Architecture difference on macOS Big Sur M1

[ajunior]

• VS Code Version: 1.54.3 (Commit: 2b9aebd)
• OS Version: macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91) - ARM M1

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open the VS Code;
2. Open Terminal (inside VS Code);
3. Execute uname -a

Result:

Darwin vel.local 20.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 20.3.0: Thu Jan 21 00:06:51 PST 2021;
root:xnu-7195.81.3~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101 x86_64

If you do the same in iTerm2 or PyCharm, it will result in a different (and correct) architecture:

Darwin vel.local 20.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 20.3.0: Thu Jan 21 00:06:51 PST 2021;
root:xnu-7195.81.3~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101 arm64

To be short, you can use uname -m.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[Tyriar]

We don't control uname's output. I'm guessing you're using the x86 version instead of the native M1 version, so it's going through an emulator.