[Remote-SSH Bug]: VSCode failt to install code-server when i use “”Local Server Download"

[XhosaS]

Is there an existing issue for this bug?

• I have searched the existing issues

Required Troubleshooting Steps

• I have followed these troubleshooting steps
• I have tried both values of the remote.SSH.useLocalServer setting

Connect Locally

It connects successfully

->

No response

Expected Behavior

When I use "Local Server Download", VSCode scps the file c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_server_1720084729396\vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8 to ~/.vscode-server on my server. However, during extraction with tar, tar interprets colons (:) in file names as meaning it is a file on another machine, so the extraction fails. Can you add --force-local to the extraction command, or is there any other solution?

Steps To Reproduce

• Remote OS Version: a offline Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS, Trusty Tahr
• VSCode Version: 1.91.0
• Local OS Version: Windows 10
• Remote-SSH Version:v0.112.0

connect ssh with "Local Server Download"

Remote-SSH Log

Remote-SSH Log

[17:44:09.448] Log Level: 2
[17:44:09.456] SSH Resolver called for "ssh-remote+172.21.16.233", attempt 1
[17:44:09.456] "remote.SSH.useLocalServer": false
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.useExecServer": true
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.showLoginTerminal": false
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.remotePlatform": {"172.21.16.233":"linux"}
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.path": D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.configFile": undefined
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.useFlock": true
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.lockfilesInTmp": false
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.localServerDownload": auto
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.remoteServerListenOnSocket": false
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.showLoginTerminal": false
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.defaultExtensions": []
[17:44:09.457] "remote.SSH.loglevel": 2
[17:44:09.458] "remote.SSH.enableDynamicForwarding": true
[17:44:09.458] "remote.SSH.enableRemoteCommand": false
[17:44:09.458] "remote.SSH.serverPickPortsFromRange": {}
[17:44:09.458] "remote.SSH.serverInstallPath": {}
[17:44:09.465] VS Code version: 1.91.0
[17:44:09.465] Remote-SSH version: remote-ssh@0.112.0
[17:44:09.465] win32 x64
[17:44:09.467] SSH Resolver called for host: 172.21.16.233
[17:44:09.467] Setting up SSH remote "172.21.16.233"
[17:44:09.472] Using commit id "ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286" and quality "stable" for server
[17:44:09.474] Install and start server if needed
[17:44:09.476] Checking ssh with "D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe -V"
[17:44:09.612] > OpenSSH_7.9p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1a  20 Nov 2018

[17:44:09.631] Running script with connection command: "D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe" -T -D 51128 "172.21.16.233" bash
[17:44:09.633] Terminal shell path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe
[17:44:10.688] > �]0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe�
[17:44:10.689] Got some output, clearing connection timeout
[17:44:10.720] > 11862286b493: running
> Installing to /home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server...
> 11862286b493%%1%%
> Downloading with wget
[17:44:46.112] > wget download failed
> 
> printenv:
>     XDG_SESSION_ID=41
>     SHELL=/bin/bash
>     SSH_CLIENT=10.10.31.81 51131 22
>     USER=xhosa.liu
>     VSCODE_AGENT_FOLDER=/home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server
>     PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> :/usr/local/games
>     MAIL=/var/mail/xhosa.liu
>     PWD=/home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server
>     LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>     HOME=/home/xhosa.liu
>     SHLVL=2
>     LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>     LOGNAME=xhosa.liu
>     SSH_CONNECTION=10.10.31.81 51131 172.21.16.233 22
>     XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1002
>     OLDPWD=/home/xhosa.liu
>     _=/usr/bin/printenv
> Trigger local server download
> 11862286b493:trigger_server_download
> artifact==cli-alpine-x64==
> destFolder==/home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server==
> destFolder2==/vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz==      
> 11862286b493:trigger_server_download_end
> Waiting for client to transfer server archive...
> Waiting for /home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server/vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8
> b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz.done and vscode-server.tar.gz to exist
[17:44:46.116] Got request to download on client for {"artifact":"cli-alpine-x64","destPath":"/home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server/vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz"}
[17:44:46.117] Downloading VS Code server locally...
[17:44:46.127] > 
> 
[17:44:46.954] Downloaded VS Code server to c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\8e6a552b-2d80-4547-990c-a11d85af9849
[17:44:46.959] Renamed VS Code server to c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_server_1720086286954\vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz
[17:44:46.964] Checking ssh with "D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe -V"
[17:44:47.081] > OpenSSH_7.9p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1a  20 Nov 2018

[17:44:47.102] Expecting scp to be next to ssh at D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\scp.exe
[17:44:47.102] Testing scp with "D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\scp.exe"
[17:44:47.226] scp exited with code: 1
[17:44:47.226] Got stderr from scp: usage: scp [-346BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file]
           [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program] source ... target
[17:44:47.227] Copying file to remote with "D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\scp.exe" "c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_server_1720086286954\vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz" "vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz.done" "172.21.16.233":"/home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server"
[17:44:47.227] Using cwd: file:///c%3A/Users/xhosa.liu/AppData/Local/Temp/vscode_server_1720086286954
[17:44:47.227] Terminal shell path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe
[17:44:48.359] > �]0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe�
[17:44:48.385] > c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_   0%    0     0.0KB/s   --:-- ETA
[17:44:49.370] > 
[17:44:49.383] > c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_  81% 7104KB   6.9MB/s   00:00 ETA
[17:44:49.624] > 
[17:44:49.641] > c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_ 100% 8755KB   6.8MB/s   00:01    
[17:44:49.668] > vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc   0%    0     0.0KB/s   --:-- ETA
[17:44:49.682] > 
[17:44:49.698] > vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc 100%    9     0.3KB/s   00:00    
[17:44:51.017] "Copy server to host" terminal command done
[17:44:52.088] > Found flag and server on host
> 11862286b493%%2%%
> tar --version:
> tar (GNU tar) 1.27.1
> Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> 
> Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
> tar: This does not look like a tar archive
> 
> gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> ERROR: tar exited with non-0 exit code: 0
[17:44:52.103] > 
> Already attempted local download, failing
> 11862286b493: start
> exitCode==37==
> listeningOn====
> osReleaseId==ubuntu==
> arch==x86_64==
> vscodeArch==x64==
> bitness==64==
> tmpDir==/run/user/1002==
> platform==linux==
> unpackResult==error==
> didLocalDownload==1==
> downloadTime====
> installTime==4==
> serverStartTime====
> execServerToken==a1a1a111-1111-1a11-1a1a-1a1aaaa11111==
> 11862286b493: end
[17:44:52.103] Received install output: 
exitCode==37==
listeningOn====
osReleaseId==ubuntu==
arch==x86_64==
vscodeArch==x64==
bitness==64==
tmpDir==/run/user/1002==
platform==linux==
unpackResult==error==
didLocalDownload==1==
downloadTime====
installTime==4==
serverStartTime====
execServerToken==a1a1a111-1111-1a11-1a1a-1a1aaaa11111==

[17:44:52.105] Resolver error: Error: 无法安装 VS Code 服务器
	at g.ServerInstallError (c:\Users\xhosa.liu\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.112.0\out\extension.js:2:499852)
	at d (c:\Users\xhosa.liu\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.112.0\out\extension.js:2:493513)
	at t.handleInstallOutput (c:\Users\xhosa.liu\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.112.0\out\extension.js:2:495331)
	at t.tryInstall (c:\Users\xhosa.liu\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.112.0\out\extension.js:2:621085)
	at async c:\Users\xhosa.liu\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.112.0\out\extension.js:2:580730
	at async t.withShowDetailsEvent (c:\Users\xhosa.liu\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.112.0\out\extension.js:2:584036)
	at async k (c:\Users\xhosa.liu\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.112.0\out\extension.js:2:577649)
	at async t.resolve (c:\Users\xhosa.liu\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.112.0\out\extension.js:2:581407)
	at async c:\Users\xhosa.liu\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.112.0\out\extension.js:2:848023
[17:44:52.109] ------




[17:44:52.368] > 
[17:44:52.600] Opening exec server for ssh-remote+172.21.16.233
[17:44:52.630] Initizing new exec server for ssh-remote+172.21.16.233
[17:44:52.653] Using commit id "ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286" and quality "stable" for server
[17:44:52.655] Install and start server if needed
[17:44:52.665] Running script with connection command: "D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe" -T -D 51128 "172.21.16.233" bash
[17:44:52.667] Terminal shell path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe
[17:44:53.424] "install" terminal command done
[17:44:53.424] Install terminal quit with output: 
[17:44:53.781] > �]0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe�
[17:44:53.782] Got some output, clearing connection timeout
[17:44:53.805] > 50403a12fd42: running
> Installing to /home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server...
> 50403a12fd42%%1%%
> Downloading with wget
[17:45:29.214] > wget download failed
> 
> printenv:
>     XDG_SESSION_ID=43
>     SHELL=/bin/bash
>     SSH_CLIENT=10.10.31.81 51169 22
>     USER=xhosa.liu
>     VSCODE_AGENT_FOLDER=/home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server
>     PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> :/usr/local/games
>     MAIL=/var/mail/xhosa.liu
>     PWD=/home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server
>     LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>     HOME=/home/xhosa.liu
>     SHLVL=2
>     LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>     LOGNAME=xhosa.liu
>     SSH_CONNECTION=10.10.31.81 51169 172.21.16.233 22
>     XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1002
>     OLDPWD=/home/xhosa.liu
>     _=/usr/bin/printenv
> Trigger local server download
> 50403a12fd42:trigger_server_download
> artifact==cli-alpine-x64==
> destFolder==/home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server==
> destFolder2==/vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz==      
> 50403a12fd42:trigger_server_download_end
> Waiting for client to transfer server archive...
> Waiting for /home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server/vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8
> b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz.done and vscode-server.tar.gz to exist
> 
[17:45:29.215] Got request to download on client for {"artifact":"cli-alpine-x64","destPath":"/home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server/vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz"}
[17:45:29.215] Downloading VS Code server locally...
[17:45:29.353] Downloaded VS Code server to c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\76175617-a5d1-430c-abbe-1bbef03b5b6a
[17:45:29.356] Renamed VS Code server to c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_server_1720086329354\vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz
[17:45:29.359] Checking ssh with "D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe -V"
[17:45:29.475] > OpenSSH_7.9p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1a  20 Nov 2018

[17:45:29.480] Expecting scp to be next to ssh at D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\scp.exe
[17:45:29.480] Testing scp with "D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\scp.exe"
[17:45:29.597] scp exited with code: 1
[17:45:29.597] Got stderr from scp: usage: scp [-346BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i identity_file]
           [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program] source ... target
[17:45:29.598] Copying file to remote with "D:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\scp.exe" "c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_server_1720086329354\vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz" "vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286.tar.gz.done" "172.21.16.233":"/home/xhosa.liu/.vscode-server"
[17:45:29.598] Using cwd: file:///c%3A/Users/xhosa.liu/AppData/Local/Temp/vscode_server_1720086329354
[17:45:29.598] Terminal shell path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe
[17:45:30.726] > �]0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe�
[17:45:30.748] > c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_   0%    0     0.0KB/s   --:-- ETA
[17:45:31.751] > 
[17:45:31.765] > c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_  77% 6784KB   6.5MB/s   00:00 ETA
[17:45:32.020] > 
[17:45:32.035] > c:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_ 100% 8755KB   6.6MB/s   00:01    
[17:45:32.066] > vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc   0%    0     0.0KB/s   --:-- ETA
[17:45:32.083] > 
[17:45:32.097] > vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc 100%    9     0.3KB/s   00:00    
[17:45:32.205] > Found flag and server on host
> 50403a12fd42%%2%%
> tar --version:
> tar (GNU tar) 1.27.1
> Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> 
> Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
> tar: This does not look like a tar archive
> 
> gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
[17:45:32.220] > 
> ERROR: tar exited with non-0 exit code: 0
> Already attempted local download, failing
> 50403a12fd42: start
> exitCode==37==
> listeningOn====
> osReleaseId==ubuntu==
> arch==x86_64==
> vscodeArch==x64==
> bitness==64==
> tmpDir==/run/user/1002==
> platform==linux==
> unpackResult==error==
> didLocalDownload==1==
> downloadTime====
> installTime==5==
> serverStartTime====
> execServerToken==11111aaa-aa1a-111a-a11a-1111a1a1a1a1==
> 50403a12fd42: end
[17:45:32.220] Received install output: 
exitCode==37==
listeningOn====
osReleaseId==ubuntu==
arch==x86_64==
vscodeArch==x64==
bitness==64==
tmpDir==/run/user/1002==
platform==linux==
unpackResult==error==
didLocalDownload==1==
downloadTime====
installTime==5==
serverStartTime====
execServerToken==11111aaa-aa1a-111a-a11a-1111a1a1a1a1==

[17:45:32.221] Exec server for ssh-remote+172.21.16.233 failed: Error: 无法安装 VS Code 服务器
[17:45:32.221] Error opening exec server for ssh-remote+172.21.16.233: Error: 无法安装 VS Code 服务器
[17:45:32.232] > 
[17:45:33.466] "Copy server to host" terminal command done
[17:45:33.763] "install" terminal command done
[17:45:33.763] Install terminal quit with output: 

Anything else?

i run tar in my local terminal :
tar (child): Cannot connect to c: resolve failed

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Child returned status 128
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

[sergiosierram]

I have tried remote ssh with macOS silicon connecting to a raspberry pi.

Same issue with login loop installing vscode server.

Workaround for now:
I have downgrade vscode to v1.85 and it works again

[XhosaS]

@roblourens Do you have any suggestions for this issue?

[roblourens]

However, during extraction with tar, tar interprets colons (:) in file names as meaning it is a file on another machine, so the extraction fails.

Where are you seeing a colon in the file name?

[XhosaS]

However, during extraction with tar, tar interprets colons (:) in file names as meaning it is a file on another machine, so the extraction fails.

Where are you seeing a colon in the file name?

VSCode first downloads vscode-server to my C drive, and then when executing the scp command, it uses my directory as the server's name for the transfer (e.g., C:\Users\xhosa.liu\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode_server_1720084729396\vscode-cli-ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8). The C drive contains colon.

And when I enter the ~/.vscode-server/bin directory, I can see that the filename of the scp includes a colon.

[XhosaS]

@roblourens this is my remote server dir.

[XhosaS]

@roblourens Do you have any suggestions for this issue?

[roblourens]

@connor4312 I think you changed something with the scp path?

[connor4312]

This should be fixed in the latest version of Remote - SSH. Does this happen on Remote - SSH version v0.113.1 or higher?

[XhosaS]

This should be fixed in the latest version of Remote - SSH. Does this happen on Remote - SSH version v0.113.1 or higher?

Yes, v0.113.1 fixed this bug. thanks