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DeprecationWarning for punycode module in extension.js

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2026-03-16 07:39:43.514 [error] [Window] [Extension Host] (node:24372) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The punycode module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.

A search found punycode usage in dist/extension.js of the ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers extension, and it's likely from a bundled dependency.

The installed version of the ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers extension (Dec Containers) is 0.447.0

Version: 1.110.0 (user setup)
Commit: 0870c2a0c7c0564e7631bfed2675573a94ba4455
Date: 2026-03-04T01:20:28.863Z
Electron: 39.6.0
ElectronBuildId: 13330601
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

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