microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release
[Remote-SSH Bug]: First connection failing 50% of the time, and then retry works
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Description
Is there an existing issue for this bug?
- I have searched the existing issues
Required Troubleshooting Steps
- I have followed these troubleshooting steps
- I have tried both values of the
remote.SSH.useLocalServersetting (more info here)
Connect Locally
It connects successfully
->
There appears to be some kind of timing issue when connecting to my remote SSH. Upon initial connect I get a failure about half the time:
Then when I click retry, it connects fine:
Expected Behavior
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Steps To Reproduce
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Remote-SSH Log
See attached.
Anything else?
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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
Start by comparing the attached broken.log and working.log, then test both values of remote.SSH.useLocalServer as described in the troubleshooting link. Trace the initial Remote-SSH connection path for the timing difference between failure and retry. Done means the reported first-connection failure is understood and no longer requires a retry.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- vscode
- Domain
- devtools, networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100