VSCode Web extensions disappear after restart
Hey!
So I crafted a template and installed the module
vscode-web because of the copilot support and profile sync, only I am facing some issues!
After I update my workspace or restart the workspace, the extensions that I installed previously are gone, I then attempted to make the /root directory presistant but that really didn't go well. Does anyone know how to solve this?Solution:Jump to solution
@Nick you can set
extensions_dir to a directory that is persistent in your workspace18 Replies
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What product are you using?
https://registry.coder.com/modules/vscode-web this is the module I am referring to
the extension list and extension data is stored in your browser's storage
there isn't really a directory you can persist to store those
Oh really? That makes more sense why they are disappearing
There is no solution yet for this I assume?
this is weird though, are they also disappearing if you just close and reopen vscode web ?
they should persist accross restarts, atleast on the same browser
which is why I use settings sync, so i can reuse them accross different browsers
Nope that works perfectly, is just because I update the template alot I am a bit frustrated
Oh that works for you?
well, using settings sync or not, my extensions are still there after a workspace restart
Oh, thats wierd, and you are using the vscode-web?
Not the VScode server ?
This module
I'm not using the vscode-web module but I'm doing the same thing in my template
When I authenticate with the VSCode web I authorize everything and it recognize's me etc but I dont see any profiles synced or extensions being installed and when I do it on for example vscode.dev it actually get all my profiles and themes etc I synced with the cloud
hey @Atif, I thought that
vscode-server was replaced by code serve-local? is there any reason the module doesnt' use that?code serve-web downloads and then runs code-server so I simplified it to directly use it.
VSCode Web extensions disappear after restartthis is probably happening because you are not persisting the extensions directory.
Solution
@Nick you can set
extensions_dir to a directory that is persistent in your workspacethank you for the clarification :-)
vscode-server was marked as deprecated in MS' docs, turns out they just didn't want you to use it directly
Yes probably. But it's easier to use.
Hey thanks for the quick response, I will probably around the evening be able to update the template and set the environment variable. But @Atif what would you suggest me? Since I had issues making the /root persistent instead add it to the /workspace? Or make a separate folder in the /root and make that persistent for the extensions?
You can just set it to anything like
/workspace/.code-serverHey thanks you guys so much for the quick assistant, this actually solved my issue, due to setting the actually
/workspace/.code-server I am able to even gatter all my profiles! Again thanks alot saves me alot of time!