Annoying Node.js popup on workspace start / integration call

[thahnen]

Hey everyone,

I've updated to the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers 2026-03 most recently from an old version, running on macOS 26 ARM64, and since then I'm encountering a very annoying pop-up every workspace startup:

I have only SonarQube for IDE installed that internally leverages the org.eclipse.wildwebdeveloper.embedder.node.NodeJSManager to check whether a Node.js version is installed for the internal JavaScript/TypeScript/CSS analyzer.

I also noticed that the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers only has the org.eclipse.wildwebdeveloper.embedder.node plug-in included but not the platform specific one bundling a Node.js runtime.

I also checked the code of the actual NodeJSManager and saw that this pop-up will only show once per running session but every time a workspace is opened and this is called. This is very sub-optimal.

Maybe this can be changed to only warn once at all and then save that information in the preferences (of the workspace or preferably the application)? The other option would be to have an option to not trigger that disrupting pop-up via a system property or something similar (like a preference)?

I can also implement a solution myself if you want.

Cheers 🥛

[akurtakov]

A "Do not warn again" option saved in the workspace preference is best IMO as it may be fine for one workspace but not for others.
Providing a PR doing that yourself will be more than welcome.
Also please concider reporting to https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/ that it doesn't include the Node.js runtime.