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Installing an extension with only prerelease versions fails on stable #251730

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@jakebailey

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@jakebailey

Type: Bug

The TypeScript native preview extension only has prereleases on the marketplace. When you try to install the extension in a stable build of VS Code, it appears to try to install a stable version of the extension, which fails with an error message.

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I think that if no other releases are available, the latest prerelease should be installed automatically rather than prompting in a red error window.

VS Code version: Code 1.101.0 (dfaf441, 2025-06-11T15:00:50.123Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.6.87.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.6.87.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info
Item Value
CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHz (20 x 3696)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on
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
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg) undefined
Memory (System) 63.78GB (27.70GB free)
Process Argv --folder-uri=vscode-remote://wsl+Ubuntu/home/jabaile/work/TypeScript --remote=wsl+Ubuntu --crash-reporter-id ffd813dd-a264-4f03-8c00-e2403d747bb6
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Item Value
Remote WSL: Ubuntu
OS Linux x64 6.6.87.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHz (20 x 0)
Memory (System) 47.04GB (35.03GB free)
VM 0%
Item Value
Remote WSL: Ubuntu
OS Linux x64 6.6.87.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHz (20 x 0)
Memory (System) 47.04GB (35.03GB free)
VM 0%
Extensions (26)
Extension Author (truncated) Version
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remote-ssh-edit ms- 0.87.0
remote-wsl ms- 0.99.0
atom-keybindings ms- 3.3.0
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docker doc 0.10.0
dprint dpr 0.16.5
copilot Git 1.335.0
copilot-chat Git 0.28.0
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go gol 0.47.3
todo-tree Gru 0.0.226
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vscode-containers ms- 2.0.3
hexeditor ms- 1.11.1
live-server ms- 0.4.15
vscode-js-profile-flame ms- 1.0.9
vscode-typescript-next ms- 5.9.20250616
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