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Restart web app via native ARM restart instead of chaining Stop → Start #2902

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22 changes: 19 additions & 3 deletions src/commands/restartWebApp.ts
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* Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

import { type WebSiteManagementClient } from "@azure/arm-appservice";
import { type IActionContext } from "@microsoft/vscode-azext-utils";
import { commands } from "vscode";
import { ext } from "../extensionVariables";
import { localize } from "../localize";
import { type SiteTreeItem } from "../tree/SiteTreeItem";
import { createWebSiteClient } from "../utils/azureClients";
import { pickWebApp } from "../utils/pickWebApp";

export async function restartWebApp(context: IActionContext, node?: SiteTreeItem): Promise<void> {
node ??= await pickWebApp(context);
await commands.executeCommand('appService.Stop', node);
await commands.executeCommand('appService.Start', node);

await node.initSite(context);
const site = node.site;
const client: WebSiteManagementClient = await createWebSiteClient([context, node.subscription]);
const restartingApp: string = localize('restartingApp', 'Restarting "{0}"...', site.fullName);
const restartedApp: string = localize('restartedApp', '"{0}" has been restarted.', site.fullName);
await node.runWithTemporaryDescription(context, localize('restarting', "Restarting..."), async () => {
ext.outputChannel.appendLog(restartingApp);
if (site.slotName) {
await client.webApps.restartSlot(site.resourceGroup, site.siteName, site.slotName);
} else {
await client.webApps.restart(site.resourceGroup, site.siteName);
}
ext.outputChannel.appendLog(restartedApp);
});
}