Remote Extension requires Microsoft account

[cemde]

• VSCode Version: 1.87.0
• Local OS Version: MacOS 14.3.1
• Remote OS Version: CentOS 8
• Remote Extension/Connection Type: SSH Remote Server

• Logs:

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Fresh install of VSCode and remote extension

Does this issue occur when you try this locally?: Yes Does this issue occur when you try this locally and all extensions are disabled?: No

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The Avatar in the bottom left corner shows a notification symbol for a notification Sign in with Microsoft to use Remote - Tunnels (1). When run locally, the notification only starts appearing after clicking on the remote extension symbol in the menu side bar. I do not use Remote - Tunnels and do not have a Microsoft account I want to associate with VSCode. The notification is distracting. I assume this is an error.

I tried reinstalling the extensions, which didn't work.

[cwwalter]

A bit more probably related info: I am seeing this too. I do use tunnels but I only am using them through GitHub.

I don't think I saw this before but I am seeing it now. I see both the notification in the lower left as noted above by @cemde and I am also seeing it here:

where both of those tunnels only use GitHub.

[cwwalter]

Note the messages to disappear if you log into a Microsoft account. From previous work related to proxies and firewalls I know that even if you are using GitHub only for your tunnels it is contacting azure. So, at a minimum the text is misleading since in my case it is apparently necessary although I have no tunnels registered with Microsoft.

[cemde]

Here is a screenshot of what I see

[cemde]

@chrmarti Are there plans to fix this bug?

[connor4312]

@TylerLeonhardt we probe for accounts on both providers but don't want to show a notification here, is there a way to avoid it?

[TylerLeonhardt]

@connor4312 silent: true property on getSession

[cemde]

@connor4312 any updates? :)

bug still exists after today's update.

[Foorasteroo]

With the latest version as today, i'm still seeing this. It's annoying. I can't get rid of it

[cemde]

Still exists in

Version: 1.96.2
Commit: fabdb6a30b49f79a7aba0f2ad9df9b399473380f
Date: 2024-12-19T10:22:47.216Z (2 wks ago)
Electron: 32.2.6
ElectronBuildId: 10629634
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.2.0

with extension

ms-vscode.remote-server 1.5.2
ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh 0.116.1

[hongz1]

I think this is definitely a bug. I have been using 'Remote Development' bundle extensions for years and this annoying badge notification for "Sign in with Microsoft to use Remote - Tunnel (1)" appear since last year.

I use SSH remote only and even turned off tunnel access.

Does anyone have a solution for this? any alternatives?

[berceanu]

Second that

[champagnealexandre]

Any update on this?

[felipecrs]

The only workaround I found was to uninstall the Remote Tunnel extension.

[Jacob-JA-Shanks]

I've been disabling the tunnels extension too to avoid having that notification appear. But it would be good to be able to use this with GitHub only without being prompted for Microsoft all the time. Please can this be looked into?

[weiyongxu]

I have the same issue in the lasted version of vscode