Incorrect URL percent decoding (%3 is stripped) when browser is opened remotely

[mstange]

• VSCode Version: 1.88.1
• Local OS Version: macOS 14.4.1
• Remote OS Version: Windows 10
• Remote Extension/Connection Type: Server (?)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Run a command in the remote terminal that wants to load a URL in a browser on the server. I'm using samply load profile.json .

Expected results:

A browser should open on my client with that URL.

In this case the URL should have been https://profiler.firefox.com/from-url/http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A3001%2F3swmpxx3xvzrh762ym3gf2vyb3l8cq98cd18k0kFprofile.json/?symbolServer=http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A3001%2F3swmpxx3xvzrh762ym3gf2vyb3l8cq98cd18k0k

Actual results:

A browser opens on my client with a different URL.

In this case the URL that opened instead is https://profiler.firefox.com/from-url/httpAFF127.0.0.1A3001F3swmpxx3xvzrh762ym3gf2vyb3l8cq98cd18k0kFprofile.json/?symbolServer=httpAFF127.0.0.1A3001F3swmpxx3xvzrh762ym3gf2vyb3l8cq98cd18k0k

The incorrect URL has all instances of %2 and %3 stripped from it. This breaks any URL-encoded characters.

Specifically, http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%3A3001%2F has become httpAFF127.0.0.1A3001F.

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Does this issue occur when you try this locally?: No
Does this issue occur when you try this locally and all extensions are disabled?: Didn't try

This issue does not occur if the remote server is a macOS or Linux machine. I've only seen it with the host being Windows.

[mstange]

Thanks for the quick fix!

[eleanorjboyd]

@mstange- to confirm, were you able to verify if this fix worked? Thanks!

[mstange]

I'm not sure how - is there a prerelease version that I can try?

[andreamah]

It looks like the fix was in the core product. Can you try the latest version of VS Code Insiders to see whether this is fixed?

[mstange]

It works! I just tried the macOS Insider build and ssh'd into Windows, ran samply load profile.json, and the browser opened with the correct URL on the Mac. Thanks!