diff --git a/extension/src/tasks/taskUtil.ts b/extension/src/tasks/taskUtil.ts
index 900d6c5f1..7d040411a 100644
--- a/extension/src/tasks/taskUtil.ts
+++ b/extension/src/tasks/taskUtil.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { parseArgsStringToArgv } from 'string-argv';
-import { GradleTask, GradleProject, GradleBuild } from '../proto/gradle_pb';
+import { GradleProject, GradleBuild, GradleTask } from '../proto/gradle_pb';
 import { TaskArgs } from '../stores/types';
 import { GradleTaskDefinition } from '.';
 import { GradleRunnerTerminal } from '../terminal';
@@ -246,35 +246,24 @@ function getVSCodeTasksFromGradleProject(
   gradleProject: GradleProject,
   client: GradleClient
 ): vscode.Task[] {
-  const gradleTasks: GradleTask[] | void = gradleProject.getTasksList();
-  const vsCodeTasks = [];
-  try {
-    vsCodeTasks.push(
-      ...gradleTasks.map((gradleTask) =>
+  let projects: Array<GradleProject> = [gradleProject];
+  const vsCodeTasks: vscode.Task[] = [];
+  while (projects.length) {
+    const project = projects.pop();
+    const gradleTasks: GradleTask[] | void = project!.getTasksList();
+    for (const gradleTask of gradleTasks) {
+      vsCodeTasks.push(
         createVSCodeTaskFromGradleTask(
           taskTerminalsStore,
           gradleTask,
           rootProject,
           client
         )
-      )
-    );
-  } catch (err) {
-    logger.error(
-      'Unable to generate vscode tasks from gradle tasks:',
-      err.message
-    );
+      );
+    }
+    projects = projects.concat(project!.getProjectsList());
   }
-  gradleProject.getProjectsList().forEach((project) => {
-    vsCodeTasks.push(
-      ...getVSCodeTasksFromGradleProject(
-        taskTerminalsStore,
-        rootProject,
-        project,
-        client
-      )
-    );
-  });
+
   return vsCodeTasks;
 }
 
@@ -290,20 +279,19 @@ export async function loadTasksForProjectRoots(
   client: GradleClient,
   rootProjects: ReadonlyArray<RootProject>
 ): Promise<vscode.Task[]> {
-  const allTasks: vscode.Task[] = [];
+  let allTasks: vscode.Task[] = [];
   for (const rootProject of rootProjects) {
     if (getConfigIsAutoDetectionEnabled(rootProject)) {
       const gradleBuild = await getGradleBuild(client, rootProject);
       const gradleProject = gradleBuild && gradleBuild.getProject();
       if (gradleProject) {
-        allTasks.push(
-          ...getVSCodeTasksFromGradleProject(
-            taskTerminalsStore,
-            rootProject,
-            gradleProject,
-            client
-          )
+        const vsCodeTasks = getVSCodeTasksFromGradleProject(
+          taskTerminalsStore,
+          rootProject,
+          gradleProject,
+          client
         );
+        allTasks = allTasks.concat(vsCodeTasks);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/extension/src/terminal/GradleRunnerTerminal.ts b/extension/src/terminal/GradleRunnerTerminal.ts
index c1b9fc353..c2a5eaff9 100644
--- a/extension/src/terminal/GradleRunnerTerminal.ts
+++ b/extension/src/terminal/GradleRunnerTerminal.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const nlRegExp = new RegExp(`${NL}([^${CR}]|$)`, 'g');
 
 export class GradleRunnerTerminal {
   private readonly writeEmitter = new vscode.EventEmitter<string>();
-  private stdOutLoggerStream: LoggerStream;
+  private stdOutLoggerStream: LoggerStream | undefined;
   private readonly closeEmitter = new vscode.EventEmitter<void>();
   private task?: vscode.Task;
   public readonly onDidWrite: vscode.Event<string> = this.writeEmitter.event;
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ export class GradleRunnerTerminal {
     private readonly cancellationKey: string,
     private readonly client: GradleClient
   ) {
-    // TODO: this is only needed for the tests. Find a better way to test task output in the tests.
-    this.stdOutLoggerStream = new LoggerStream(logger, LogVerbosity.INFO);
+    if (isTest()) {
+      // TODO: this is only needed for the tests. Find a better way to test task output in the tests.
+      this.stdOutLoggerStream = new LoggerStream(logger, LogVerbosity.INFO);
+    }
   }
 
   public async open(): Promise<void> {
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ export class GradleRunnerTerminal {
   private handleOutput = (output: Output): void => {
     const messageBytes = output.getOutputBytes_asU8();
     if (messageBytes.length) {
-      if (isTest()) {
+      if (isTest() && this.stdOutLoggerStream) {
         this.stdOutLoggerStream.write(messageBytes);
       }
       this.write(new util.TextDecoder('utf-8').decode(messageBytes));
diff --git a/extension/src/test/unit/taskUtil.test.ts b/extension/src/test/unit/taskUtil.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd8a54987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/src/test/unit/taskUtil.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/* eslint-disable sonarjs/no-duplicate-string */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import * as sinon from 'sinon';
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { GradleBuild, GradleProject, GradleTask } from '../../proto/gradle_pb';
+import { RootProject } from '../../rootProject/RootProject';
+import { TaskTerminalsStore } from '../../stores';
+import { loadTasksForProjectRoots } from '../../tasks/taskUtil';
+import { buildMockClient, getSuiteName } from '../testUtil';
+
+const mockWorkspaceFolder: vscode.WorkspaceFolder = {
+  index: 0,
+  uri: vscode.Uri.file('folder1'),
+  name: 'folder1',
+};
+
+const mockRootProject = new RootProject(
+  mockWorkspaceFolder,
+  vscode.Uri.file('folder1'),
+  {
+    tasks: [],
+    clean: false,
+  }
+);
+const mockClient = buildMockClient();
+const mockTaskTerminalsStore = new TaskTerminalsStore();
+
+function buildProject(
+  project: string,
+  rootProject: string,
+  isRoot: boolean,
+  tasksPerProject: number
+): GradleProject {
+  const gradleProject = new GradleProject();
+  gradleProject.setIsRoot(isRoot);
+
+  const tasks: Array<GradleTask> = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < tasksPerProject; i++) {
+    const gradleTask = new GradleTask();
+    gradleTask.setName(`test-${project}-task-name-${Math.random()}`);
+    gradleTask.setProject(project);
+    gradleTask.setRootproject(rootProject);
+    tasks.push(gradleTask);
+  }
+
+  gradleProject.setTasksList(tasks);
+  return gradleProject;
+}
+
+function getDeeplyNestedProjectTree(
+  amountOfProjects: number,
+  tasksPerProject: number,
+  levels: number,
+  currentLevel = 1
+): Array<GradleProject> {
+  const projects: Array<GradleProject> = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < amountOfProjects; i++) {
+    const project = buildProject(
+      'child-project',
+      'root-project',
+      false,
+      tasksPerProject
+    );
+    if (currentLevel < levels) {
+      project.setProjectsList(
+        getDeeplyNestedProjectTree(
+          amountOfProjects,
+          tasksPerProject,
+          levels,
+          currentLevel + 1
+        )
+      );
+    }
+    projects.push(project);
+  }
+  return projects;
+}
+
+describe(getSuiteName('taskUtil'), () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    sinon.restore();
+  });
+
+  it('should create vscode tasks', async () => {
+    const gradleBuild = new GradleBuild();
+    const rootGradleProject = buildProject(
+      'root-project',
+      'root-project',
+      true,
+      1
+    );
+    const childGradleProject = buildProject(
+      'child-project',
+      'root-project',
+      false,
+      1
+    );
+    rootGradleProject.setProjectsList([childGradleProject]);
+    gradleBuild.setProject(rootGradleProject);
+    mockClient.getBuild.resolves(Promise.resolve(gradleBuild));
+
+    const tasks = await loadTasksForProjectRoots(
+      mockTaskTerminalsStore,
+      mockClient,
+      [mockRootProject]
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(tasks.length, 2);
+  });
+
+  it('should create vscode tasks for a super-massive project without throwing a callstack error', async () => {
+    const gradleBuild = new GradleBuild();
+    const rootGradleProject = buildProject(
+      'root-project',
+      'root-project',
+      true,
+      1
+    );
+
+    const projectsList = getDeeplyNestedProjectTree(50, 2, 3);
+
+    rootGradleProject.setProjectsList(projectsList);
+    gradleBuild.setProject(rootGradleProject);
+    mockClient.getBuild.resolves(Promise.resolve(gradleBuild));
+
+    const tasks = await loadTasksForProjectRoots(
+      mockTaskTerminalsStore,
+      mockClient,
+      [mockRootProject]
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(tasks.length, 255101);
+  });
+});