop bundling development-only files into the published extension. The packaged VSIX no longer includes the test-workspace/ sample cartridges or local .claude/ editor settings, reducing package size and removing files that were never meant to ship. #565
