Sound on Error

A VS Code extension that plays an audible alert whenever errors appear in your editor, terminal, or debug console. Never miss an error again.

Features

Editor Diagnostics -- plays a sound when new linter or compiler errors appear (red squiggles)
Terminal Errors -- plays a sound when a terminal command exits with a non-zero code
Debug Console -- plays a sound on stderr output or unhandled exceptions during debugging
Custom Sound -- use any audio file (WAV, MP3, OGG, etc.) as your error alert
Debouncing -- configurable cooldown so rapid errors don't spam you
Severity Filter -- choose whether warnings also trigger the sound, or only errors

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) and search for:

Command	Description
`Sound on Error: Test Sound`	Play the current sound to verify it works
`Sound on Error: Toggle Enable/Disable`	Quickly enable or disable the extension
`Sound on Error: Select Custom Sound File`	Open a file picker to choose your own sound

Configure in Settings (Ctrl+,) under "Sound on Error":

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`soundOnError.enabled`	boolean	`true`	Master toggle
`soundOnError.soundFilePath`	string	`""`	Path to a custom sound file (empty = bundled default)
`soundOnError.triggerOn`	array	`["diagnostics", "terminal", "debug"]`	Which error sources trigger the sound
`soundOnError.severityLevel`	array	`["error"]`	Diagnostic severities to alert on (`error`, `warning`)
`soundOnError.debounceMs`	number	`1000`	Minimum ms between consecutive sounds

This extension uses your system's audio player to play sounds:

Most systems have at least one of these available by default.

Search for "Sound on Error" in the VS Code Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X).

MIT