vscode: Can't turn on setting sync, Error while turning on Settings Sync. No authentication providers are available.

I also had the exact same problem after applying the same update in Arch Linux. I solved by installing gnome-keyring libsecret libgnome-keyring.

I used the official deb package from the VS Code website, and I am getting the same error. @sandy081

Error while turning on settings sync. No authentication providers...

Installing gnome-keyring via apt solves the issue. It seems gnome-keyring should be included as a dependency in the .deb package.

I also had the exact same problem after applying the same update in Arch Linux. I solved by installing gnome-keyring libsecret libgnome-keyring.

Wow, that’s work for me too. Eventhrough my desktop application is kde. thank you very much. But I wonder is that the correct solutions to this issue. it does make sync work again, but it tell me to set and store a new keyring which i never came across before.

@TylerLeonhardt Ok so I had to enable gnome-keyring daemon and it works fine.

@wiredhikari my guess is that the keyring isn’t getting unlocked or the secret service provided by libsecret isn’t launching properly… you may have to do some digging around awesome wm & libsecret or gnome-keyring. I’ll try to do some digging on my side but you might have more context than I since you have context on awesome wm.

Ya sure I will try figuring it out and let you know how it goes.

It’s a tough one because gnome-keyring isn’t a dependency… our dependency is "anything that implements org.freedesktop.secrets API which is gnome-keyring, kwallet, or KeePassXC…

gnome-keyring is the easiest to set up but not everyone wants that.