VSCODE: "Open Remote Repository" does not work

Question

I am experimenting with the Remote Repositories feature in Visual Studio Code and I can't seem to get it to work.

Method 1:

• I open one of my repositories on the GitHub website and press . to open it in github.dev.
• I switch to the 'run and debug' tab, select 'Continue working on...' and select 'Reopen on the desktop'
• After allowing the action in Chrome, VSCode opens up with a message that the extension wants to open a URL
• I click 'Open' and then ... ... Nothing!! No notification, no progress bar, no error message, I even opened task manager and it didn't look like VSCode was doing anything.

Method 2:

• I open a brand new VSCode window and select "Open Remote Repository" from the left sidebar.
• From the menu that appears, I select my GitHub account then select one of my repositories from the list.
• And then ... Nothing ... same as before.

Am I missing something?

I am running the latest version of Visual Studio Code on Windows 10.

Answer 1

My problem was the GitHub Repositories extension. I had that extension on "pre-release" when I changed to release it works.