Thanks for the patience 😄. Hope it works now as expected.

I tried out the changes. Works very well when I run the Check for Extension Updates from the command pallet and the extensions view is hidden to begin with.

But when the extensions view is open, and I then run the Check for Extension Updates either from command pallet or from the menu, the extensions get the Update to ... label in existing view (which is for enabled extensions) and then the @outdated view is shown. This causes a flicker like perception which is not very nice.

How about the below?

• Instead of using @outdated as the search term, lets use empty string. That will show the default view which will contain the enabled extensions and the outdated ones will have the Update to ... label.
• We shouldnt do the above if there are no updates available.
• We should show the number of extension updates in a notification.

I agree with your suggestion.
But it would be better if we also show a notification if no updates are available, otherwise, there would be no feedback to the end user on the action as the default view would also be not shown as per your suggestion.

Also, with what you've said, we need to show the number of extension updates.
But the extensionsWorkbenchService.checkForUpdates() (calls syncWithGallery()) returns a void promise; do we need to count the available extension updates and return as Promise<int> then make use of it?

In order to show the notification, I believe that we might need to add @IDialogService param (hope this would be served automatically) to this ExtensionAction and import vs/base/common/severity. Correct me if I am wrong.

But it would be better if we also show a notification if no updates are available,

Yes definitely, my third point (We should show the number of extension updates in a notification) holds even if the number is 0 :)

do we need to count the available extension updates

Yes, once extensionsWorkbenchService.checkForUpdates is done, you can use extensionsWorkbenchService.queryLocal() which will return a list of installed extensions. These extensions have a boolean property called outdated that you can use.

In order to show the notification, I believe that we might need to add @IDialogService param(hope this would be served automatically)

Use the INotificationService instead. Yes, it will be available automatically.

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@ramya-rao-a
I've made the changes as you requested. Though I couldn't test the outdated extensions in real-time, I believe it should work fine.

I've shown a different message when no extensions are outdated - All Extensions are up to date. Let me know if you still think this needs to show the same outdated message with 0 Extensions.

I got carried away with all the features we kept adding to this PR :)
Below is the case where our idea of having the button to update in the notification fails to be a good experience

• User clicks on the Check extension updates from the menu in the extensions view
• The outdated extensions get the Update to .. label, and the notification shows up as well
• If the user clicks on the Update to .. label on the extension
  At this point our notification is still open asking user to update the extension

I'll push a commit to remove the option. Apologies for the churn.

@ParkourKarthik I've made some changes to the PR. Take a look. If you are fine by it as well, I'll merge the PR.

Also, since you now know everything about outdated extensions, #22461 would be a good next item if you are interested in picking another item in VS Code :)

I'm ok with your changes, you can merge it :)