end of central directory record signature not found during extension install

[joaomoreno]

Related to #69

@joaomoreno

To confirm @takuan-osho @JFLavidalle @vilinski: Do you get the end of central directory record signature not found error when you try to browse extensions or when you try to install an extension?

@takuan-osho

@joaomoreno When trying to install an extension in my case.

@vilinski

@joaomoreno me too, trying to install, browsing works always

@JFLavidalle

@joaomoreno Browsing always works but installation failed.

Ping @maritz

[maritz]

Thanks!

Is there any way we can assist in debugging this? Can you replicate it somehow?

I face this problem while sitting behind a corporate proxy that requires a custom root cert to be installed.

[joaomoreno]

@maritz Just to confirm, did you try this build?

[vilinski]

I'm also behind corporate proxy with authentication. It works at home, but no luck with installing any extensions on work PC.
Couldn't download the linked build

[maritz]

@joaomoreno I have not. I would need a linux x64 build to test it, though.

[vizeke]

+1 same here. "end of central directory record signature not found"

Version 0.10.6

[joaomoreno]

Ok. We're in the middle of releasing 0.10.7. Please give it a try with that release and let's tackle it then if not fixed.

[vizeke]

It's working on 0.10.7-insider

[joaomoreno]

Excellent news. @takuan-osho @JFLavidalle @vilinski, maybe you guys can let us know if the issue's fixed for you as well?

[vilinski]

still no version update this week?

[egamma]

The plan is to push the next stable version 0.10.8 next Monday.

The insiders 0.10.7 version is already available, pls see https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vscode/2016/02/01/introducing-insiders-builds/

[JFLavidalle]

@joaomoreno : I can confirm that the issue is fixed for me on release 0.10.7-insider.
Great news !

[joaomoreno]

OK, got confirmation from 2 people that it is fixed, so closing this. Thanks!

[vilinski]

confirm working with stable and insiders builds. Finally can install extensions

[thoros1179]

For me the issue is NOT fixed. I tried 0.10.8 and 0.10.8 Insider.
"end of central directory record signature not found" still persists. I am behind corporate proxy.
I uninstalled previous versions of VS Code before installing.
What can I do to get around this issue?

[joaomoreno]

@thoros1179 Did you configure the http.proxy and http.proxyStrictSSL settings?

[thoros1179]

I configured http.proxy and https.proxy. The extensions can be browsed but fail to install. I also tried http.proxyStrictSSL: false but it doesn´t change anything. The error persists.

[joaomoreno]

What extension are you trying to install?

[thoros1179]

I tried different extensions, such as Go, Powershell (the first two shown when browsing with ext install), but also some Angular JavaScript and TypeScript Snippets extensions. None of them can be installed.

[joaomoreno]

Any chance I can use the same proxy you do?

[thoros1179]

I´m afraid this isn´t possible ;-) I will reconsider the issue with our proxy admin tomorrow. Maybe there is some other connection that is still blocked from our proxy. I will update you on the progress. Thank you.

[kikokikok]

Ok so now that I solved the first issue on the '#' illegal character in the declaration of the proxy + user & password url. I ended up with the 'end of central directory record signature not found' error.

I managed to track it down to the error in the DNS resolution of vortex.data.microsoft.com which is clearly blocked by our corporate proxy. for confidentiality reasons

[jithurjacob]

same issue in code 1.9 behind a corporate firewall with http.proxyStrictSSL set as false

[kikijhu]

This issue stills happened on 1.10.

[jithurjacob]

Same issue in Insiders 1.11 as well

[CodeFreezr]

Same issue "end of central directory record signature not found" here with:

Our setting for the Company-Proxy works fine with npm, Navigating the marketplace inside vscode is possible. Download via browser (IE, Chrome, Firefox) with deeper URL works, probably because of URL-Redirection. But navigating to https://vsassets.io/ brings up this error:

As I read it is possible to work-a-round this in the company proxy setting through ignoring this SSL-Error. But this is only a work-a-round. Can you please streamline the download URL with the SSL-Key URL so this glitch is solved at the root cause?

BTW: Perhaps it is a good Idea to offer the VSIX Link direct on the Marketplace Extension Page? Because there could be also other reasons for a seperate download flow.

[GrafRaf]

Have some error behind proxy (on try install or update packages)

VS code version

as a workaround - download packges and install offline from .vsix (as described here )

[backpacked]

I got the latest 1.12.x and the proxy works without flaw, even when using AD authentication. I can download the extensions without any issues now. Good job!

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[GrafRaf]

Install v 1.12,2 and all works fine
thnx!

[abhaydhar]

Thanks ! Same issue on Corp firewall resolved with the latest update.

[rolurq]

I'm running 1.13.1, and i'm having the same bug. I'm not connecting behond a proxy. The error appears when trying to install Degugger for Chrome

[jphellemons]

Same version as @rolurq when trying to update python 0.6.5 to 0.6.7
ps. I have no proxy configured.

[rolurq]

Updated to 1.14.0, having the same issue.

[angelia-yuqi]

updated to 1.14.2, I have the same issue. proxy setting is:
"http.proxy": "http://10.198.157.119:9400",
"http.proxyStrictSSL": false,

[bndbsh]

This may be due to corrupt local files. I wasn't able to install certain extensions but deleting ~/.config/Code/Cache, ~/.config/Code/CachedData and ~/.config/Code/Local Storage fixed it (not sure which of the specific paths is responsible, I cleared all of them)

[komuw]

@mninja thanks. that fixed it for me.

[rolurq]

upgrading to 1.15.1 fixed my issue

[AlexVFornazieri]

I'm still having this issue here, even after upgrading to version 1.15.1 :(

OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LST

Version 1.15.1
Commit 41abd21
Date 2017-08-16T17: 16: 27.618Z
Shell 1.6.6
Renderer 56.0.2924.87
Node 7.4.0
Architecture x64

[nubunto]

Having issues in 1.16 right now. No corporate proxy whatsoever.

OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Version 1.16.0
Commit 787b31c
Date 2017-09-06T16:19:37.192Z
Shell 1.7.3
Renderer 58.0.3029.110
Node 7.9.0
Architecture x64

@mninja's suggestion worked for me.

[madyasiwi]

Same issue here for some extensions on a freshly installed Ubuntu 16.04. No proxy. And unfortunately @mninja's solution does not work for me. Tried VS Code Insiders version, doesn't help. Most other extensions can be installed without problem.

[kwaazaar]

Same on Windows 10, but only when I try to install the extension 'solidity' (0.0.29). Other extensions work fine. The extension itself seems to be fine as well, since nobody reported this error in that Github repo.

I'm not using proxies, whatever.

[ipsusila]

I'm also facing the same issue with newest VSCode version (1.16.1), no Proxy. I'm agree with @mninja, perhaps due to corruption of local/downloaded extension package (may be due to slow connection, behind proxy, etc...). Clearing the cache will work, or, in my case, I manually download the extension from https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/, then install the .vsix by Extensions: Install from VSIX... command.

[inuiau]

i'm having this issue too, i just download and install vscode but, when i try to install python extension i can't, but working fine for other extension

[henriquebremenkanp]

As @mninja suggested it works.
In macOS, those folders are found inside ~/Library/Application Support/Code or ~/Library/Application Support/Code - Insiders

[ipsusila]

@inuiau My issue was exactly the same. I solved it by manually download the python extension from https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.python, then install it from local file. See my previous comment.

[madyasiwi]

And here is the documentation on how to download extension package manually:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-gallery#_common-questions

For example:
https://donjayamanne.gallery.vsassets.io/_apis/public/gallery/publisher/donjayamanne/extension/python/0.7.0/assetbyname/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage

Then just rename the package extension ('VSIXPackage' in this case) to 'vsix'.