build.cake vscode IntelliSense not working

[sfwester]

Environment:

• OS: Windows
• VSCode: 1.66.1
• C# for Visual Studio Code Extension: v1.24.4
• Cake Extension: v2.0.0

Steps:

1. Open an empty folder with VSCode
2. Use command palette to run Cake: Install to workspace
3. Accept all defaults
4. Use command palette to run Cake: Update intelligence support
5. Restart VSCode

Expected:
IntelliSense to start working

Actual:
No IntelliSense.
Omnisharp Logs:

Starting OmniSharp server at 4/20/2022, 1:46:39 PM
    Target: e:\dev\CakeTinker

OmniSharp server started with .NET 6.0.101
.
    Path: c:\Users\~~~\.vscode\extensions\ms-dotnettools.csharp-1.24.4-win32-x64\.omnisharp\1.38.2-net6.0\OmniSharp.dll
    PID: 24832

[info]: OmniSharp.Stdio.Host
        Starting OmniSharp on Windows 10.0.19043.0 (x64)
[info]: OmniSharp.Services.DotNetCliService
        Checking the 'DOTNET_ROOT' environment variable to find a .NET SDK
[info]: OmniSharp.Services.DotNetCliService
        Using the 'dotnet' on the PATH.
[info]: OmniSharp.Services.DotNetCliService
        DotNetPath set to dotnet
[info]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.Discovery.MSBuildLocator
        Located 1 MSBuild instance(s)
            1: .NET Core SDK 6.0.101 17.0.0 - "C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\6.0.101\"
[info]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.Discovery.MSBuildLocator
        Registered MSBuild instance: .NET Core SDK 6.0.101 17.0.0 - "C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\6.0.101\"
[info]: OmniSharp.WorkspaceInitializer
        Invoking Workspace Options Provider: OmniSharp.Roslyn.CSharp.Services.CSharpFormattingWorkspaceOptionsProvider, Order: 0
[info]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectSystem
        No solution files found in 'e:\dev\CakeTinker'
[info]: OmniSharp.Script.ScriptProjectSystem
        Detecting CSX files in 'e:\dev\CakeTinker'.
[info]: OmniSharp.Script.ScriptProjectSystem
        Did not find any CSX files
[info]: OmniSharp.WorkspaceInitializer
        Configuration finished.
[info]: OmniSharp.Stdio.Host
        Omnisharp server running using Stdio at location 'e:\dev\CakeTinker' on host 19384.
Received response for /v2/getcodeactions but could not find request.
[warn]: OmniSharp.Roslyn.CSharp.Services.InlayHints.InlayHintService
        Inlay hints requested for document not in workspace Location { FileName = e:\dev\CakeTinker\build.cake, Range = Range { Start = Point { Line = 0, Column = 0 }, End = Point { Line = 32, Column = 18 } } }

[Sylwekqaz]

Downgrading C# (omnisharp) extension to v1.23.17 helps

[lonix1]

Did you find a solution or workaround that does not involve downgrading omnisharp-vscode? I also have this problem, on the latest bits, but on linux.

[sfwester]

I did not. I gave cake frosting a try instead and quite like it.