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Cannot install extension on remote server

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I am running VS Code 1.96.0 on a Mac, MacOS Sequoia 15.1.1, Darwin 24.1.0.
I have installed the Remote Development and Remote-SSH extensions, which work well for allowing me to edit files on a remote linux server. However, when I open the extensions panel, it shows no extensions installed on the server, and if I try to install an extension on the remote using the button on the info panel for the extension, it reports "Installing" forever.

The javascript console is reporting errors about non-existent files (on my Mac) inside of User/globalStorage that appear not to exist. I'm not sure why it's looking for extension data there.

But, assuming that error message is not the problem, there is some other problem I'm not able to see. The "Remote - SSH" Output view shows the extension copied into data/CachedExetnsionVSIXs/UUID, and then reports "Installing extension:" and a JSON block. But, then it just sits.

Extension version: 0.116.1
VS Code version: Code 1.96.0 (Universal) (138f619c86f1199955d53b4166bef66ef252935c, 2024-12-11T02:29:09.626Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 24.1.0
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-49-generic

System Info
Item Value
CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz (16 x 2400)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg) 5, 4, 4
Memory (System) 64.00GB (9.91GB free)
Process Argv --crash-reporter-id 88d235c0-e2c1-4cbe-ba66-704cda98c861
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Item Value
Remote SSH: aced-build2.cisco.com
OS Linux x64 6.8.0-49-generic
CPUs Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 v3 @ 2.30GHz (48 x 1200)
Memory (System) 377.77GB (370.69GB free)
VM 0%
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