Remote connection locks other windows

[kjellericson]

Type: Bug

Hi,
Very nice editor.
I use the Remote-SSH function (is it an extension? I don't know) very often and in multiple editor windows.

I move my computer between work and home - so I naturally lose the connection always.

Every Remote-SSH vscode window will then pop up a dialogue about reconnecting. My job then is to find in which order to press the dialogues - becuase they all lock each other and only the latest (or first?) dialogue can be pressed. All the other dialogues refuse interaction until it is the top-most.

So the bug is that I have X number of "remote session lost"-windows, but I must press them in correct order.

Regards
Kjell

VS Code version: Code 1.110.1 (61b3d0a, 2026-03-06T23:03:27.520Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-110-generic
Modes:
Connection to 'SSH: tvac' could not be established Canceled
Connection to 'SSH: ts1' could not be established Connecting with SSH timed out
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.17.0-20-generic
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-60-generic

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 5 5625U with Radeon Graphics (12 x 4255)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled GPU0: VENDOR= 0x1002 [Google Inc. (AMD)], DEVICE=0x15e7 [ANGLE (AMD, AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir ACO), OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1)], DRIVER_VENDOR=Mesa, DRIVER_VERSION=25.2.8 ACTIVE Machine model name: Machine model version: direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	8, 5, 3
Memory (System)	30.66GB (10.57GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 8d409cf6-c903-45aa-9621-a0e82b28374a
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%
DESKTOP_SESSION	ubuntu
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP	ubuntu:GNOME
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP	ubuntu
XDG_SESSION_TYPE	wayland

Connection to 'SSH: tvac' could not be established Canceled

Connection to 'SSH: ts1' could not be established Connecting with SSH timed out

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: hqts1
OS	Linux x64 6.17.0-20-generic
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8500T CPU @ 2.10GHz (6 x 899)
Memory (System)	15.49GB (13.16GB free)
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: ts1
OS	Linux x64 6.8.0-60-generic
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1035G1 CPU @ 1.00GHz (8 x 3600)
Memory (System)	15.31GB (9.60GB free)
VM	0%

Extensions (5)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
project-manager	ale	13.1.0
remote-ssh	ms-	0.122.0
remote-ssh-edit	ms-	0.87.0
remote-explorer	ms-	0.5.0
copilot-chat	Git	0.38.2

(1 theme extensions excluded)

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