microsoft / microsoft/vscode-livepreview

Live Preview has stopped working on Mac (used to work before)

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Description

Clicking the "Open Preview" button does nothing — no preview window opens, and there’s no error message.

Tried the following with no effect:

  • Reinstalled the Live Preview extension
  • Uninstalled and reinstalled VS Code

It was working fine a few days ago. Now it doesn’t respond at all. On macOS 15.4.1

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Research direction

Begin by reproducing the failure from the Open Preview button on macOS 15.4.1; the report names no file or test to start from. Done means identifying why no preview window or error appears and verifying that the preview opens again.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
desktop, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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