vscode: vscode snap version fails to encrypt using the encryptionService

  • VS Code Version: 1.53.2
  • OS Version: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Run the program in any way
  2. Sit back and watch

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

VS code automatically crashes and closes a few seconds after start up, with no popup or other information provided. I tried purging (including all settings), reinstalling (both through snap and apt), but no luck.

Below are the only logs visible after running Code with code --disable-extensions

[2021-02-15 12:17:23.351] [exthost] [info] extension host started
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.368] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.microsoft-authentication {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.microsoft-authentication","_lower":"vscode.microsoft-authentication"},"activationEvent":"onAuthenticationRequest:microsoft"}
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.368] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/microsoft-authentication/dist/extension.js
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.379] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.debug-auto-launch {"startup":true,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.debug-auto-launch","_lower":"vscode.debug-auto-launch"},"activationEvent":"*"}
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.379] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/debug-auto-launch/dist/extension
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.380] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.git {"startup":true,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.github","_lower":"vscode.github"},"activationEvent":"*"}
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.380] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.438] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.github {"startup":true,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.github","_lower":"vscode.github"},"activationEvent":"*"}
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.438] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/github/dist/extension.js
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.442] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension ms-vscode.js-debug {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"ms-vscode.js-debug","_lower":"ms-vscode.js-debug"},"activationEvent":"onCommand:extension.js-debug.clearAutoAttachVariables"}
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.442] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/ms-vscode.js-debug/src/extension.js
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.540] [exthost] [info] eager extensions activated
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.547] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.emmet {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.emmet","_lower":"vscode.emmet"},"activationEvent":"onStartupFinished"}
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.547] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/emmet/dist/node/emmetNodeMain
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.556] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.merge-conflict {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.merge-conflict","_lower":"vscode.merge-conflict"},"activationEvent":"onStartupFinished"}
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.556] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/merge-conflict/dist/mergeConflictMain
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.558] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.testing-editor-contributions {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.testing-editor-contributions","_lower":"vscode.testing-editor-contributions"},"activationEvent":"onStartupFinished"}
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.558] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/testing-editor-contributions/dist/extension.js
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.570] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.github-authentication {"startup":false,"extensionId":{"value":"vscode.github-authentication","_lower":"vscode.github-authentication"},"activationEvent":"onAuthenticationRequest:github"}
[2021-02-15 12:17:23.570] [exthost] [info] ExtensionService#loadCommonJSModule file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/github-authentication/dist/extension.js
[2021-02-15 12:17:24.339] [exthost] [info] extension host terminating: parent process 16843 does not exist anymore: kill ESRCH (code: ESRCH) (errno: ESRCH)
[2021-02-15 12:17:25.346] [exthost] [info] exiting with code 0

I wanted to try changing git.enabled to false in settings.json, but the path indicated in the official docs (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings) does not contain settings.json.

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  • Created 3 years ago
  • Comments: 21 (13 by maintainers)

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The startup crash is now fixed in latest insiders and will also be fixed in next stable release 1.55.

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deepak1556 on Mar 24, 2021

Thanks for checking, at this point I don’t have a good way to analyze the issue because that involves inspecting the stored value or having a reliable repro both of which aren’t possible. It would help if we have a repro.

@RMacfarlane will add some logs to atleast narrow down which extension is triggering this.

From the user end, if possible can you check if the values under those keys are valid base64 strings ?

FWIW, I was able to reproduce the issue by installing the snap and turning on sync (github) in the snap version. After I did this, the apt version started crashing again.

Here’s some steps that may help you to reproduce the issue:

  1. sudo apt install code
  2. sudo snap install code --classic
  3. open the apt version
  4. turn on sync and sign into github
  5. I checked the key, and it was a valid base64 string
  6. close the apt version
  7. open the snap version
  8. turn on sync and sign into github
  9. I checked the key and it was no longer a base64 string (see below)
  10. close the snap version
  11. open the apt version, and it crashes

After turning on sync in the snap version, the key changed to something of the following form: {"extensionId":"vscode.github-authentication","content":"[{\"id\":\"\",\"accessToken\":\"\",\"account\":{\"label\":\"\",\"id\":},\"scopes\":[\"user:email\"]}]"}

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grhwalls on Mar 5, 2021

Can everyone check if you have entries in login keyring under either of the service named vscodevscode.github-authentication or vscodevscode.microsoft-authentication ? Can you delete them and check if the crash continues to happen.

I had an entry for vscodevscode.github-authentication and I deleted it. This seemed to fix the problem for me.

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grhwalls on Mar 5, 2021

Can everyone check if you have entries in login keyring under either of the service named vscodevscode.github-authentication or vscodevscode.microsoft-authentication ? Can you delete them and check if the crash continues to happen.

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deepak1556 on Mar 5, 2021

Thanks for the repro @grhwalls , it helps!

+1
deepak1556 on Mar 8, 2021

Hello, I think I am having the same issue and I may have some useful debug info. I am running vscode 1.53.2 on two Kubuntu 20.10 machines, a laptop and a desktop. It works fine on the desktop, but not on the laptop.

I can think of one thing that I did differently on these two machines: on the laptop, I used to have the snap package and switched to the apt package; on the desktop, I never installed the snap package. The snap package still works on the laptop, but the apt package does not (just like @inc0der reported).

Additionally, the code-insiders apt package works just fine on the laptop.

The fact that I am not having any issues on the desktop makes me wonder if some configuration was changed when the snap package was installed that is preventing the apt package from running correctly. Anyways, I have attached my crash report as well. Hope this helps.

crash_report.zip

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grhwalls on Feb 27, 2021

Both the reports point to SIGABRT from the vscode-encrypt module, we currently don’t generate debug symbols for the module. Will upload the symbolized dump tomorrow.

+1
deepak1556 on Feb 22, 2021

Hey guys I’m having the same issue with VSCode(non snap version) crashing upon start in a new install of Ubuntu 20.04. Snap version works fine but also takes about 1 minute to open on the very first time after a system restart.

Here are my logs for the crash vscode_crash_logs_Ubuntu_20.04.zip

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inc0der on Feb 21, 2021
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