microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release
user should be shown the local backup version of the file, if remote SSH is disconnected during an unsaved edit.
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Description
This is partially relevant to #10799 and #8969 bugs.
I am requesting a UX feature for displaying the local code backup of an unsaved file after a remote session disconnection.
if remote SSH is disconnected during an unsaved edit of a remote file, the file cannot be saved either locally or remotely. There is a local backup of the file in a subdirectory of ~/Library/Application Support/Code/Backups (MacOS) or its platform equivalent. However neither the specific file location nor that code backup directory is not displayed to the user and non-expert users may not be aware a backup is present. I would have to go through most recently modified folders under ".../Code/Backups" to find the modified file and recover unsaved work.
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Research direction
No implementation file or test is named. Start by reproducing a remote SSH disconnection during an unsaved edit and inspect the local backup under ~/Library/Application Support/Code/Backups or its platform equivalent. Done means the user is shown how to access the local backup of the unsaved remote file.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100