TS Switch is a small VS Code extension for recovering TypeScript language features from the status bar.
Use it when IntelliSense, type checking, imports, hover, or TS/JS navigation gets stuck and you would normally run TypeScript recovery commands from the command palette.
Features
Restart the VS Code TypeScript server from the status bar
Reload TypeScript project configurations as part of the restart flow
Optional auto recovery for config changes, error spikes, and an unresponsive TS server
Restart history, diagnostics, and context details in the TS Switch output channel
Status bar tooltip with TS SDK, tsconfig, diagnostics, auto recovery, and last restart information
Usage
Open a TypeScript, TSX, JavaScript, or JSX workspace.
Click the TS Switch status bar item.
Choose Restart TS Server.
Restart TS Server runs both:
typescript.restartTsServer
typescript.reloadProjects
Quick Pick
Restart TS Server: restart the TS server and reload project configurations
Open Settings: open TS Switch settings
Open Output: show restart history and diagnostics in the TS Switch output channel
Settings
tsSwitch.autoRecovery: automatically run the integrated recovery flow after config changes, diagnostic error spikes, or an unresponsive TS server.
tsSwitch.reloadWindowAfterRestart: also reload the VS Code window after the restart and project reload flow.
Command
TS Switch: Restart TypeScript Server
TS Switch: Show Menu
Status Bar
TS Ready: ready
TS Ready [Recovery]: auto recovery is enabled
TS Restarting: manual restart is running
TS Recovery: auto recovery is running
TS Restarted: restart completed
TS Error: restart failed
Notes
TS Switch does not run npm, pnpm, yarn, or development server scripts. It only uses VS Code's built-in TypeScript commands.
