FAAAAH! 🔊 — Test Failure Sound for VS Code

A playful extension that plays a loud FAAAAH! whenever a terminal command or task exits with a non‑zero code (typically a failing test run). It's meant to make failures impossible to ignore and add a little levity to debugging.

Features

Automatically listens for:
- Terminal processes that exit with an error code.
- VS Code Task executions (e.g. npm test, pytest) that fail.
Plays a bundled WAV file using the OS's default audio tool.
Configurable volume.
Status bar indicator/buttons for quick toggle.
Works on macOS, Windows and Linux (requires aplay/paplay/play on Linux).

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`faaaah.enabled`	boolean	`true`	Enable or disable the sound effect.
`faaaah.volume`	number	`0.8`	Playback volume (0.0‑1.0).

Commands

Command	Title	Description
`faaaah.testSound`	FAAAAH: Test the sound	Immediately play the sound (for testing).
`faaaah.toggle`	FAAAAH: Toggle on/off	Toggle the extension on/off (also via status bar).

Installation

From Marketplace

Search “FAAAAH” in the Extensions view and install.

From Source

git clone <repo-url>
cd faaaah-extension
npm install
npm run compile
# press F5 in VS Code to run in Extension Development Host

Package

npm install -g @vscode/vsce
vsce package
code --install-extension faaaah‑1.0.0.vsix

Linux Requirements

Linux systems need one of these players to be available:

aplay (ALSA) – usually preinstalled
paplay (PulseAudio)
play (SoX)

Contributing

Ideas, bugs and PRs welcome! Possible enhancements:

Custom sound files
Victory noise on test success 🎉
Detection heuristics for more test runners
Support for the VSCode Test Explorer API

May your tests pass… but if they don't, at least you'll know about it.

FAAAAH! - Test Failure Sound

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