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Endless upgrades of Dev Containers
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Description
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.useLocalServersetting - 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 and it helped, but I still want to report this bug
In step 2 of the troubleshooting wiki, what was the result of running the generated SSH command verbatim outside of VS Code?
I did not try step 2 of the troubleshooting steps
Remote-SSH Log
Remote-SSH Log
[15:15:56.605] Log Level: 2
[15:15:56.610] VS Code version: 1.100.2
[15:15:56.610] Remote-SSH version: remote-ssh@0.120.0
[15:15:56.610] linux x64
Expected Behavior
Stop the endless installations and upgrades of this extension.
Actual Behavior
- This is the latest version.
- However, endless installations and upgrades occurred.
- It reverted to the latest version.
Steps To Reproduce
- VS Code version: 1.100.2
- Linux Mint 21.3 x86_64
- Dev Containers version: 0.413.0
Anything else?
No response
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 with the Remote-SSH: Show Log output and the listed VS Code, Remote-SSH, and Dev Containers versions. Reproduce the repeated installation and upgrade cycle on Linux Mint, then verify that the extension remains at the expected latest version without further changes.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, vscode
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100