Sync feature suddenly disabled

[yuriykaz]

Issue Type: Bug

Hi, I was trying some new themes in my VS Code, installing and removing, and the sync function was suddenly disabled.

VS Code version: Code 1.52.1 (ea3859d, 2020-12-16T16:34:46.910Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19042

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz (8 x 1800)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: disabled_off opengl: enabled_on protected_video_decode: enabled rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	19.87GB (12.28GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id f3c7514d-3196-4990-8f75-0600989cdc22
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (15)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
bracket-pair-colorizer-2	Coe	0.2.0
vscode-mysql-client2	cwe	2.8.7
vscode-html-css	ecm	1.4.0
prettier-vscode	esb	5.8.0
vscode-firefox-debug	fir	2.9.1
vscode-mysql	for	0.4.0
hclappscancodesweep	HCL	1.1.3
mssql	ms-	1.10.0
python	ms-	2020.12.424452561
jupyter	ms-	2020.12.414227025
remote-wsl	ms-	0.52.0
debugger-for-chrome	msj	4.12.11
LiveServer	rit	5.6.1
vscodeintellicode	Vis	1.2.10
vscode-icons	vsc	11.0.0

(5 theme extensions excluded)

A/B Experiments

vsliv368cf:30146710
vsreu685:30147344
openlogontheside:30221877
python763:30178808
python383:30185418
vspor879:30202332
vspor708:30202333
vspor363:30204092
python504:30227505
vswsl492:30211401
wsl2prompt:30224612
pythonvsdeb440cf:30237828
unusedprompt:30224610
folderexplorer:30224614
openfilemenu:30224647
pythonvsded773cf:30236630
vsjup459cf:30237188

[jaintj95]

@yuriykaz - Same happened with me. Just wait for a while and try to turn on settings sync and it will work.

#113694

[sandy081]

/duplicate

#91286