If open Pulse Secure VPN first, then open vscode, then switch to Remote Explorer. The list is empty.

Is there an existing issue for this bug?

• I have searched the existing open issues and found none that apply.
• If I find any issue of interest that is related or closed, I will included a link to it in this issue.

Required Troubleshooting Steps

• I have read and performed the troubleshooting steps
• I have tried both values of the remote.SSH.useLocalServer setting
• My issue was not covered in the Tips and Tricks linked from the Troubleshooting Wiki.
• I will include a complete copy of my Remote - SSH logs by running Remote-SSH: Show Log in the command palette or from View > Output in the menu bar

[Optional] Diagnose with Copilot

I asked @remote-ssh but it did not help

In step 2 of the troubleshooting wiki, what was the result of running the generated SSH command verbatim outside of VS Code?

I COULD successfully SSH to the remote machine with the generated SSH command

Remote-SSH Log

[18:15:12.108] Log Level: 2
[18:15:12.278] VS Code version: 1.96.3
[18:15:12.278] Remote-SSH version: remote-ssh@0.116.1
[18:15:12.278] darwin arm64

Expected Behavior

After closing the Pulse VPN

Actual Behavior

After opening the Pulse VPN

Steps To Reproduce

1. If open Pulse Secure VPN first, then open vscode, then switch to Remote Explorer. The list is empty.
2. If open VScode first, then open Pulse Secure VPN, all is normal.

Anything else?

Pulse Secure VPN version:

Note:
After starting a VPN connection, the DNS Servers and Search Domains of current network will be changed. It could be a reason.

Start by reproducing the sequence in the issue on macOS: launch Pulse Secure VPN before VS Code, then open Remote Explorer, and compare it with the reverse order. Read the Remote-SSH troubleshooting wiki and inspect the complete output from “Remote-SSH: Show Log”; done means Remote Explorer lists the expected connections in both launch orders.