Visual Studio Code - Remote SSH connection hangs at "Downloading vscode server step" after updating VScode to 1.82.0 version

kshru9
September 19, 2023
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I am trying to connect to Remote SSH through Remote-SSH extension, however it hangs at "Downloading VSCode Server" step for a long time after updating the vscode release. Please find the logs for the same as below

[17:55:58.394] Remote server is listening on port 44281
[17:55:58.394] Parsed server configuration: {"serverConfiguration":{"remoteListeningOn":{"port":44281},"osReleaseId":"ol","arch":"x86_64","sshAuthSock":"","display":"","tmpDir":"/run/user/1663455","platform":"linux"},"serverStartTime":70,"installUnpackCode":""}
[17:55:58.395] Persisting server connection details to /Users/skatpara/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh/vscode-ssh-host-5d30b538-8b617bd08fd9e3fc94d14adb8d358b56e3f72314-0.106.1/data.json
[17:55:58.398] Starting forwarding server. local port 49696 -> socksPort 49694 -> remotePort 44281
[17:55:58.398] Forwarding server listening on port 49696
[17:55:58.398] Waiting for ssh tunnel to be ready
[17:55:58.400] Tunneled port 44281 to local port 49696
[17:55:58.400] Resolved "ssh-remote+node" to "port 49696"
[17:55:58.402] Initizing new exec server for ssh-remote+node
[17:55:58.402] Resolving exec server at port 49696
[17:55:58.414] [Forwarding server port 49696] Got connection 0
[17:55:58.415] [Forwarding server port 49696] Got connection 1
[17:55:59.362] Exec server for ssh-remote+node created and cached
[17:55:59.369] ------




[17:55:59.693] [server] Checking /home/uname/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-8b617bd08fd9e3fc94d14adb8d358b56e3f72314/log.txt and /home/uname/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-8b617bd08fd9e3fc94d14adb8d358b56e3f72314/pid.txt for a running server...
[17:55:59.735] [server] Installing and setting up Visual Studio Code Server...

I expect to resolve the issue and be able to connect to remote server through vscode Remote-SSH extension

Answers

- MoritzWilksch
- September 8, 2023 at 3:48 pm
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The newest VSCode version does not play nice with the most recent version of the "Remote SSH" extension due to a bug. It is being tracked here though it seems like it mostly ocurrs when the remote machine you’re connecting to does not have an internet connection.
While this is being fixed you could try
1. setting remote.SSH.useExecServer": false in settings.json or toggle the "Use Exec Server" checkbox in the settings
or
1. Downgrade VSCode and the "Remote SSH" extension to an older version
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- starball
- September 9, 2023 at 8:57 pm
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There’s a bug in version 0.106.1 of the Remote SSH extension used with VS Code 1.82: [Remote-SSH Bug]: Remote-SSH 0.106.1 gets stuck downloading the server
#8926

The suggested workaround for version 0.106.1 is to set "remote.SSH.useExecServer": false. It is disabled by default in version 0.106.2. The default will be changed back to true when the bug is fixed- perhaps in the next stable VS Code release.

Before 0.106.2 was released, other users used other workarounds such as downgrading/rolling-back the extension to version 0.102.0, downloading and extracting the server files manually, downgrading VS Code to 1.81.

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