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# Open-file snapshot protocol v1
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IDE companions publish one JSON file per running IDE instance in:
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```text
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%LOCALAPPDATA%\Prophet\dsh-plugin-coop-with-vs\v1\instances
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```
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The schema is [`open-files-v1.schema.json`](open-files-v1.schema.json).
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## Publishing rules
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- File name: `vscode-<instanceId>.json` or `visualstudio-<instanceId>.json`.
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- Write a temporary file in the same directory, then atomically replace/rename it.
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- Refresh `updatedAt` at least every 15 seconds, even when tabs do not change.
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- Delete the instance file on clean shutdown. Consumers expire snapshots older than 60 seconds because shutdown cleanup is best effort.
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- Publish only absolute paths for local, disk-backed files. Do not publish source text, credentials, virtual documents, or untitled buffers.
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- Deduplicate paths case-insensitively on Windows.
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- `dirty: true` means the IDE buffer may differ from the on-disk file. DSH still reads the on-disk version unless a future protocol explicitly adds buffer transfer.
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## Compatibility
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Consumers reject unknown versions and malformed entries without rejecting healthy snapshots from other instances. Adding fields requires a new protocol version because v1 intentionally rejects additional properties.
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