Fix Tests (ubuntu-latest, 3.x, debugger): replace gulp-typescript with direct tsc in compileCore task

eslint.config.mjs

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 /**
  * ESLint Configuration for VS Code Python Extension
  * This file configures linting rules for the TypeScript/JavaScript codebase.
- * It uses the new flat config format introduced in ESLint 8.21.0
+ * It uses the flat config format (eslint.config.mjs).
  */
 
 // Import essential ESLint plugins and configurations
 import tseslint from '@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin';
 import tsParser from '@typescript-eslint/parser';
 import noOnlyTests from 'eslint-plugin-no-only-tests';
 import prettier from 'eslint-config-prettier';
-import importPlugin from 'eslint-plugin-import';
+import importPlugin from 'eslint-plugin-import-x';
 import js from '@eslint/js';
 import noBadGdprCommentPlugin from './.eslintplugin/no-bad-gdpr-comment.js'; // Ensure the path is correct
 
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ export default [
         rules: {
             ...js.configs.recommended.rules,
             'no-undef': 'off',
+            // New ESLint 10 rules added to recommended — turn off to avoid flagging pre-existing code
+            'no-unassigned-vars': 'off',
+            'no-useless-assignment': 'off',
+            'preserve-caught-error': 'off',
         },
     },
     // TypeScript-specific configuration
@@ -273,7 +277,6 @@ export default [
             '@typescript-eslint': tseslint,
             'no-only-tests': noOnlyTests,
             import: importPlugin,
-            prettier: prettier,
             'no-bad-gdpr-comment': noBadGdprCommentPlugin, // Register your plugin
         },
         settings: {
@@ -296,21 +299,21 @@ export default [
                     'ts-ignore': 'allow-with-description',
                 },
             ],
-            '@typescript-eslint/ban-types': 'off',
             '@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types': 'off',
-            '@typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface': 'off',
+            '@typescript-eslint/no-empty-object-type': 'off',
             '@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any': 'off',
             '@typescript-eslint/no-namespace': 'off',
             '@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion': 'off',
-            '@typescript-eslint/no-loss-of-precision': 'off',
+            '@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-function-type': 'off',
+            '@typescript-eslint/no-wrapper-object-types': 'off',
             '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars': [
                 'warn',
                 {
                     varsIgnorePattern: '^_',
                     argsIgnorePattern: '^_',
                 },
             ],
-            '@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires': 'off',
+            '@typescript-eslint/no-require-imports': 'off',
             '@typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define': [
                 'error',
                 {
@@ -366,7 +369,8 @@ export default [
             'no-useless-escape': 'off',
             'no-extra-parentheses': 'off',
             'no-extra-paren': 'off',
-            '@typescript-eslint/no-extra-parens': 'off',
+            // @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions is new in v8 recommended; off to keep existing chai patterns working
+            '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions': 'off',
             strict: 'off',
 
             // Restricted syntax

gulpfile.js

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const gulp = require('gulp');
-const ts = require('gulp-typescript');
 const spawn = require('cross-spawn');
 const path = require('path');
 const del = require('del');
@@ -20,22 +19,23 @@ const nativeDependencyChecker = require('node-has-native-dependencies');
 const flat = require('flat');
 const { argv } = require('yargs');
 const os = require('os');
-const typescript = require('typescript');
-
-const tsProject = ts.createProject('./tsconfig.json', { typescript });
 
 const isCI = process.env.TRAVIS === 'true' || process.env.TF_BUILD !== undefined;
 
 gulp.task('compileCore', (done) => {
-    let failed = false;
-    tsProject
-        .src()
-        .pipe(tsProject())
-        .on('error', () => {
-            failed = true;
-        })
-        .js.pipe(gulp.dest('out'))
-        .on('finish', () => (failed ? done(new Error('TypeScript compilation errors')) : done()));
+    const proc = spawn('node', [path.join('node_modules', 'typescript', 'bin', 'tsc'), '-p', './tsconfig.json'], {
+        cwd: __dirname,
+        env: process.env,
+        stdio: 'inherit',
+    });
+    proc.on('close', (code) => {
+        if (code === 0) {
+            done();
+        } else {
+            done(new Error(`TypeScript compilation failed with exit code ${code}`));
+        }
+    });
+    proc.on('error', (error) => done(error));
 });
 
 gulp.task('compileApi', (done) => {