The sound of failure

A VS Code extension that plays a dramatic "Dun dun dun" sound whenever a command fails in your integrated terminal!

Features

• Automatic error detection via shell integration exit codes (preferred) and/or text-pattern matching as a fallback.
• Works with bash, zsh, PowerShell, and Windows cmd.
• Custom sounds – use any .wav or .mp3 file from your local machine.
• Cooldown timer – prevents repeated sounds within a configurable window (default: 2 seconds).
• Status bar indicator – shows enabled/disabled state; click to toggle.
• Logging – detailed debug output in the Dun dun dun Output panel.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• dunDunDun.enabled: Enable or disable the extension globally.
• dunDunDun.soundFile: Absolute path to a custom audio file.
• dunDunDun.volume: Volume level from 0.0 to 1.0.
• dunDunDun.cooldownMs: Minimum delay between sound triggers.
• dunDunDun.useExitCodeDetection: Toggle detection of terminal command failure exit codes.
• dunDunDun.usePatternDetection: Toggle raw text pattern matching (Proposed API only).
• dunDunDun.customPatterns: Array of words to trigger the sound on when usePatternDetection is enabled.

Requirements

• macOS: uses afplay (built-in).
• Windows: uses PowerShell (built-in).
• Linux: requires paplay, aplay, ffplay, or mpg123.

Enjoy the drama!