Remote SSH Fails on Newest Version

[bannsec]

Type: Bug

I have reverted (so this is my original version), but the newest snap version as of today was not able to successfully use Remote-SSH. I always connect with it and it works fine, but the newest version started throwing weird errors.

First error it said the target env wasn't able to run vscode remote (even though its ubuntu noble with plenty of disk space and has literally been running it already). Then digging into the logs it was complaining about not having libmusl loader, so i installed that. then it connected but failed immediately with some error about not being able to find libgcc_s.so or something.

Seems like it was somehow mis-identifying the target system and assuming it was something it's not, and thus using wrong requirements.

Remote-SSH onto basic Ubuntu Noble is failing on latest version.

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.99.0-insider (3ea047c, 2025-03-10T15:55:34.425Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-52-generic snap
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-52-generic

[ryanshaut]

Same. Windows 11 client and Debian 12 remote host.

Version: 1.99.0-insider (system setup)
Commit: acb986b
Date: 2025-03-11T05:04:10.285Z
Electron: 34.2.0
ElectronBuildId: 11160463
Chromium: 132.0.6834.196
Node.js: 20.18.2
V8: 13.2.152.36-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

Error log:

[20:58:09.950] > Waiting for server log...
[20:58:09.974] > Exec server process not found
> sh: 418: kill: No such process
>
> [2025-03-11 20:58:10] error This machine does not meet Visual Studio Code Server's prerequisites, expected either...
> - find /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1, which is required to run the Visual Studio Code Server in musl environments

...

[20:58:09.974] Exec server for ssh-remote+deb12-utility.hq.shaut.us failed: Error: The remote host does not meet the prerequisites for running VS Code Server
[20:58:09.974] Error opening exec server for ssh-remote+deb12-utility.hq.shaut.us: Error: The remote host does not meet the prerequisites for running VS Code Server
[20:58:09.974] ---------- [Session Summary] -----------
[20:58:09.974] [LinuxPrereqs]: The remote host may not meet VS Code Server's prerequisites for glibc and libstdc++ (The remote host does not meet the prerequisites for running VS Code Server)
[20:58:09.974] ----------------------------------------
[20:58:10.277] "install" terminal command done
[20:58:10.278] Install terminal quit with output:

[IllusionMH]

/duplicate #243170

See #243158 (comment) for workaround

[vs-code-engineering]

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