Old session (open editors etc) is lost when connection after a vscode reload fails

[ThiefMaster]

Issue Type: Bug

When reconnecting to the remote fails (e.g. due to an ssh timeout) I can retry, but after it succeeds, my previous session is lost - any editors I had open before are gone.

This is extremely annoying because you may have kept specific editors open to remind you what you were working on, and while restarting for an update or any other reason is not very disruptive (otherwise I wouldn't do it), losing the open editors IS annoying.

Extension version: 0.64.0
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.54.0-insider (4e1234963a10831b2cf76ff08c4c657e3b7a2866, 2021-02-24T05:16:17.421Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19042
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.4.72-gentoo

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor (16 x 3693)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: enabled opengl: enabled_on protected_video_decode: unavailable_off rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.92GB (16.43GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id c6195c38-5aa8-4897-b60d-c88b99231d15
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: eluvian
OS	Linux x64 5.4.72-gentoo
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core Processor (12 x 3839)
Memory (System)	31.35GB (5.02GB free)
VM	0%

[bamurtaugh]

Thanks for reporting @ThiefMaster.

We have related issues tracking disconnects and the behavior to handle them: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/1087, #1257, #3096. To help with tracking, do you think your issue relates to any of those as well? Although it seems like the preservation of editors would technically be a new request.

Also related - we now have terminal reconnection: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/main/remote-release-notes/v1_51.md#terminal-reconnection.

[roblourens]

This is microsoft/vscode#110062