VS Code Desktop plugin asking for password (SSH)

Incident Report for Gitpod

Resolved

This incident has been resolved.

Posted May 25, 2022 - 13:20 UTC

Monitoring

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Posted May 25, 2022 - 09:06 UTC

Identified

Updated VS Code Desktop Gitpod plugin released - v0.0.37

Posted May 25, 2022 - 08:58 UTC

Investigating

A recent update to the VS Code Desktop access plugin is requesting a password for some users. A known workaround is to ensure that an SSH key is provided, e.g. "ssh-keygen -t ed25519", or by setting "remote.useLocalApp: true" in VS Code user preferences to fallback to the local companion for SSH access.

Posted May 25, 2022 - 08:49 UTC

This incident affected: Desktop IDE Access.