VS Code Desktop Timeout Too Quickly

[jonathan-wondereur]

Bug description

Often when I am trying to connect VS Code desktop I get a timeout error with the connection before I get the prompt to accept the fingerprint of the server.

(Note the overlay that prevents me from selecting continue shows up before the notice of the fingerprint).

Steps to reproduce

Connect to a new GitPod instance from VS Code desktop.

Workspace affected

cicn3jv5gdx

Expected behavior

Timeout to not happen before prompt to accept fingerprint.

Example repository

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Anything else?

No response

[loujaybee]

Thanks for raising @jonathan-wondereur ! We'll be updating the connection method of VS Code desktop soon, hopefully this should resolve the issue. We'll investigate this as part of the work to bring VS Code to GA. 🙏

• Epic: VS Code Desktop GA #7184

Removing from inbox.

[jonathan-wondereur]

FYI: I changed the setting remote ssh use local server to false ("remote.SSH.useLocalServer": false) and this seems to have resolved my connection timeout issues.

[axonasif]

FYI: I changed the setting remote ssh use local server to false ("remote.SSH.useLocalServer": false) and this seems to have resolved my connection timeout issues.

Perhaps can we close the issue 🙏 ?

[jonathan-wondereur]

FYI: I changed the setting remote ssh use local server to false ("remote.SSH.useLocalServer": false) and this seems to have resolved my connection timeout issues.

Perhaps can we close the issue 🙏 ?

You can, but I would suggest adding this to the FAQ or troubleshooting documentation or something ;)

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[loujaybee]

Linking a related issue...

• Improve Gitpod timeouts for multiple clients (revise the 5 minute editor connection timeout) #10373

And...

• Ensure VS Code Desktop can reconnect to workspace after timeout #10288

Which would help lessen the impact of timeout issues.

[jkaye2012]

You can, but I would suggest adding this to the FAQ or troubleshooting documentation or something ;)

I would second this, the issue is very frustrating to users and with such a simple solution it feels like an easy win to document this.

[loujaybee]

@jkaye2012, @jonathan-wondereur, thanks for the feedback 🙏

an easy win to document this.

I would suggest adding this to the FAQ or troubleshooting documentation

Please see:
https://www.gitpod.io/blog/vscode-desktop-ssh-updates

Much of the content is also reflected in:
https://www.gitpod.io/docs/ides-and-editors/vscode

[loujaybee]

As @jonathan-wondereur has confirmed the issue fixes it, I will close the issue.

The method for remote.SSH.useLocalServer is currently behind a configuration flag, but this will eventually be rolled out as default.

@jkaye2012 if you experience similar or related issues, please re-open or add a new issue 🙏