Regularly stuck with "Scanning folder for git repositories…" when using Codespaces and VS Code

[jonsage]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: N/A (remote extensions are needed)

• VS Code Version: 1.81.0 (Universal) and 1.82.0-insider (Universal)
• OS Version: MacOS 13.3.1 (22E261) [Ventura]

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open a repository with a devcontainer from GitHub Codespaces (either in browser VS Code, or desktop)
2. Look at the Source Control tab - it says "Scanning folder for git repositories…"

I have seen this issues before months back, and it was fixed in Insiders and subsequently the release version - but it is back again and very frustrating.

I have a minimal repo here https://github.com/jonsage/vscode-git-scanning-bug - you will need to create a Codespace to see the issue (or choose a different devcontainer workflow).

The issue could be to do with the docker image used, I think last time there was some suggestion of a problem with Alpine (or Alpine containers), and I believe the Jekyll container is based on Alpine. too.

[lszomoru]

@deepak1556 it looks like #178748 has resurfaced.
I am able to reproduce with the latest Insiders release.

[deepak1556]

Very likely candidate microsoft/vscode-linux-build-agent@a2d892c, will investigate tomorrow.

[deepak1556]

Steps for verification:

• Reopen https://github.com/jonsage/vscode-git-scanning-bug in a container
• Verify server launches and integrated terminal works fine

[jonsage]

I've checked in the latest Insiders release and the same bug seems to still be present when using GitHub Codespaces (both in web version of VS Code insiders, and desktop version of VS Code insiders when connecting to the Codespace)

Version: 1.83.0-insider (Universal)
Commit: f36df69
Date: 2023-09-13T05:34:48.836Z
Electron: 25.8.0
ElectronBuildId: 23503258
Chromium: 114.0.5735.289
Node.js: 18.15.0
V8: 11.4.183.29-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 22.4.0

[deepak1556]

the alpine servers run fine with the provided container configuration, however the git scm is hanging for a different reason @lszomoru can you please look into it

[lszomoru]

@deepak1556, I have created a new Codespace on the linked repository and I am still able to reproduce the problem. As far as I can tell the extension how is completely busted as running "Show Running Extensions" is empty. In the Window output log I see the following:

2023-09-27 21:42:17.569 [error] [Extension Host] Error: Error relocating /vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/node_modules/@vscode/spdlog/build/Release/spdlog.node: _ZSt28__throw_bad_array_new_lengthv: symbol not found
    at Module._extensions..node (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1338:18)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1117:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:958:12)
    at u._load (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:154:5631)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1141:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:110:18)
    at bindings (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:112:48)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/node_modules/@vscode/spdlog/index.js:3:35)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1254:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1308:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1117:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:958:12)
    at u._load (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:154:5631)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1141:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:110:18)
    at i (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:5:98)
    at n.load (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:4:1651)
    at _.load (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:3:9105)
    at u (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:5:9362)
    at Object.errorback (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:5:9481)
    at _.triggerErrorback (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:3:9399)
    at /vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:3:9150
    at n.load (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:4:1668)
    at _.load (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:3:9105)
    at u (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:5:9362)
    at h._loadModule (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:5:9490)
    at h._resolve (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:6:452)
    at h.defineModule (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:5:5585)
    at h._relativeRequire (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:5:6209)
    at e (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/loader.js:5:8540)
    at R.S (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:110:18463)
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at R (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:110:18443)
    at k.s (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:110:19558)
    at new k (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:110:19433)
    at L.s (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:135:1780)
    at L.createLogger (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:110:4881)
    at new L (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:118:27160)
    at p.j (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:106:1241)
    at /vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:106:2914
    at q.a (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:90:21046)
    at get value [as value] (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:90:21194)
    at Object.get (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:106:3304)
    at new o (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:141:1147)
    at i (/vscode/bin/linux-alpine/8bac42dd1ec2bb223e847a16437b196c040680e5-insider/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:154:9765)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)

If I look at the Git extension I see the following:

[deepak1556]

Ah missed the logs, jekyll/jekyll:4 is based on alpine-3.15 https://github.com/envygeeks/jekyll-docker/blob/fb892998d444b7b2e4074adeb032197f67853c0a/opts.yml#L1 whereas our server alpine modules are built on alpine-3.16. We don't plan to revert the alpine version as 3.15 is reaching EOL https://www.alpinelinux.org/releases/. I am closing this as designed, please update the jekyll container to use >=3.16