The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly.

[andreyddk]

$ com.visualstudio.code --verbose [20:0611/093016.694054:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(158)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /app/extra/vscode/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755.

$ com.visualstudio.code --version 1.57.0 b4c1bd0a9b03c749ea011b06c6d2676c8091a70c x64

$ flatpak --version Flatpak 1.11.1

Cant run vscode. How can i fix it?

[gasinvein]

You can workaround this by running it with --no-sandbox, but it's probably unsafe and surely not a proper fix. We'll need to integrate zypak with VS Code to get a proper sandbox for electron.

[Vyshnav2255]

Temporary Fix

People facing this issue can use this command to downgrade to the previous version
$ flatpak update --commit=dab8194db81dd9a593dacb1d484457a6ba2585787c7ee90f2a6ce417239dc9ef com.visualstudio.code

[barthalion]

I have reverted the app to 1.56 for now.

[gasinvein]

Upstream has added --no-sandbox back in microsoft/vscode#126028 (I've backported it to code-oss flatpak), so the next release will likely work again.

[byteshiva]

I'm facing the same issue. After upgrade, I'm getting this error.

$ /usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=code --file-forwarding com.visualstudio.code --reuse-window @@ %F @@ --verbose 
[21:0709/081418.699432:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(158)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /app/extra/vscode/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755.

vscode version

/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=code --file-forwarding com.visualstudio.code --reuse-window @@ %F @@ -v 
1.58.0
2d23c42a936db1c7b3b06f918cde29561cc47cd6
x64

the above-mentioned temp fix works:( added --no-sandbox)

/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=code --file-forwarding com.visualstudio.code --reuse-window @@ %F @@  --no-sandbox

[Quix0r]

I guess some sysctl prevents this from happening, I also get the same error with heroic game launcher.