diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/debugService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/debugService.ts
index 62cbe5f78c9..de2993cc598 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/debugService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/debugService.ts
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ export class DebugService implements IDebugService {
 						"Compound must have \"configurations\" attribute set in order to start multiple configurations."));
 				}
 				if (compound.preLaunchTask) {
-					const taskResult = await this.taskRunner.runTaskAndCheckErrors(launch?.workspace || this.contextService.getWorkspace(), compound.preLaunchTask, this.showError);
+					const taskResult = await this.taskRunner.runTaskAndCheckErrors(launch?.workspace || this.contextService.getWorkspace(), compound.preLaunchTask, (msg, actions) => this.showError(msg, actions));
 					if (taskResult === TaskRunResult.Failure) {
 						this.endInitializingState();
 						return false;
@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@ export class DebugService implements IDebugService {
 					return false;
 				}
 
-				const workspace = launch ? launch.workspace : this.contextService.getWorkspace();
-				const taskResult = await this.taskRunner.runTaskAndCheckErrors(workspace, resolvedConfig.preLaunchTask, this.showError);
+				const workspace = launch?.workspace || this.contextService.getWorkspace();
+				const taskResult = await this.taskRunner.runTaskAndCheckErrors(workspace, resolvedConfig.preLaunchTask, (msg, actions) => this.showError(msg, actions));
 				if (taskResult === TaskRunResult.Success) {
 					return this.doCreateSession(launch?.workspace, { resolved: resolvedConfig, unresolved: unresolvedConfig }, options);
 				}
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ export class DebugService implements IDebugService {
 			}
 
 			await this.taskRunner.runTask(session.root, session.configuration.postDebugTask);
-			return this.taskRunner.runTaskAndCheckErrors(session.root, session.configuration.preLaunchTask, this.showError);
+			return this.taskRunner.runTaskAndCheckErrors(session.root, session.configuration.preLaunchTask, (msg, actions) => this.showError(msg, actions));
 		};
 
 		const extensionDebugSession = getExtensionHostDebugSession(session);