Unable to Search for or Install Extensions Behind Proxy

[sebasijan]

• VSCode Version: 1.2.0
• OS Version: Windows 7

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open VSCode
2. F1
3. Type "Install"
4. Select "Extensions: Install Extension"

At this point, I see a loading bar, but it never goes away - it just loads forever. If I click into another window, it appears to stop searching and does nothing. This is quite frustrating as it means I can't really use VSCode for anything.

I am behind a proxy, and I have amended by User Properties like so :

// Place your settings in this file to overwrite the default settings
  {
      //-------- HTTP configuration --------

      // The proxy setting to use. If not set will be taken from the http_proxy and https_proxy environment variables
    "http.proxy": "http://my.proxy.ip.here:portnumber",

    // Whether the proxy server certificate should be verified against the list of supplied CAs.
    "http.proxyStrictSSL": false
}

As per another similar issue which was related to proxy and extensions not installing

[joaomoreno]

Did you restart Code after modifying the settings?

[sebasijan]

Yes I restarted after each attempt. Let me know if there is anything I can post that might be helpful

[lextm]

@sebasijan you might use a tool such as Wireshark to analyze if the packets go through the proxy properly. If they do then I suspect your corporate proxy blocks the access to the necessary site for some reason.

The setting has been verified by far too many users, so I think this issue you report is more related to the network settings than VSCode itself.

[sebasijan]

@lextm Thanks for the advice Lex - WireShark seems really useful. I can't work out thought - how can I filter packets to only analyse those coming from VSCode? There are so many packets when viewing it is impossible to distinguish by eye.

Is there perhaps an IP address which Install Extensions always makes a call to so that I can isolate?

Thanks again

[sebasijan]

Okay I was able to resolve this after my network manager disabled SSL Inspection on my machine. After re-enabling it the issue comes back. I tried setting

"http.proxyStrictSSL": true

After we re-enabled SSL (as the default was "false") but I am still unable to see extensions. Is this expected?

[joaomoreno]

Yeah, this sounds like a problem in your network.