microsoft/vscode-containers

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Container Tools Extension for Visual Studio Code

Stars: 139
Forks: 87
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 56
Avg merge: 9h 15m
Merged PRs (30d): 9

Dominant language: TypeScript
License: No license data
Last GitHub push: Sep 15, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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microsoft/vscode-containers#613 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 13, 2026
Add Docker Files to Workspace generates invalid tasks.json referencing a non-existent .sln file when C# Dev Kit is installed Open

.NET AT-CTI blocked external

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 72/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#605 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 3, 2026
Move to modern `@azure/*` packages with functional-style exports Open

engineering

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microsoft/vscode-containers#594 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 24, 2026
compose profile info and non intuitive compose stop down behaviour Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#570 · Opened Aug 1, 2026
[FEAT] Show if some or all containers are running Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#485 · 1 comment · Opened May 23, 2026
Version 2.4.1 extension crash Open

language-server

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#442 · 10 comments · Opened Apr 12, 2026
Add “Compose Pull / Update All Images” command for Docker Compose projects Open

good first issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#414 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Add presentation options to Docker extension's compose commands Open

good first issue

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#350 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 22, 2026
Doesn't recognize `--unpack` argument to `ADD` Open

language-server

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#297 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 14, 2025
See how Copilot prompts/instructions/agents/skills can be used Open

copilot investigate

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#287 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 5, 2025
Have 'Open in Browser' check sensible defaults before complaining 'No valid ports are available' Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#218 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 4, 2025
Dockerfile Language Server cannot start right after installing the extension Open

investigate language-server

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#185 · 9 comments · Opened Jul 26, 2025
Erroneous "failed to process string" error and syntax highlighting for Dockerfile parameter substitution modifier `-` Open

language-server

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#184 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 26, 2025
Fix the extension pack title Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#528 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 16, 2025
use compose commands with projects that have been started via api does not work Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#159 · 7 comments · Opened Jun 27, 2025
Support for coming macOS container runtime Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#143 · 5 comments · 23 reactions · Opened Jun 11, 2025
Support docker-compose watch Open

investigate

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#87 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 24, 2025
dotnet container sdk publish throws error for chiseled (shell-less) images Open

.NET

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microsoft/vscode-containers#80 · Opened May 14, 2025
Add autocomplete for other registries Open

registries

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#67 · Opened May 2, 2025
Unable to Attach a Shell in Remote SSH Open

remote

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#66 · 1 comment · Opened May 2, 2025
`docker.commands.composeDown` does not work when executing Compose Down from tree view Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#98 · 6 comments · Opened Apr 29, 2025
Auto-detect container runtime when `containers.client` is `Default` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#53 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 21, 2025
Announcement: Container Tools for Visual Studio Code Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#43 · 22 comments · Opened Apr 15, 2025
Volume create Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#99 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 12, 2025
[GitHub Codespaces] An error occurs when opening multiple container files at the same time Open

AT-CTI codespaces

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#100 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 11, 2025
Build and run task outputs do not get picked up by GitHub Copilot when attaching the last terminal command Open

copilot investigate

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#40 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 2, 2025
Unable to build using multi-root workspace Open

.NET

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#101 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 25, 2024
[Feature Request] Docker Run Task does not support attached container Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#102 · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 11, 2024
Debug error at start session: "Variable ${workspaceFolder} can not be resolved in a multi folder workspace. Scope this variable using ':' and a workspace folder name" Open

.NET

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#103 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 5, 2024
Feature Request: Allow setting the container "label" to reference a label in the containers view Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#104 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 16, 2024
Offer completion for `# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1` Open

language-server

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#132 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 30, 2024
Dockerfile Linter doesn't recognize directory destination in COPY command Open

language-server

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microsoft/vscode-containers#133 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 28, 2024
Compose Restart inconsistency Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#106 · Opened Feb 9, 2024
Fail to debug a python project Open

AT-CTI blocked Python

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#134 · 7 comments · Opened Jan 18, 2024
ARG double evaluation Open

language-server

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#107 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 27, 2023
[Feature request] support syntax highlighting in heredoc RUN instructions Open

language-server

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#108 · 5 comments · 14 reactions · Opened Dec 1, 2023
Syntax highlighting doesn't handle escaped quotes Open

language-server

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#109 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 18, 2023
Allow compose pause/unpause containers Open

good first issue

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#110 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 28, 2023
Add Discoverability For F5'ing Python and Node projects Open

investigate

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#111 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 14, 2023
Move "build in ACR" command to ACA extension Open

Azure/ACR registries

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#112 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 20, 2023
[FEATURE REQ] DefaultAzureCredential for local docker testing Open

Azure/ACR investigate

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#113 · 3 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 17, 2023
No containers/images/etc. listed in extension when docker is installed via snap package Open

investigate

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#114 · 8 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Feb 23, 2023
Support ARG in dockerfile when run Build Image in Azure? Open

Azure/ACR investigate registries

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#116 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 18, 2022
Get rid of `fs-extra` in favor of VSCode's `fs` API Open

engineering

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microsoft/vscode-containers#118 · 1 comment · Opened May 17, 2022
Support for scaffolding and debugging additional languages/platforms Open

.NET Node/JS

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#120 · Opened Dec 2, 2021
Support rootless, daemonless podman inside WSL Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#51 · 42 comments · 95 reactions · Opened Sep 27, 2021
How do I re-configure a connected repository? Open

registries

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microsoft/vscode-containers#121 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 10, 2021
Automatically forward ports when used in remote context Open

remote

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microsoft/vscode-containers#122 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 5, 2021
Use new resolveDebugConfigurationWithSubstitutedVariables() API in debug provider Open

.NET engineering Node/JS Python

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microsoft/vscode-containers#123 · 7 comments · Opened Sep 9, 2020
Why move node_modules to parent directory? Open

Node/JS

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/vscode-containers#124 · 10 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 16, 2020

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