Stuck on "Loading Solution..." when environment variables settings contains "":""

[ReinhardKeil]

Current behavior, Steps to reproduce and Expected behavior

csolution v1.68.0

when settings.json contains:

    "cmsis-csolution.environmentVariables": {
        "": "",                                                                <- this line causes the problem
        "SDSIO_FVP": "SDS.sdsio.yml",
    }

the extension gets stuck with "Loading Solution". It never finishes this step.

I had this problem due to a glich in VS Code - but I cannot duplicate this issue anymore.

Recommendation:

Make the extension robust against such gliches

Additional Information

No response

[jkrech]

I can reproduce the endless loading it looks like the problem in the settings.json which is indicated by PROBLEMS ends up in an unhandled error an the kicked off process for loading the solution gets blocked from continuing.
Please identify the unhandled error and print an appropriate message that the user can see. Propose how to proceed? Terminate the loading and link to the settings.json or settings dialog, or print a message and continue without the environment variable being set?