Dart DevTools fails to connect in vscode-serve-web (Connection Refused to 127.0.0.1)
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Description
### Environment:
- VS Code Version: 1.119.0
- Dart/Flutter Extension Version: v3.134.0
- Start Command: code serve-web
- OS: Linux
### Description:
When using VS Code via serve-web (browser-based), the Dart/Flutter extension attempts to launch or connect to DevTools using 127.0.0.1. However, in a web-based IDE sandbox, 127.0.0.1 refers to the user's local machine (client) rather than the remote host where the DevTools server is actually running.
### Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch VS Code using code serve-web or a similar web-based hosting.
2. Start a Flutter/Dart project.
3. Click on "Flutter" from the Activity Bar.
4. The embedded Webview or the redirected URL fails because it points to http://127.0.0.1:9100.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start from the VS Code serve-web integration that builds or opens the DevTools URL, then reproduce the failure described in this issue with a web-hosted workspace. Done means the browser-based IDE reaches the remote DevTools server rather than attempting to connect to 127.0.0.1:9100.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- dart, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, devtools, networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100