org.freedesktop.Secret.Service Spam

[akvadrako]

Every minute or so, vscode is making 2 dbus requests like this:

method call time=1585824223.108924 sender=:1.379 -> destination=:1.83 serial=23 path=/org/freedesktop/secrets; interface=org.freedesktop.Secret.Service; member=SearchItems
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "service"
         string "vscode-vscode.login"
      )
      dict entry(
         string "account"
         string "account"
      )
      dict entry(
         string "xdg:schema"
         string "org.freedesktop.Secret.Generic"
      )
   ]
method call time=1585824223.108964 sender=:1.379 -> destination=:1.83 serial=24 path=/org/freedesktop/secrets; interface=org.freedesktop.Secret.Service; member=SearchItems
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "service"
         string "vscode-github.login"
      )
      dict entry(
         string "account"
         string "account"
      )
      dict entry(
         string "xdg:schema"
         string "org.freedesktop.Secret.Generic"
      )
   ]

I don't think vscode should be constantly spamming with these requests. I have tried to disable every feature that might be causing them. This is my current settings.json:

{
    "workbench.enableExperiments": false,
    "extensions.autoUpdate": false,
    "telemetry.enableTelemetry": false,
    "update.mode": "none",
    "git.autorefresh": false,
    "extensions.autoCheckUpdates": false,
    "python.autoUpdateLanguageServer": false,
    "go.useGoProxyToCheckForToolUpdates": false
}

• VSCode Version: 1.43.2
• OS Version: Linux x64 5.3.0-40-generic snap

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open VSCode
2. in shell, run dbus-monitor

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[RMacfarlane]

This is being caused by two new built in extensions for providing auth support. Since each VSCode window has its own instance of the extension, they need to coordinate state. The current solution is to poll the keychain to see if another window has updated the value by logged in or out.

If you go to the extensions viewlet, you can search @builtin microsoft account and @builtin github authentication and disable both of them

[akvadrako]

Thank you, that does seem to work. It would be nice if those extensions were not polling when there is no use for those accounts. AFAIK, I don't have anything enabled that could use a github or microsoft account.

[RMacfarlane]

This should be fixed in the latest version of VS Code, 1.50.1. We no longer poll the keychain.