code-server: File explorer doesn't show new files created from command line

OS/Web Information

Web Browser: Brave
Local OS: macOS
Remote OS: macOS
Remote Architecture: macOS (not M1)
code-server --version: 4.0.0 (pre-release)

Steps to Reproduce

launch code-server 4.0.0 pre-release
open Integrated Terminal
create new file: touch hello.txt

Expected

The File Explorer should show the newly created file.

Actual

It doesn’t show.

Logs

N/A

Screenshot

Notes

This issue can be reproduced in VS Code: No

About this issue

Original URL
State: open
Created 3 years ago
Comments: 16 (8 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Ok, strange. Reproduction seems to be more complicated than I thought. I notice that it doesn’t always occur. But when it does, it always does. But then you can solve it by restarting the web app or reloading it in the browser.

I will see under which conditions the problem occurs and will report back.

reaseno on May 31, 2022

same problem on 4.0.2, here is the terminal log 😃

[IPC Library: Pty Host] DEBUG ChildProcessMonitor: Has child processes changed true
[IPC Library: Pty Host] TRACE IPty#pid
[IPC Library: Pty Host] TRACE Flow control: Ack 5000 chars (unacknowledged: 283)
[10:59:26] [File Watcher (parcel)] [CHANGED] /Users/george/wd/ls
[10:59:26] [File Watcher (parcel)]  >> normalized [CHANGED] /Users/george/wd/ls
[IPC Library: Pty Host] DEBUG ChildProcessMonitor: Has child processes changed false
[IPC Library: Pty Host] TRACE IPty#pid
[IPC Library: Pty Host] TRACE Flow control: Ack 5000 chars (unacknowledged: 579)
[IPC Library: Pty Host] TRACE Flow control: Ack 5000 chars (unacknowledged: 698)
[IPC Library: Pty Host] TRACE Flow control: Ack 5000 chars (unacknowledged: 2475)
[IPC Library: Pty Host] TRACE IPty#pid
[IPC Library: Pty Host] TRACE Flow control: Ack 5000 chars (unacknowledged: 58)
[IPC Library: Pty Host] TRACE IPty#pid
[10:59:39] [File Watcher (parcel)] [CHANGED] /Users/george/wd/ls
[10:59:39] [File Watcher (parcel)]  >> normalized [CHANGED] /Users/george/wd/ls
[IPC Library: Pty Host] TRACE IPty#pid
[2022-02-18T02:59:49.714Z] debug 2 active connections
[2022-02-18T02:59:49.714Z] trace heartbeat
[10:59:54] [File Watcher (parcel)] [DELETED] /Users/george/wd/ls
[10:59:54] [File Watcher (parcel)] [DELETED] /Users/george/wd/sfsdaf
[10:59:54] [File Watcher (parcel)]  >> normalized [DELETED] /Users/george/wd/ls
[10:59:54] [File Watcher (parcel)]  >> normalized [DELETED] /Users/george/wd/sfsdaf
[IPC Library: Pty Host] TRACE Flow control: Ack 5000 chars (unacknowledged: 23)

mercury7720 on Feb 18, 2022

I have the same problem with Explorer on 4.0.2 and in addition, changes to an open file are also not immediately displayed when I have made changes to it via the terminal. This complicates the work sometimes considerably.

The cause is probably the same.

reaseno on Feb 3, 2022

Thanks for reporting! We’ll see if we can reproduce!

jsjoeio on Jan 18, 2022

I feel like it must be in the file watcher somewhere, I think maybe the first thing would be to make sure it is picking up changes in the workspace.

code-asher on Dec 17, 2021

Oh yeah I noticed this too, I have to keep refreshing the explorer.

code-asher on Dec 15, 2021