Devcontainer stuck installing extensions

[hanikesn]

• VSCode Version: 1.88.1
• Local OS Version: arch, 6.8.7-arch1-1 and on with Docker on Mac
• Remote OS Version: -
• Remote Extension/Connection Type: Containers
• Using docker-composer and a multi-root workspace
• Seems to work reliably in codespaces
• 50:50 success rate locally

• Logs: remoteexthost.log cmd.log

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Rebuild devcontainer
2. Extension tab keeps spinning
3. /root/.vscode-server/bin/e170252f762678dec6ca2cc69aba1570769a5d39/bin/code-server --log trace --force-disable-user-env --server-data-dir /root/.vscode-server --use-host-proxy --telemetry-level all --accept-server-license-terms --host 127.0.0.1 --port 0 --connection-token-file /root/.vscode-server/data/Machine/.connection-token-e170252f762678dec6ca2cc69aba1570769a5d39 --extensions-download-dir /root/.vscode-server/extensi onsCache --install-extension charliermarsh.ruff ... --start-server --disable-websocket-compression --skip-requirements-check freezes

See:

• https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/6755

[cedric-fauth]

I'm having the same problem but different log. I think this may be related to GitHub outage https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/7txcg0j03kkg: Extension host log:

2024-04-24 14:30:02.397 [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.github-authentication, startup: false, activationEvent: 'onAuthenticationRequest:github'
2024-04-24 14:30:26.310 [info] Extension host terminating: renderer closed the MessagePort
2024-04-24 14:30:26.337 [error] Canceled: Canceled
	at Object.C [as $6] (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:10:1032)
	at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:147:2349
	at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
	at s.dispose (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:147:2287)
	at w.terminate (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:156:8052)
	at o.terminate (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:160:1513)
	at t (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:173:9949)
	at MessagePortMain.<anonymous> (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:173:6374)
	at MessagePortMain.emit (node:events:514:28)
	at Object.emit (node:electron/js2c/utility_init:2:2285) remote-containers.rebuildContainerNoCache {"value":"ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers","_lower":"ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers"}

[hanikesn]

I've been encountering this issue since at least last Friday

[bamurtaugh]

Thanks for opening.

cc @sandy081 I wonder if this is related to issues like https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/9628?

[hanikesn]

It seems like a different issue, I tried both workarounds:

• killall vsce-sign; vsce-sign: no process found
• As a workaround please set "extensions.verifySignature": false setting under customizations.vscode.settings in devcontainer.json

And neither fixed the issue after rebuilding the devcontainer

[sandy081]

Can you please share following log while you can reproduce the issue

• F1 > Open View... > Server

[hanikesn]

Sure, here's the server log with log level trace: server.log

[sandy081]

I suspect there are network connection issues on the dev container - I do not see any installing log statement after this

2024-04-25 11:15:23.910 [info] Getting Manifest... eamodio.gitlens

Can you please enable following setting"remote.downloadExtensionsLocally": true and retry?

[hanikesn]

So I had a few successful runs again, but after clearing the vscode volume, it got stuck again:

• fail.log
• success.log

In general networking works fine in the container, but let me know if there's any specific routes or hosts I should test with.

[sandy081]

@hanikesn I suspect this is related to signing verification. Please set following setting in your devcontainer.json file under customizations.vscode.settingsand rebuild the container

"extensions.verifySignature": false

[hanikesn]

@sandy081 I had already tried earlier here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/9822#issuecomment-2076664274 but I could try again with the remote.downloadExtensionsLocally: true

[hanikesn]

I did leave the window open for some time and it eventually installed the extensions after about 13mins:

2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... github.copilot
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... esbenp.prettier-vscode
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... charliermarsh.ruff
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... github.vscode-github-actions
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... mohsen1.prettify-json
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-azuretools.vscode-dapr
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.mypy-type-checker
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.debugpy
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... golang.go
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.python
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... orta.vscode-jest
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... eamodio.gitlens
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-azuretools.vscode-docker
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... ryanluker.vscode-coverage-gutters
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.vscode-pylance
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... stripe.vscode-stripe
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-vscode.makefile-tools
2024-04-25 13:03:13.247 [info] Getting Manifest... zxh404.vscode-proto3
2024-04-25 13:03:14.037 [debug] Terminal profile not validated zsh ["zsh"]
2024-04-25 13:03:14.037 [debug] Terminal profile not validated fish ["fish"]
2024-04-25 13:03:14.037 [debug] Terminal profile not validated tmux ["tmux"]
2024-04-25 13:03:14.037 [debug] Terminal profile not validated pwsh ["pwsh"]
2024-04-25 13:06:15.231 [debug] Terminal profile not validated zsh ["zsh"]
2024-04-25 13:06:15.232 [debug] Terminal profile not validated fish ["fish"]
2024-04-25 13:06:15.232 [debug] Terminal profile not validated tmux ["tmux"]
2024-04-25 13:06:15.232 [debug] Terminal profile not validated pwsh ["pwsh"]
2024-04-25 13:14:14.096 [info] Log level changed to info
2024-04-25 13:19:38.405 [info] Installing extension: esbenp.prettier-vscode
2024-04-25 13:19:38.405 [info] Installing extension: github.copilot
2024-04-25 13:19:38.405 [info] Installing extension: github.vscode-github-actions
2024-04-25 13:19:38.405 [info] Installing extension: charliermarsh.ruff
2024-04-25 13:19:38.405 [info] Installing extension: mohsen1.prettify-json
2024-04-25 13:19:38.405 [info] Installing extension: ms-python.debugpy
2024-04-25 13:19:38.406 [info] Installing extension: ms-python.mypy-type-checker
2024-04-25 13:19:38.406 [info] Installing extension: ms-azuretools.vscode-dapr
2024-04-25 13:19:38.406 [info] Installing extension: ms-python.python
2024-04-25 13:19:38.406 [info] Installing extension: orta.vscode-jest
2024-04-25 13:19:38.406 [info] Installing extension: stripe.vscode-stripe
2024-04-25 13:19:38.406 [info] Installing extension: ryanluker.vscode-coverage-gutters
2024-04-25 13:19:38.406 [info] Installing extension: zxh404.vscode-proto3
2024-04-25 13:19:38.407 [info] Installing extension: golang.go
2024-04-25 13:19:38.407 [info] Installing extension: ms-azuretools.vscode-docker
2024-04-25 13:19:38.407 [info] Installing extension: eamodio.gitlens
2024-04-25 13:19:38.407 [info] Installing extension: ms-vscode.makefile-tools
2024-04-25 13:19:38.407 [info] Installing extension: ms-python.vscode-pylance
2024-04-25 13:19:39.337 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime
2024-04-25 13:19:39.337 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-vscode.live-server
2024-04-25 13:19:39.337 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.python
2024-04-25 13:19:39.451 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.python
2024-04-25 13:19:39.458 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.python
2024-04-25 13:19:39.472 [info] Installing extension: ms-vscode.live-server
2024-04-25 13:19:39.484 [info] Installing extension: ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime
2024-04-25 13:19:39.513 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.vscode-pylance
2024-04-25 13:19:39.534 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.python
2024-04-25 13:19:39.557 [info] Getting Manifest... github.copilot-chat
2024-04-25 13:19:39.708 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.debugpy
2024-04-25 13:19:39.713 [info] Installing extension: github.copilot-chat
2024-04-25 13:19:40.110 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.debugpy
2024-04-25 13:19:40.240 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.vscode-pylance
2024-04-25 13:19:40.254 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.vscode-pylance
2024-04-25 13:19:40.408 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.debugpy
2024-04-25 13:19:40.716 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.vscode-pylance
2024-04-25 13:19:40.897 [info] Getting Manifest... ms-python.debugpy
2024-04-25 13:19:42.993 [info] Extension signature is verified: ms-python.debugpy
2024-04-25 13:19:42.996 [info] Extension signature is verified: ms-vscode.live-server
2024-04-25 13:19:43.008 [info] Extension signature is verified: mohsen1.prettify-json
2024-04-25 13:19:43.009 [info] Extension signature is verified: esbenp.prettier-vscode
2024-04-25 13:19:43.030 [info] Extension signature is verified: charliermarsh.ruff
2024-04-25 13:19:43.037 [info] Extension signature is verified: orta.vscode-jest
...

[sandy081]

@hanikesn It seems the extensions are asked to install multiple times. Can you please let us know how you are installing the extensions?

[hanikesn]

@hanikesn It seems the extensions are asked to install multiple times. Can you please let us know how you are installing the extensions?

Via customizations.vscode.extensions in .devcontainer.json

[sandy081]

Can you please enable the log level to trace and share the complete server log.

[hanikesn]

Can you please enable the log level to trace and share the complete server log.

@sandy081 I uploaded one here https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/9822#issuecomment-2076949849. Do you need another one with specific settings?

[sandy081]

Here is what I would request you to do.

• Download and Use Latest Insiders - https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders
• Add "extensions.verifySignature": false setting under customizations.vscode.settings in devcontainer.json.
• Add only one extension to install in customizations.vscode.extensions
• Please share the file for double check.
• Rebuild the container and check whether the extension was installed or not.
• Share the server log.

[vscodenpa]

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Happy Coding!

[jmesterh]

In case anyone comes across this issue, the only solution that worked for me was to completely reset VSCode:

rm -rfv "$HOME/.vscode"
rm -rfv "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Code"
rm -rfv "$HOME/Library/Caches/com.microsoft.VSCode"
rm -rfv "$HOME/Library/Saved Application State/com.microsoft.VSCode.savedState"

(or whatever the equivalent is on your OS)