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The VS Code Server failed to start error with recent upgrade and also with message flood of "Waiting for server log..."

After recent upgrade to 1.86.0 version of vscode, remote-ssh extension doesnt work as expected and throws "Could not establish connection to ---" error.

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Some more log snippets from Output window:

[13:46:24.025] Resolver error: Error: The VS Code Server failed to start
    at g.ServerInstallError (c:\Users\lpthomas\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.108.0\out\extension.js:2:460179)
    at d (c:\Users\lpthomas\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.108.0\out\extension.js:2:453522)
    at t.handleInstallOutput (c:\Users\lpthomas\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.108.0\out\extension.js:2:455792)
    at t.tryInstall (c:\Users\lpthomas\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.108.0\out\extension.js:2:581100)
    at async c:\Users\lpthomas\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.108.0\out\extension.js:2:540958
    at async t.withShowDetailsEvent (c:\Users\lpthomas\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.108.0\out\extension.js:2:544264)
    at async k (c:\Users\lpthomas\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.108.0\out\extension.js:2:537923)
    at async t.resolve (c:\Users\lpthomas\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.108.0\out\extension.js:2:541635)
    at async c:\Users\lpthomas\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.108.0\out\extension.js:2:807794
[13:46:24.032] ------




[13:46:25.301] "install" terminal command done
[13:46:25.301] Install terminal quit with output:
Solution

  • Same problem, sloved.

    Solution:

    Downgrade you vscode version to version 1.8.5.X, from this link vscode 1.8.5

    Reason:

    The version 1.8.6 updated yesterday has a bug about remote SSH. Vscode official explaniation:

    In other words, for the time being we recommend having a separate installation of VS Code 1.85 specifically for connecting to those remote machines affected by this issue. We still highly recommend using the latest 1.86 version for all other work that does not involve those remote machines.

    See full official explaniation here github.

    Reminder: Do NOT enable vscode auto-upgrade

    In case it upgrade to v1.8.6 as long as you restart vscode or your OS, and it will make your remote SSH fail again.

    Do it by:

    In vscode, File-Preferences-Settings, search for "update", then disable "Update: Enable Windows Background Updates", change "Extensions: Autop Update" to "False", chang "Update: Mode" to "none".