v1.91 does not launch on Catalina or Big Sur due to Fatal error in V8

[msimms]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

• VS Code Version: 1.91
• OS Version: Mac OS Catalina

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch 1.91 on Mac OS Catalina, VSCode will crash. If you try launching from the command line, you'll see the following error: "Fatal error in V8: v8::Template::Set Invalid value, must be a primitive or a Template"

I know this is an old version of Mac OS, but if an OS will no longer be supported then perhaps it shouldn't update automatically. This particular installation is a developer test machine that won't/can't be updated past Catalina.

[vscodenpa]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code, the latest stable release is 1.91.0. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[pcmanik]

Same issue on Mac OS Big Sur (11.7.10)

[adrianomarquess]

Same issue on Mac OS Big Sur (11.7.10)

Up

[lomars]

I have the same issue with Mac OS Catalina with VS Code Version: 1.91. The app crashes on Launch.
I reverted back to VS Code Version: 1.90.

[Ice-Cap]

Same issue on Mac OS Big Sur (11.7.10)

I have the same issue on Mac OS Big Sur. I had to revert to version 1.90 of VS Code

[deepak1556]

Sorry for the breakage, I am currently investigating this issue. There has not been any obvious runtime changes in this update that could trigger this.

Please download https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_90 and disable updates via "update.mode": "none" till this issue is resolved.

[britniangela]

I now have two VS apps on my computer after trying to get back to the previous version and now everything is messed up. GitHub isn't finding the project I'm in the middle of working on and I don't know what to do because I'm an online "student" for an online coding workshop.

[roojay520]

Same problem Intel macOS Catalina(10.15.7), v1.90.2 works fine.

[kythuatwebso]

Same problem Intel Mac OS Catalina, Rollback again v1.90.2 👎

[emauriciomoreno]

Same issue on Mac OS Big Sur (11.7.10)

[artkirienko]

Mac OS Catalina (10.15.4 (19E287)) with VS Code Version 1.91.0

The app crashes on launch, but you can run this in the terminal:

$ code --version
1.91.0
ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286
x64

I reverted back to VS Code Version 1.90

[zipzou]

Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7 is crashed with VS Code Version 1.91.0

The Version 1.90.x is worked!

[zpc7]

same issue, mac os version: 11.7.10 big sur

Solution: go the link to download v1.90 https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_90
Update the setting.json: "update.mode": "none"

[jledgett]

Same issue on iMac with Catalina.

[gjsjohnmurray]

@deepak1556 maybe get this pinned?

[jackbullen]

Any ideas why executing scripts/code.sh in commit ea1445c works fine?

[steveca057]

Same issue

[suhee700]

Same issue in macOS Big Sur v11.6.5, rollback v1.90(https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_90) and fix.

[RoyTynan]

V1.91 on Intel Mac Book Pro running new install of Big Sur 11.7.10. Not installing
V1.90 installed ok. In Preferences/Settings disabled auto update, it's working

[everm1nd]

Same here.
VSCode launch output from console:

➜  MacOS ./Electron
[1656:0710/133403.472349:ERROR:node_bindings.cc(162)] Fatal error in V8: v8::Template::Set Invalid value, must be a primitive or a Template
[0710/133403.698046:WARNING:crash_report_exception_handler.cc(235)] UniversalExceptionRaise: (os/kern) failure (5)
[1]    1656 segmentation fault  ./Electron
[0710/133403.728267:ERROR:directory_reader_posix.cc(43)] opendir /Users/nikitasimakov/Library/Application Support/Code/Crashpad/attachments/369cb1e9-4609-4e22-9356-982964c2b50f: No such file or directory (2)

Version:

➜  MacOS code --version
1.91.0
ea1445cc7016315d0f5728f8e8b12a45dc0a7286
x64

Fixed by rollback to:

1.90.2
5437499feb04f7a586f677b155b039bc2b3669eb
x64

[deepak1556]

Locking the issue again till new release is made, we have enough data to be confident that the fix in #219893 (comment) resolves the issue. I will update here once the build is released. Thanks for your patience.

[deepak1556]

Fix is now available in latest release 1.91.1

[douggaming]

Thanks for fixing!

[starball5]

Related on Stack Overflow: Visual Studio Code 1.91 not opening on macOS 11

[Doyle4]

1.91 still not working on MacOS Catalina.

EDIT: Didn't spot the update fix, website still shows 1.91, all good this way now.

[alexkuc]

I am on MacOS Big Sur 11.7.10 and can confirm update fixed it work me (1.91.1).

[peanut996]

get same issue

mac catalina on 1.91.0

1.91.1 fixed it. it works.

[hoc081098]

1.19.1 works 🌸

[YtachY]

MacOS BigSur v11.7.10

1.91.1 fixed it.
Now vscode works.

[shaoyuchu]

1.91.1 works on macOS Catalina 10.15.6
Thanks for the fix!

[Koolstr]

Same here, the v1.91.1 patch fixed it. Now VS Code is no longer crashing on launch for me, on macOS Catalina 10.15.7. Thanks!

[NOVACOAX]

v1.91.0 won't open on macOS Big Sur 11.7.10.
The new patch (v1.91.1) works fine 👍