Extension thinks TFVC workspace is a Server workspace, when it's clearly Local

[tevert]

Viewing the workspace through Visual Studio shows it as a local, workspace, like the README's instructions. However, after authenticating in VSCode, I get an error popup "(team) It appears you are using a Server workspace. Currently, TFVC support is limited to Local workspaces."

The workspace is to our VSTS account.

How does the extension determine the workspace type?

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Update after some quick digging - it looks like the extension views "Unauthorized" errors as indicators of a Server workspace. I've tried using both PAT and browser auth flows, neither of those resolved the issue.

[zoinkydoink]

same problem, posted a issue 2 weeks ago on here, no response at all

[curtisault]

I'm having the same issue and have verified in VS 2017 that the Workspace is a "Local Folder". I will follow up if I find anything.

I'd also like to point out that this error shows up for me when I open a folder that is not in source control.

Here's the log:

2017-10-26T18:11:38.098Z - info:   [06792] VSTSVSCode/1.122.0 (VSCode 1.17.2; Windows_NT 10.0.15063; Node 7.9.0)
2017-10-26T18:11:38.098Z - debug:  [06792] Looking for an External Context at c:\HCBB
2017-10-26T18:11:38.098Z - debug:  [06792] No External Context at c:\HCBB
2017-10-26T18:11:38.099Z - debug:  [06792] Looking for TFVC repository at c:\HCBB
2017-10-26T18:11:38.099Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC Creating Tfvc object with localPath='undefined'
2017-10-26T18:11:38.099Z - debug:  [06792] Using TFS proxy: 
2017-10-26T18:11:38.099Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC Retrieved from settings; localPath='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\TF.exe'
2017-10-26T18:11:38.099Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC Repository created with repositoryRootFolder='c:\HCBB'
2017-10-26T18:11:38.099Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC Repository.CheckVersion
2017-10-26T18:11:38.099Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC: tf add -noprompt -?
2017-10-26T18:11:38.103Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 3ms)
2017-10-26T18:11:38.163Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC: add exit code: 0 (duration: 63ms)
2017-10-26T18:11:38.163Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC Minimum required version: 14.102.0
2017-10-26T18:11:38.163Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC (TF.exe, TF.cmd) version: 15.117.26914.0
2017-10-26T18:11:38.163Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC Repository.FindWorkspace with localPath='c:\HCBB'
2017-10-26T18:11:38.164Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC: tf workfold -noprompt ********
2017-10-26T18:11:38.166Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 2ms)
2017-10-26T18:11:38.998Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC: workfold exit code: 100 (duration: 834ms)
2017-10-26T18:11:38.999Z - debug:  [06792] TFVC errors (via stderr): TF30063: You are not authorized to access hcbb.visualstudio.com\DefaultCollection.

2017-10-26T18:11:38.999Z - error:  [06792] It appears you are using a Server workspace. Currently, TFVC support is limited to Local workspaces. TF30063: You are not authorized to access hcbb.visualstudio.com\DefaultCollection.
2017-10-26T18:12:04.316Z - info:   [18700] *** FOLDER: c:\HCBB ***
2017-10-26T18:12:04.319Z - info:   [18700] VSTSVSCode/1.122.0 (VSCode 1.17.2; Windows_NT 10.0.15063; Node 7.9.0)
2017-10-26T18:12:04.320Z - debug:  [18700] Looking for an External Context at c:\HCBB
2017-10-26T18:12:04.320Z - debug:  [18700] No External Context at c:\HCBB
2017-10-26T18:12:04.322Z - debug:  [18700] Looking for TFVC repository at c:\HCBB
2017-10-26T18:12:04.322Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC Creating Tfvc object with localPath='undefined'
2017-10-26T18:12:04.323Z - debug:  [18700] Using TFS proxy: 
2017-10-26T18:12:04.323Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC Retrieved from settings; localPath='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\TF.exe'
2017-10-26T18:12:04.324Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC Repository created with repositoryRootFolder='c:\HCBB'
2017-10-26T18:12:04.324Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC Repository.CheckVersion
2017-10-26T18:12:04.326Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC: tf add -noprompt -?
2017-10-26T18:12:04.331Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 4ms)
2017-10-26T18:12:04.337Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 5ms)
2017-10-26T18:12:04.660Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC: add exit code: 0 (duration: 334ms)
2017-10-26T18:12:04.662Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC Minimum required version: 14.102.0
2017-10-26T18:12:04.662Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC (TF.exe, TF.cmd) version: 15.117.26914.0
2017-10-26T18:12:04.662Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC Repository.FindWorkspace with localPath='c:\HCBB'
2017-10-26T18:12:04.662Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC: tf workfold -noprompt ********
2017-10-26T18:12:04.665Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 2ms)
2017-10-26T18:12:05.312Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC: workfold exit code: 100 (duration: 649ms)
2017-10-26T18:12:05.314Z - debug:  [18700] TFVC errors (via stderr): TF30063: You are not authorized to access hcbb.visualstudio.com\DefaultCollection.

2017-10-26T18:12:05.314Z - error:  [18700] It appears you are using a Server workspace. Currently, TFVC support is limited to Local workspaces. TF30063: You are not authorized to access hcbb.visualstudio.com\DefaultCollection.

[Anton987]

I have exactly the same issue...

[philcatterall]

I have the same issue too. Tried all the tricks. Updated VS. Still thinks it’s a server workspace. Does anyone have any ideas ?

[prasannawagh]

Have the same issue. Looks like something got updated either in Code of in TFVC which broke this. Need this to be fixed soon :(

[softarch74]

Same thing here. It was working a few days ago.

[prasannawagh]

I tried something and It Worked! Can't say for sure if this is a good solution or THE solution. Still don't understand what messed it up in the first place but here's what I did. Went to Visual Studio and connected to Team server then opened workspaces and as I knew it was Local. But then I changed it to Server and then again changed it back to Local. Only TFS knows what it did but now Code is able to connect to team services properly.

Hope this works for others!

[wallden]

Same here. Just chipping in to show the urgency. Tried everything I could find online

[curtisault]

I changed it to Server and then again changed it back to Local. Only TFS knows what it did but now Code is able to connect to team services properly.

@prasannawagh I tried this, it did not work for me.

[mqueirozcorreia]

I was having the same problem, and now it works! I think is what @prasannawagh said, but with a important step to follow.

I have Visual Studio 2015 and Visual Studio Team Explorer 2017 installed.
The solution:

1. Open Visual Studio Team Explorer 2017
2. Connect to TFS
3. Click in Source Control Explorer
4. Edit Workspaces
5. Change the used workspace to Server
6. Change the same workspace to Local (It refreshes the folder "$tf")
7. Open a new and unique instance VS Code
8. Make sure you reference tf.exe 2017 in Settings (File -> Preferences -> Settings), as below (Use your VS 2017 installation path):
   "tfvc.location": "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Enterprise/Common7/IDE/CommonExtensions/Microsoft/TeamFoundation/Team Explorer/tf.exe"
9. Command Pallete (F1)
10. Team: Signin

Let me know if this works for you.

[piwibardy]

@mqueirozcorreia your method is not working for me :/

[mqueirozcorreia]

How was the log after the process? Does It make any difference?

[piwibardy]

the log?

[mqueirozcorreia]

Yes

[russgove]

any update on this, I'm having the same issue.
How do you get to those logs you are showing above?

[mqueirozcorreia]

The main point is to use VS Team Explorer 2017.

The generate the log, please see the Logging info at readme.md

[tim-hutch]

I started receiving this error after I updated to the latest version of VS Code today. I also changed my network password yesterday which is stored in ADFS so I don't know if maybe that would have anything to do with it or not. I tried following @mqueirozcorreia directions, but without success. I also tried signing out and signing back in, as well as changing my Microsoft Password to match my network password, but without any luck. The error I am receiving in my log is:

You are not authorized to access [repository]

This doesn't seem to make any sense since just yesterday it was working and I am still able to access the repository from Visual Studio 2017 Team Explorer & the web interface.

[mqueirozcorreia]

Have you tried to create a new local repository? Do you have VS 2015? Don't use it!
Use VS 2017, at least, Team Explorer.

[markusmauch]

Nothing of the above works for me. Here's my log:

2017-11-30T15:34:36.228Z - error: [11008] Could not find a workspace with mappings (e.g., not a TFVC repository, wrong version of TF is being used). Unable to determine the source control server.
2017-11-30T15:38:21.944Z - info: [12560] *** FOLDER: d:\Repositories\WebClient ***
2017-11-30T15:38:21.946Z - info: [12560] VSTSVSCode/1.122.0 (VSCode 1.18.1; Windows_NT 10.0.14393; Node 7.9.0)
2017-11-30T15:38:21.948Z - debug: [12560] Looking for an External Context at d:\Repositories\WebClient
2017-11-30T15:38:21.948Z - debug: [12560] No External Context at d:\Repositories\WebClient
2017-11-30T15:38:21.950Z - debug: [12560] Looking for TFVC repository at d:\Repositories\WebClient
2017-11-30T15:38:21.950Z - debug: [12560] TFVC Creating Tfvc object with localPath='undefined'
2017-11-30T15:38:21.950Z - debug: [12560] Using TFS proxy:
2017-11-30T15:38:21.952Z - debug: [12560] TFVC Retrieved from settings; localPath='C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/Common7/IDE/tf.exe'
2017-11-30T15:38:21.952Z - debug: [12560] TFVC Repository created with repositoryRootFolder='d:\Repositories\WebClient'
2017-11-30T15:38:21.953Z - debug: [12560] TFVC Repository.CheckVersion
2017-11-30T15:38:21.953Z - debug: [12560] TFVC: tf add -noprompt -?
2017-11-30T15:38:21.961Z - debug: [12560] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 6ms)
2017-11-30T15:38:21.967Z - debug: [12560] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 6ms)
2017-11-30T15:38:22.199Z - debug: [12560] TFVC: add exit code: 0 (duration: 244ms)
2017-11-30T15:38:22.201Z - debug: [12560] TFVC Minimum required version: 14.102.0
2017-11-30T15:38:22.201Z - debug: [12560] TFVC (TF.exe, TF.cmd) version: 14.102.25619.0
2017-11-30T15:38:22.201Z - debug: [12560] TFVC Repository.FindWorkspace with localPath='d:\Repositories\WebClient'
2017-11-30T15:38:22.202Z - debug: [12560] TFVC: tf workfold -noprompt d:\Repositories\WebClient
2017-11-30T15:38:22.207Z - debug: [12560] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 5ms)
2017-11-30T15:38:22.300Z - debug: [12560] TFVC: workfold exit code: 100 (duration: 98ms)
2017-11-30T15:38:22.302Z - debug: [12560] TFVC errors (via stderr): Unable to determine the source control server.

2017-11-30T15:38:22.303Z - error: [12560] Could not find a workspace with mappings (e.g., not a TFVC repository, wrong version of TF is being used). Unable to determine the source control server.

[ryanfog]

I just installed this today and have run into the same issue.

Attached is my logfile and screen shot from VS 2017

Logfile.txt

[philcatterall]

Had a dabble in the source code. See line 77 of commandhelper.ts
else if (/TF30063: You are not authorized to access/i.test(result.stderr)) { //For now, we're assuming this is an indication of a Server workspace tfvcErrorCode = TfvcErrorCodes.NotAuthorizedToAccess; message = Strings.TfServerWorkspace; messageOptions = [{ title : Strings.LearnMore, url : Constants.ServerWorkspaceUrl }];
Comparing that with the logs people have posted (same error code) it looks as if there is some kind of permissions/authentication issue (or bug TFS side), but looking at that comment in the code it is being interpreted "for now" as a Server Workspace. Hence this may be a red herring.
A quick google of TF30063 turns up quite a lot - this one in particular looks interesting

I'll continue to investigate and re-post here if I find anything.....

[philspokas]

process as described by @mqueirozcorreia worked for me. VS2017 did some scrubbing when switching from Local to Server and then resets workspace when setting back to Local. After this the error goes away and so far so goo.

[markusmauch]

I found a solution that might help other as well. Obviously, I referenced an older tf.exe version in the .vscode/settings.json file. I just changed
"tfvc.location": "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/Common7/IDE/tf.exe"
to
"tfvc.location": "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Enterprise/Common7/IDE/CommonExtensions/Microsoft/TeamFoundation/Team Explorer/tf.exe"
and now everything works perfectly fine.

[mqueirozcorreia]

@markusmauch that is step is important too. I have update my answer adding this as step 8

[bednart]

I had same issue. No above suggestion works for me under VS 2017 Community. I had to install VS 2015 Community, create new local workspace and point tf.exe from there and now it works.

[granteagon]

For me this issue stemmed from improperly checking out the repository. We had just moved our stuff to Azure so I did the first repo incorrectly.

Where I went wrong: I cloned the repo manually by going to the project page and copying the repo url and checking out with git.

How I found a solution: I checked out the project using the Team Services panel in Visual Studio. Once I did that, everything worked automatically once I opened the newly cloned project in Code.

I was also able to get the original repo working by trying different things in this thread, but I'm not sure what finally fixed it.

One key for me getting it to work manually was to turn debug on. I also have the tfvc.location flag set.

{
    "team.logging.level": "debug",
    "tfvc.location": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Professional\\Common7\\IDE\\CommonExtensions\\Microsoft\\TeamFoundation\\Team Explorer\\TF.exe"
}

[elvinmeza]

For anyone else with a similar setup to mine, I have two projects (one is the vs code project) sharing the same workspace and was getting this error. Additionally to the tfvc.location i had to add the tfvc.restrictWorkspace: true, restart vs code, then sign in with the extension. Now it's working as expected.

[NanFengCheong]

After much struggling myself, I finally made it to work.
To fix TFVC errors (via stderr): TF30063: You are not authorized to access *.visualstudio.com\DefaultCollection.

1. Open Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017
2. Navigate to the workspace root folder
3. Enter "tf workspace"
4. Login

Finally it works now.
@curtisault, you can try the method above

[richvanrooyen]

That seems to have worked for me NanFengCheong! Thanks for the tip.

[mharakeh1]

Thank you @NanFengCheong

[b-e-n-j]

Thanks @NanFengCheong

So if I've understood it right, Visual Studio Team Services extension uses the Personal Access Token, but tf.exe still needs the username/password. If not, then misleading errors are produced.

The reason it probably didn't work for me was that I have different Microsoft accounts for my local TFS and remote VSTS, so it's likely tf.exe was using the wrong credentials, although this is just speculation.

[zatchgordon]

@NanFengCheong you are the man. Just spent 3 hours trying to fix this problem and you've solved it

[billyjacobs2014]

@NanFengCheong s solution worked for me with a slight difference. When I ran the command
tf workspace I received this message because I have multiple online workspaces from different hosts.
Unable to determine the workspace. You may be able to correct this by running 'tf workspaces /collection:TeamProjectCollectionUrl'.

So I ran tf workspaces /collection:https://myworkspacename.visualstudio.com. Then it prompted me to login and then it all worked. Thanks @NanFengCheong

NOTE: I did have to restart vscode

[DDurga]

It's worked for me below steps, Thanks.
Open Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017
Navigate to the workspace root folder
Enter "tf workspace"
Login

[HMubaireek]

Thanks @billyjacobs2014 your solution worked for me.

[abidalis]

After much struggling myself, I finally made it to work.
To fix TFVC errors (via stderr): TF30063: You are not authorized to access *.visualstudio.com\DefaultCollection.

1. Open Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017
2. Navigate to the workspace root folder
3. Enter "tf workspace"
4. Login

Finally it works now.
@curtisault, you can try the method above

Working fine... Thanks

[seanzi86]

I have to do this every so often, is there a more permanent solution?

[richvanrooyen]

I have to do this every so often, is there a more permanent solution?

I ditched VS Code for Visual Studio Pro... I got tired of the fooling around with the tools instead of writing the bloody code! Who has time for this!?!?!

[zatchgordon]

I have to do this every so often, is there a more permanent solution?

I ditched VS Code for Visual Studio Pro... I got tired of the fooling around with the tools instead of writing the bloody code! Who has time for this!?!?!

I code using VS Code and do all my checkins using Visual Studio Pro. Checking in, especially to a task or PBI, is super annoying with VS Code but super easy with VS Pro.

[NanFengCheong]

agreed, VS Code is too slow.

[ParadiseCircus]

I tried the above solutions and none worked, VSCode still thinks my workspace is set on server.

Whenever I try to run the tf workspace command in the root folder of the workspace I don't get a login prompt just the workspace window to make modifications to the workspace and that's it, even making changes from there doesn't fix it.

[ryanfog]

These are my notes on the steps I use to resolve this when it breaks every so often.

When VSTS is not working for source control login is likely expired.
Open Visual Studio developer console
Go to
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer
Type "tf vc workspace"
Login

[ParadiseCircus]

Nope I still don't get any log in prompt after typing "tf vc workspace" I get taken directly to the window to edit the workspaces I have and that's it, editing from there does nothing as well, the error persists.

[viT-1]

@ParadiseCircus You can find help for login credentials here like this tf workspaces /computer:* /collection:http://devsrv:8080/tfs/helloworld/ /login:user_name