code-server: [Bug]: vscodevim extension broken

I managed to get vim v1.22.2 working on code-server 4.2.0 by following these steps.

Command Palette (F1) Select the option: Developer: Install Web Extension... Paste the URL https://open-vsx.org/vscode/asset/vscodevim/vim/1.22.2/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code.WebResources/extension Click install

@jsjoeio

• I’ve tried 3 methods to install vim

1. leftside ‘Extensions’ tab -> search ‘vim’ on marketplace and click ‘Install’ button -> “Error while installing ‘Vim’ extension.” pop-up

1. Follow as [avsthiago] did: https://github.com/coder/code-server/issues/4830#issuecomment-1092917603

Command Palette (F1)
Select the option: Developer: Install Web Extension...
Paste the URL https://open-vsx.org/vscode/asset/vscodevim/vim/1.22.2/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code.WebResources/extension
Click install

=> it works OK. vim is installed, not in remote - installed, it’s in browser - installed.

1. wget -c https://open-vsx.org/api/vscodevim/vim/1.22.2/file/vscodevim.vim-1.22.2.vsix and install using: code-server --install-extension vscodevim.vim-1.22.2.vsix => “This extension is disabled because it is not supported in Code - OSS for the Web. [Learn More]”

So, to install vim, solution number 2 is the only way: Developer: Install Web Extension

I’m using ubuntu docker and vim extension is not working with code-server_4.2.0_amd64.deb

This extension is disabled because it is not supported in Code - OSS for the Web. 

I’ve tried 5 versions of vim extensions, but nothing worked:

vscodevim.vim-1.21.10.vsix  
vscodevim.vim-1.21.9.vsix  
vscodevim.vim-1.22.0.vsix  
vscodevim.vim-1.22.1.vsix  
vscodevim.vim-1.22.2.vsix

How I installed:

#!/bin/sh
for f in *.vsix
do
    echo "install $f"
    bsdtar -xvf $f - extension
    NAME="${f%.*}"
    mv extension /root/.local/share/code-server/extensions/$NAME
    echo "$NAME installed!"
done

I’ve also tried:

code-server --install-extension

I’ve successfully installed C/C++ extension, but failed on Vim extension.

I can confirm what @majordoobie sees.

I’m running code-server 4.2.0 installed from Conda. I downloaded the extension v1.21.10 and installed it from the VSIX using the UI.

When I try to install it from the extensions pane I get the following error in the log (window)

[2022-04-07 16:41:18.411] [window] [error] Error: Cannot find the package.json from the location 'http://remote/web-extension-resource/open-vsx.org/vscode/asset/vscodevim/vim/1.22.2/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code.WebResources/extension'. Failed to fetch
    at x.toWebExtension (http://127.0.0.1:8888/code-server/static/out/vs/workbench/workbench.web.main.js:3053:111476)
    at async x.addExtensionFromGallery (http://127.0.0.1:8888/code-server/static/out/vs/workbench/workbench.web.main.js:3053:109348)
    at async n.doRun (http://127.0.0.1:8888/code-server/static/out/vs/workbench/workbench.web.main.js:3054:4475)

After testing some different versions I’ve found one that works, v1.21.7. It was not working properly.

What I find weird is that once I install my extension it goes under the REMOTE - INSTALLED pane while for you, @jsjoeio, it goes under BROWSER - INSTALLED. I think it is related to the different behaviours that we see.

Sorry it took so long to try this out; got busy with work!

I installed the version you mentioned and I get this:

Did you get a similar issue?

Hello! Just curious if there have been any updates to this issue? Just giving this thread a little bump for love. 😃

I do recall being in this code before. VS Code uses the web endpoint URL template if the commit and quality is set otherwise it just prepends /quality and/or /commit if they exist (this is why I added the quality in our build process so it would use our template instead of prepending /commit).

https://github.com/coder/vscode/blob/96e241330d9c44b64897c1e5031e00aa894103db/src/vs/workbench/services/extensions/browser/webWorkerExtensionHost.ts#L88-L131

So perhaps commit is not being set in the product.json resulting in the URL being prepended with /stable.

the stable comes from this._productService.quality being set, but is somehow the only route affected by this (and whatever code handles the routing for those assets, doesn’t add the quality…)

/static/stable/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/worker/httpsWebWorkerExtensionHostIframe.html missing seems to indeed be the missing piece.

It’s the only asset that gets loaded from static/stable/, which I’ll have to dig further into why that’s getting set, and only set for that specific URL

I also started to have this issue today and reverting to vscodevim.vim v1.21.10 seems to fix it for me. I guess it is probably related to the new 1.22.0/1 release.

ahh im not sure if (and if i did, how…) I missed this, but the console lists INFO Request to 'https://open-vsx.org/vscode/asset/vscodevim/vim/1.22.1/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code.WebResources/extension' failed with status code 404 So it’s now seemingly failing to fetch the extension at all. Might be related to 1.22.1 just releasing though, 8 hours ago

Ah, okay, you’re 3 steps ahead of me.

Yes! I’m using code-server 4.0.2 on macOS right now and it works as expected 🤷‍♂️

Video

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3806031/152889968-29f55486-805b-4dd7-b6e2-9120b88f8290.mov

I’m guessing you’ve tried installing the extension and then restarting code-server?

@code-asher any ideas on how else we can debug this?