@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Clear variables in notebooks and interactive-window when restarting.
@@ -327,7 +327,12 @@ export class NativeEditor extends InteractiveBase implements INotebookEditor {
         return this.setDirty();
     }
 
-    protected addSysInfo(_reason: SysInfoReason): Promise<void> {
+    protected addSysInfo(reason: SysInfoReason): Promise<void> {
+        // We need to send a message when restarting
+        if (reason === SysInfoReason.Restart || reason === SysInfoReason.New) {
+            this.postMessage(InteractiveWindowMessages.RestartKernel).ignoreErrors();
+        }
+
         // These are not supported.
         return Promise.resolve();
     }
 
@@ -106,16 +106,21 @@ function handleResponse(arg: VariableReducerArg<IJupyterVariablesResponse>): IVa
 }
 
 function handleRestarted(arg: VariableReducerArg): IVariableState {
-    // If the variables are visible, refresh them
-    if (arg.prevState.visible) {
-        const result = handleRequest({ ...arg, payload: { executionCount: 0, sortColumn: 'name', sortAscending: true, startIndex: 0, pageSize: arg.prevState.pageSize } });
-        return {
-            ...result,
-            currentExecutionCount: 0,
-            variables: []
-        };
-    }
-    return arg.prevState;
+    const result = handleRequest({
+        ...arg,
+        payload: {
+            executionCount: 0,
+            sortColumn: 'name',
+            sortAscending: true,
+            startIndex: 0,
+            pageSize: arg.prevState.pageSize
+        }
+    });
+    return {
+        ...result,
+        currentExecutionCount: 0,
+        variables: []
+    };
 }
 
 function handleFinishCell(arg: VariableReducerArg<ICell>): IVariableState {
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	`1`	`+Clear variables in notebooks and interactive-window when restarting.`
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`@@ -327,7 +327,12 @@ export class NativeEditor extends InteractiveBase implements INotebookEditor {`
`327`	`327`	`return this.setDirty();`
`328`	`328`	`}`
`329`	`329`
`330`		`- protected addSysInfo(_reason: SysInfoReason): Promise<void> {`
	`330`	`+ protected addSysInfo(reason: SysInfoReason): Promise<void> {`
	`331`	`+ // We need to send a message when restarting`
	`332`	`+ if (reason === SysInfoReason.Restart \|\| reason === SysInfoReason.New) {`
	`333`	`+ this.postMessage(InteractiveWindowMessages.RestartKernel).ignoreErrors();`
	`334`	`+ }`
	`335`	`+`
`331`	`336`	`// These are not supported.`
`332`	`337`	`return Promise.resolve();`
`333`	`338`	`}`