Vscode extension: how to run terraform validate on every save?

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I was pleasantly surprised to learn about the terraform validate entry in the command palette today. I will be using it a lot starting from now.

As a moderate terraform engineer with a strong background in .NET and TypeScript I was expecting that red squiggly lines would appear automatically.

Maybe there is already some way I can run the terraform validate entry in the command palette on every save?

And where can I track the background process that is executing terraform validate? As there is a multi second delay between the kick off and the eventual results, I would expect some progress indicator.

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We have an experimental setting called terraform.experimentalFeatures.validateOnSave. If you set that to true, then VS Code will run validate on save.

The reason this is experimental is that it may take a long period of time to finish in large projects. We invite you to open an issue in GitHub - hashicorp/vscode-terraform: HashiCorp Terraform VSCode extension letting us know how you expect it to work. The idea for progress notification is ideal for the command palate, anything else you can think of?

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Hi,
I recently posted an extension for vscode that does both progress estimation and 1 click validate. Feedback is most welcome.