VS Code Desktop: Auto forward ports from .gitpod.yml (sometimes ports are not detected or shown)

[akosyakov]

Right now we rely on Remote SSH for VS Code Desktop support for port forwarding. It seems to have some auto forwarding built-in but it does not work always. We also observed that some extensions seem to be able to forward ports as well. Since we have a Gitpod extension running in their server we could investigate auto forwarding of ports from .gitpod.yml as well.

[axonasif]

I'm not sure if this is helpful but I discovered a vscode settings 👀
Maybe you guys could utilize this functionality internally.

"remote.SSH.defaultForwardedPorts": [
    {
        "localPort": 8080,
        "name": "example",
        "remotePort": 8080
    }
],

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Tip: If anyone's wondering how to use it, put this on .vscode/settings.json on your repo.

[BrandiATMuhkuh]

Thank you for the "remote.SSH.defaultForwardedPorts trip. This solved my problem. While I did set the ports in the gitpod.yml, it seems to not pick them up in VSCode after I restarted VSCode. Now it all works!

[loujaybee]

Cross referencing this comment, with user also mentioning that they don't see ports:

• Epic: Improve experience using ports with Gitpod #9262 (comment)

[akosyakov]

@mustard-mh tried to reconfigure machine settings of VS Code to scan for all ports, but it does not seem to work

@mustard-mh Could you summarise any additional findings here please?