[BUG] Error installing VS Code extension: 1: ENOENT Please restart your IDE and try again.

[fcoury]

Environment

• Platform (select one):
  • [ ] Anthropic API
  • [ ] AWS Bedrock
  • [ ] Google Vertex AI
  • [x] Other: Claude Code
• Claude CLI version: v1.0.1
• Operating System: macOS 15.4
• Terminal: VSCode Terminal

Bug Description

 Claude Code Status v1.0.1

 Working Directory 
  L /Users/fcoury/code/paypol

 IDE Integration • /config
 ⚠  Error installing VS Code extension: 1: ENOENT
    Please restart your IDE and try again.

 Account • /login
  L Login Method: Claude Max Account (20x)
  L Email: ...

 Memory • /memory
  L project: CLAUDE.md

 Model • /model
  LDefault Uses the best available model for Max usage limits (currently
   Opus)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open VSCode terminal
2. Type claude and enter
3. Type /status

Expected Behavior

VSCode Extension is Installed

Actual Behavior

Error installing VS Code extension: 1: ENOENT Please restart your IDE and try again.

[blois]

From the same terminal, does which code resolve? If not, in VSCode can you try running the command Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH?

[fcoury]

From the same terminal, does which code resolve? If not, in VSCode can you try running the command Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH?

It does:

> $ which code
/usr/local/bin/code

> $ echo $TERM_PROGRAM
vscode

[igorkofman]

What does code --help return - is it actually VSCode or any chance it points to Cursor?

[fcoury]

What does code --help return - is it actually VSCode or any chance it points to Cursor?

Here it goes:

> $ code --help | head -10
Visual Studio Code 1.100.2

Usage: code [options][paths...]

To read from stdin, append '-' (e.g. 'ps aux | grep code | code -')

Options
  -d --diff <file> <file>                    Compare two files with each
                                             other.
  -m --merge <path1> <path2> <base> <result> Perform a three-way merge by
...

[fcoury]

A few more data points:

• Thought it could be related to the fact that I use fish, tried with bash and zsh and same issue
• v1.0.2 just came out, upgraded but same issue
• Tried it with cursor as well -- same error

[markwaddle]

i am experiencing the same issue, also with v1.02.

Claude CLI version: v1.0.2 Operating System: macOS 15.5 (x86) Terminal: VSCode Terminal

[fcoury]

It works after I manually installed the extension:

fcoury@mba ~/.c/l/n/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/vendor
> $ code --install-extension claude-code.vsix
Installing extensions...
Extension 'claude-code.vsix' was successfully installed.

> $ claude
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ ✻ Welcome to Claude Code!                         │
│                                                   │
│   /help for help, /status for your current setup  │
│                                                   │
│   cwd: /Users/fcoury/code/paypol                  │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────╯


> /ide 
  ⎿  Connected to Visual Studio Code.

╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ >                                                                         │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
  ? for shortcuts                                                         ◯

[kartikmandar]

Why can't I install claude-code extension in mac os but works perfectly in ubuntu? I am following their guide by using claude in the integrated terminal for vs-code but it's not working in macos. Claude-code extension not even exists in vs-code extension marketplace at all. But this issue is specific to mac-os (for vs-code, windsurf, and cursor)

[kartikmandar]

Also when using the /config inside claude repl session, macos doesn't show diff auto option at all, while ubuntu does!!

[MainAero]

Same issue while using nvm. Manual installation worked: code --install-extension ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.7.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/vendor/claude-code.vsix

[dawidstruzik]

Installing it manually helped! I used this to find the extension: find ~ -name "*.vsix" 2>/dev/null

[gusbicalho]

I was also able to install manually - thank you @fcoury ! /status shows:

Claude Code Status v1.0.2

 Working Directory 
  L /home/(...)

 IDE Integration • /config
 ✔  Connected to VS Code extension
 ⚠  Error installing VS Code extension: 1: ENOENT
    Please restart your IDE and try again.

I imagine the cause in my case might be that I have code-insiders installed, and code is an alias:

$ which code
code: aliased to code-insiders
$ which code-insiders
/home/(...)/.vscode-server-insiders/bin/(...)/bin/remote-cli/code-insiders

Running in Ubuntu in WSL2.

[fcoury]

I was also able to install manually - thank you @fcoury ! /status shows:

You're welcome! Glad you were able to install it!

I imagine the cause in my case might be that I have code-insiders installed, and code is an alias:

$ which code
code: aliased to code-insiders
$ which code-insiders
/home/(...)/.vscode-server-insiders/bin/(...)/bin/remote-cli/code-insiders

This is pure speculation and some analysis of their minimized code, but I think they use the TERM_PROGRAM env var to determine it:

> $ echo $TERM_PROGRAM
vscode

If yours is also set to vscode inside the Insiders (!) terminal, I don't think there should be a problem identifying the environment you're running on. But again, not 100% sure.

[gusbicalho]

TERM_PROGRAM is indeed set to vscode - which I think is why claude attempts to install the extension. If I run claude in a normal WSL terminal outside VSCode, /status does not show the IDE Integration • /config section.

However the 1: ENOENT error suggests it tried to install something, but failed to find a file or directory...

It seems they essentially call execFile('code',...) - so it fails in my case because code is an alias, not an executable.

[fcoury]

However the 1: ENOENT error suggests it tried to install something, but failed to find a file or directory...

It seems they essentially call execFile('code',...) - so it fails in my case because code is an alias, not an executable.

Ah good catch! I thought it was a symlink and just now realized it's actually an alias 😁

[gusbicalho]

Using a symlink instead of an alias does the trick:

~ ln -s "$(which code-insiders)" ~/bin/code
~ which code
/home/(...)/bin/code

And now if I run claude /status inside VSCode terminal I get:

Claude Code Status v1.0.2

 Working Directory 
  L /home/(...)

 IDE Integration • /config
 ✔  Connected to VS Code extension
 ✔  Installed VS Code extension

So yeah it seems the Claude CLI is not quite smart enough in how it detects and runs the VSCode CLI - although I'm not sure how it could do better

[fcoury]

Using a symlink instead of an alias does the trick:

In mine and other mac user's case it weirder:

> $ which code
/usr/local/bin/code

> $ ls -lad /usr/local/bin/code
lrwxr-xr-x - root  7 Jan  2024 /usr/local/bin/code -> '/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin'/code

> $ ls -la '/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin'/code
.rwxr-xr-x 1.2k fcoury 14 May 19:12 '/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin'/code

But we still get the ENOENT error.

[lobochrome]

Yeah similar setup.

MacOS fish shell (My suspect)

$ which code /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code

(apparently I added this directly to my path? Can't remember doing it).

$ ls -la -rwxr-xr-x 1 blobmueller staff 1160 May 15 07:05 /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code*

but

IDE Integration • /config ✔ Connected to VS Code extension ⚠ Error installing VS Code extension: 1: ENOENT Please restart your IDE and try again.

Also a few years ago I had code-insiders installed - but now it's uninstalled and I'm running vanilla only.

[lobochrome]

Okay for me fixed it: my fish.config had a set to add the code binary directly to the PATH - but I also had the symlink present in /usr/local/bin removing /Applications/Visula Studio Code.app/... from PATH fixed it.

[fcoury]

Okay for me fixed it: my fish.config had a set to add the code binary directly to the PATH - but I also had the symlink present in /usr/local/bin removing /Applications/Visula Studio Code.app/... from PATH fixed it.

Unfortunately not the case for me:

> $ ls -la /usr/local/bin/code
lrwxr-xr-x - root 15 Dec  2024 /usr/local/bin/code -> '/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin'/code

> $ echo $PATH | grep Visual
<empty>

[charlesvardeman]

I have the same issue on MacOS. I have node and vscode installed through homebrew (cask). I manually installed the extension and it does show up in the extensions on vscode, but doesn't seem to be installed through claude code /status even though it is connected to the extension.

$ echo $SHELL
/opt/homebrew/bin/bash
$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (aarch64-apple-darwin23.4.0)

Claude code doesn't seem to see it.

 Claude Code Status v1.0.3

 Working Directory 
  L /Users/cvardema/dev/git/

 IDE Integration • /config
 ✔  Connected to VS Code extension
 ⚠  Error installing VS Code extension: 1: ENOENT
    Please restart your IDE and try again.

$ ls -lart /opt/homebrew/bin/claude
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 cvardema  admin  52 May 25 09:27 /opt/homebrew/bin/claude -> ../lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js

Code exe is installed in the homebrew /opt/homebrew/bin

 ls -lart /opt/homebrew/bin/code
lrwxr-xr-x  1 cvardema  admin  68 Feb 24  2023 /opt/homebrew/bin/code -> /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code

The extension bundle is in /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/vendor where I installed it manually using code --install-extension

[kindaidai]

I encountered the same issue. I have set the default login shell in VSCode to fish. After changing it to zsh and launching claude, it installed successfully.

$ code --version
1.100.2
848b80aeb52026648a8ff9f7c45a9b0a80641e2e
arm64

$ claude --version
1.0.5 (Claude Code)

However, when I changed the login shell back to fish, an error occurred.

 IDE Integration • /config
 ✔  Connected to VS Code extension
 ⚠  Error installing VS Code extension: 1: ENOENT
    Please restart your IDE and try again.

[igorkofman]

Thanks for your patience folks. We're tracked down the issue (mostly should impact folks using Fish inside VSCode). The fix should be out shortly, will update again once it's out!

[igorkofman]

This should be fixed in 1.0.10 - please let us know if it works for you!

[dkarni]

Same issue while using nvm. Manual installation worked: code --install-extension ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.7.0/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/vendor/claude-code.vsix

This worked! thanks

[MikeyZhang75]

Still experiencing the same issue as today

 ⚠  Error installing Cursor extension: 1: 1 Error: End of central directory record signature not found. Either not a zip file, or file is truncated.
        at Ef (file:///Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/code/node/cliProcessMain.js:52:28755)
        at file:///Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/code/node/cliProcessMain.js:52:30083
        at /Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/yauzl/index.js:40:7
        at /Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/yauzl/index.js:190:5
        at Immediate.<anonymous> (/Applications/Cursor.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/yauzl/index.js:705:38)
        at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:483:21) {
      code: 'Extract',
      name: 'Extract'
    }
    Failed Installing Extensions: file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/%40anthropic-ai/claude-code/vendor/claude-code.vsix
    (node:6881) [DEP0168] DeprecationWarning: Uncaught N-API callback exception detected, please run node with option
    --force-node-api-uncaught-exceptions-policy=true to handle those exceptions properly.
    (Use `Cursor --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)

    Please restart your IDE and try again.

mikey@Mikeys-MacBook-Pro Web Dev % claude -v 1.0.53 (Claude Code)

[zanhk]

Same experiencing the same problem with version 1.0.60

Manual installation does not fix

[mrmachine]

Same problem here on VSCode Insiders... no problem on VSCode... echo $TERM_PROGRAM reports vscode for both, but VSCode Insiders does not resolve which code (only which code-insiders).

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