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gnome-keyring lost at random
Type: Bug
VSCode randomly loses access to git / github keys, prompting you to re-enter the password.
This occurs at random: re-starting the machien will fix this behaviour for a while. I've tried re-generating my keys, and the issue does not go away.
VS Code version: Code 1.97.2 (e54c774e0add60467559eb0d1e229c6452cf8447, 2025-02-12T23:20:35.343Z) OS version: Linux x64 6.13.5-200.fc41.x86_64 Modes:
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700H (20 x 3700) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | 1, 1, 1 |
| Memory (System) | 15.25GB (7.17GB free) |
| Process Argv | |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
| DESKTOP_SESSION | gnome |
| XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP | GNOME |
| XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP | gnome |
| XDG_SESSION_TYPE | wayland |
Extensions (22)
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
|---|---|---|
| markdown-mermaid | bie | 1.27.0 |
| catppuccin-vsc | Cat | 3.16.1 |
| catppuccin-vsc-icons | Cat | 1.18.0 |
| ruff | cha | 2025.14.0 |
| vscode-markdownlint | Dav | 0.59.0 |
| EditorConfig | Edi | 0.17.1 |
| vscode-drawio | hed | 1.9.0 |
| mypy | mat | 0.4.1 |
| rainbow-csv | mec | 3.17.0 |
| git-graph | mhu | 1.30.0 |
| debugpy | ms- | 2025.4.0 |
| python | ms- | 2025.2.0 |
| vscode-pylance | ms- | 2025.3.1 |
| jupyter | ms- | 2025.1.0 |
| jupyter-keymap | ms- | 1.1.2 |
| jupyter-renderers | ms- | 1.1.0 |
| vscode-jupyter-cell-tags | ms- | 0.1.9 |
| vscode-jupyter-slideshow | ms- | 0.1.6 |
| autodocstring | njp | 0.6.1 |
| vscode-yaml | red | 1.17.0 |
| snakemake-lang | sna | 0.1.8 |
| even-better-toml | tam | 0.21.2 |
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cc/ @TylerLeonhardt, not sure if this is more auth related or tied to the git extension with lad.
@irm-codebase your machine needs to be configured to unlock the keyring when you log in.
Or, something on your machine is locking the keyring at some point and VS Code needs it unlocked in order to read/write keys and such.
What OS is this?
@TylerLeonhardt Fedora 41. I do not think I've configured something that would do this...
@TylerLeonhardt I've updated both the OS and VSCode. For now the issue seems to have gone away. No idea of the cause, but I'll close this issue. If it pops up again, I'll re-open.