Dev Container/Issue/Extension Not Found

• GitHub/codekiln/dev-container-test
• VSCode/Extension/QuickStage not installed
• one of the reasons I created this test repo was to see if I could reproduce the issue I saw 2025-02-08 Sat in Person/codekiln/GitHub/alits where QuickStage wasn't installed, even though I had it in my DevContainer/.devcontainer.json file. Sure enough, this minimal test repo does reproduce it.

  • [6895 ms] Extensions cache, install extensions: dbaeumer.vscode-eslint, bs-code.git-quick-stage, ms-azuretools.vscode-docker, GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github
    
    [6895 ms] Extensions cache, install extensions: dbaeumer.vscode-eslint, bs-code.git-quick-stage, ms-azuretools.vscode-docker, GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github
    [6895 ms] Start: Run in container: test -d /home/node/.cursor-server/extensionsCache && ls /home/node/.cursor-server/extensionsCache || true
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    [6896 ms] 
    [6896 ms] Start: Run in container: test -d /vscode/cursor-server/extensionsCache && ls /vscode/cursor-server/extensionsCache || true
    [6896 ms] 
    [6896 ms] 
    [6896 ms] Extensions cache, link in container: None
    [6897 ms] Start: Run in container: /home/node/.cursor-server/bin/f5f18731406b73244e0558ee7716d77c8096d150/bin/cursor-server --log debug --force-disable-user-env --server-data-dir /home/node/.cursor-server --use-host-proxy --telemetry-level all --accept-server-license-terms --host 127.0.0.1 --port 0 --connection-token-file /home/node/.cursor-server/data/Machine/.connection-token-f5f18731406b73244e0558ee7716d77c8096d150 --extensions-download-dir /home/node/.cursor-server/extensionsCache --install-extension dbaeumer.vscode-eslint --install-extension bs-code.git-quick-stage --install-extension ms-azuretools.vscode-docker --install-extension GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github --start-server --disable-websocket-compression --skip-requirements-check
    [6963 ms] userEnvProbe PATHs:
    Probe:     '/usr/local/share/nvm/current/bin:/usr/local/share/npm-global/bin:/pnpm:/usr/local/share/nvm/current/bin:/usr/local/share/npm-global/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/home/node/.local/bin'
    Container: '/pnpm:/usr/local/share/nvm/current/bin:/usr/local/share/npm-global/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin'
    
    [7980 ms] [09:19:18] Extension 'bs-code.git-quick-stage' not found.
    Make sure you use the full extension ID, including the publisher, e.g.: ms-dotnettools.csharp
    
    
    
    [15991 ms] [09:19:26] Extension 'dbaeumer.vscode-eslint' v3.0.10 was successfully installed.
    [09:19:26] Extension 'github.vscode-pull-request-github' v0.102.0 was successfully installed.
    [09:19:26] Extension 'ms-azuretools.vscode-docker' v1.29.4 was successfully installed.
    [15992 ms] [09:19:26] Error: Failed Installing Extensions: bs-code.git-quick-stage
        at Kc.installExtensions (file:///vscode/cursor-server/bin/linux-arm64/f5f18731406b73244e0558ee7716d77c8096d150/out/server-main.js:71:35452)

• I pushed up the repo to codekiln/dev-container-test: testing a simple dev container, now I'd like to contact the QuickStage plugin author, GitHub/Bluesteel-Software
  • I looked through git-stage-file/extension.js at main · Bluesteel-Software/git-stage-file and it looks remarkably easy to create a VSCode/Extension; I'll have to do that sometime.
• Unrelated issues in VSCode (it's actually a cursor issue)
  • Extensions defined in devcontainer.json are not installing · Issue #8097 · microsoft/vscode-remote-release closed 2023/03

    • What I observe (@orolega please confirm): When open a dev container, switch to a non-default profile and then rebuild that container with extensions listed in the devcontainer.json to be installed at server startup, I end up in the non-default profile without the extensions (that seems unexpected). If I then switch to the default profile, the extensions are there.
      

    • that sounds related to the behavior I'm observing
      • what happens if I switch VSCode/Profiles?
        • Profiles in Visual Studio Code VSCode/Docs/Editor/Profiles

          • From the Code > Settings > Profiles menu item
            

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          • I'm actually using the default profile
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  • Unable to install extensions in devcontainer · Issue #9494 · microsoft/vscode-remote-release

    • Observed: installation hangs at "installing" (left for several hours, installation never completes)
    • that's not my issue exactly
• Found CursorAI/Forum posts mentioning items very similar to this
  • Dev Containers does not work in 0.45.0 - Bug Report - Cursor - Community Forum 2025/01
    • I didn't see this warning (yet, thankfully), but I would hate to see it!

    • The Dev Containers extension is supported only in Microsoft versions of VS Code
      

    • [7 ms] Dev Containers 0.394.0 in VS Code 1.96.2 (f06cc5e62b757b2bf61ec052a8701fb2da9ded20).
      [7 ms] The Dev Containers extension is supported only in Microsoft versions of VS Code

  • Extension Marketplace Bug - Bug Report - Cursor - Community Forum original date 2024/08,
    • OP - Summary - Elliot - Cursor - Community Forum
      • I’m having a really odd bug with the extensions marketplace. For my work I’m supposed to get the Dev-Containers extension, however, this never shows up (along with lots of other extensions). It’s like I have an entirely different marketplace then my coworkers (I’ve cleared filters and reinstalled Cursor already). I tested this out with Dev Containers specifically. The only way I was able to get the Dev Containers was by downloading it from the Microsoft Store and then uploading it to Cursor. However, once it installed, the Dev-Containers extension did not work properly. I installed the newest version (since it was the only available option) of Dev Containers (v0.381.0). I tested marketplace on a different PC and account and I was able to find Dev Containers (however, it was v0.327.0) and it worked as expected. Couldn’t find a download for that version anywhere so I decided to just address this bug.
      • The issue with Dev Containers v0.381.0 is the VS Code Server not installing properly on Cursor (everything works fine on VS Code on v0.381.0).
      • This is using:

        Version: 0.39.3
        VSCode Version: 1.91.1
        Commit: 5c6f02b83b0bbdce7811fb295219e9668f58ac90
        Date: 2024-08-09T01:17:07.954Z
        Electron: 29.4.0
        ElectronBuildId: undefined
        Chromium: 122.0.6261.156
        Node.js: 20.9.0
        V8: 12.2.281.27-electron.0
        OS: Darwin arm64 23.5.0
        

    • Person/Terry Li recent update 2025/01

      • Step 1. Install this safer compatible version

      • 0.327.0 will help download the compatible VS Code Server version:
      • https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/ms-vscode-remote/vsextensions/remote-containers/0.327.0/vspackage
      • Step 2. Latest compatible version for Cursor + MacOS:
      • After Step 1, we can download and install 0.386.0, which is tested to be still working as of January 15, 2025
      •  Directly installing it on Cursor won’t work because it’ll still download the incompatible version of the VS Code Server.
      • https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/ms-vscode-remote/vsextensions/remote-containers/0.386.0/vspackage
      • Version: 0.44.11

        VSCode Version: 1.93.1
        Commit: fe574d0820377383143b2ea26aa6ae28b3425220
        Date: 2025-01-03T07:59:06.361Z
        Electron: 30.5.1
        Chromium: 124.0.6367.243
        Node.js: 20.16.0
        V8: 12.4.254.20-electron.0
        OS: Darwin arm64 24.3.0
        

  • I ended up posting Dev Containers not installing valid VS Code Extension - Minimal Reproduction - Bug Report - Cursor - Community Forum Forum/post 2025-02-09 Sun