Investigate why liveshare doesn't work in vscode desktop when connected to a gitpod workspace
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editor: code (desktop)
feature: collaboration
meta: never-stale
team: IDE
type: bug
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 13.8k
- Forks
- 1.4k
- Avg merge
- 17h 58m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 5
Description
Users reported that liveshare extension doesn't work in vscode desktop when connected to a gitpod workspace. We should investigate why is that and fix it if possible
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the Live Share failure in VS Code Desktop while connected to a Gitpod workspace, using the reported behavior as the starting point. Trace why the extension does not work and determine whether a fix is possible; done means the cause is documented and the issue is fixed or conclusively explained.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- cloud, desktop, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100