microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release
devcontainers-lock.json cannot be disabled
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Description
- VSCode Version: 1.128.0
- Local OS Version: macOS 26.5.2
- Remote OS Version: Debian 13
- Remote Extension/Connection Type: Dev Containers
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Steps to Reproduce:
- Disable Dev Container Lockfile in User Settings JSON:
"dev.containers.lockfile": false, - Rebuild or create a new dev container through VS Code. Expected: no devcontainer-lock.json is created.
I suspect something has gone wrong when switching the logic from opt-in to opt-out.
We want to disable Lockfiles for now until renovate learns to update lockfiles together with features.
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