VS Code SSH Remote Connection issues

Question

I have been using VS Code and connecting remotely from home on my MacBookPro to work on a college project for the past month and for some reason it will not connect to the Computer Lab Server anymore. No idea why this is happening but it just stopped working today. I tried re-installing vs code and also installed it on my wife's computer but it still wont connect through remote ssh. No idea why this is happening but now I have no way to debug my code and have to just edit everything using emacs through the terminal app on my mac. I didn't make any changes from last night to this morning.. I can still ssh into the Computer Lab server from terminal fine. Bellow is some of the log that seems to repeat itself while it is trying to connect using the extension: remote ssh.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, or are there other IDE's that are somewhat easy to connect remotely through ssh available for Mac?

MY LOG:

17:09:21.150] Log Level: 2
[17:09:21.152] [email protected]
[17:09:21.152] darwin x64
[17:09:21.153] SSH Resolver called for "ssh- remote+7b22686f73744e616d65223a226c696e75782e63732e75736d2e6d61696e652e656475222c2275736572223a22746b7766c6b227d", attempt 1
[17:09:21.154] SSH Resolver called for host: [email protected]
[17:09:21.154] Setting up SSH remote "linux.cs.usm.maine.edu"
[17:09:21.158] Acquiring local install lock: /var/folders/9y/scfwvr0577qfgs_l_c5ym13m0000gq/T/[email protected]
[17:09:21.192] Looking for existing server data file at /Users/twilk31888 1/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh/vscode-ssh-host-tkwilk@linux.cs.usm.maine.edu-93c2f0fbf16c5a4b10e4d5f89737d9c2c25488a3-0.55.0/data.json
[17:09:21.194] Using commit id "93c2f0fbf16c5a4b10e4d5f89737d9c2c25488a3" and quality "stable" for server
[17:09:21.195] Install and start server if needed
[17:09:21.220] Checking ssh with "ssh -V"
[17:09:21.233] > OpenSSH_8.1p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3

[17:09:21.249] askpass server listening on /var/folders/9y/scfwvr0577qfgs_l_c5ym13m0000gq/T/vscode-ssh-askpass-a45a56dcf061823c964fa6ae7ff720ac39d2477f.sock
[17:09:21.249] Spawning local server with {"ipcHandlePath":"/var/folders/9y/scfwvr0577qfgs_l_c5ym13m0000gq/T/vscode-ssh-askpass-c1cf58194111018972f9cf0cd413a94b7293bda9.sock","sshCommand":"ssh","sshArgs":["-v","-T","-D","54601","-o","ConnectTimeout=15","[email protected]"],"dataFilePath":"/Users/twilk31888 1/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh/vscode-ssh-host-tkwilk@linux.cs.usm.maine.edu-93c2f0fbf16c5a4b10e4d5f89737d9c2c25488a3-0.55.0/data.json"}
[17:09:21.249] Local server env: {"DISPLAY":"1","ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE":"1","SSH_ASKPASS":"/Users/twilk31888 1/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.55.0/out/local-server/askpass.sh","VSCODE_SSH_ASKPASS_NODE":"/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper (Renderer).app/Contents/MacOS/Code Helper (Renderer)","VSCODE_SSH_ASKPASS_MAIN":"/Users/twilk31888 1/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.55.0/out/askpass-main.js","VSCODE_SSH_ASKPASS_HANDLE":"/var/folders/9y/scfwvr0577qfgs_l_c5ym13m0000gq/T/vscode-ssh-askpass-a45a56dcf061823c964fa6ae7ff720ac39d2477f.sock"}
[17:09:21.262] Spawned 4239
[17:09:21.373] > local-server> Spawned ssh: 4240
[17:09:21.379] stderr> OpenSSH_8.1p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3
[17:09:21.756] stderr> debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:wny4SU/uVC6y9cUUH5kJnRe5SVWpBhWGABpWSYzMNG0
[17:09:22.132] stderr> Authenticated to linux.cs.usm.maine.edu ([130.111.131.121]:22).
[17:09:22.490] > ready: 946b80caa0f2
[17:09:22.553] > Linux 4.15.0-112-generic #113-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 9 23:41:39 UTC 2020
[17:09:22.554] Platform: linux
[17:09:22.685] > 946b80caa0f2: running
[17:09:22.713] > Acquiring lock on /home/students/tkwilk/.vscode-server/bin/93c2f0fbf16c5a4b10e4d5f89737d9c2c25488a3/vscode-remote-lock.tkwilk.93c2f0fbf16c5a4b10e4d5f89737d9c2c25488a3
> Installation already in progress...
> 946b80caa0f2##24##
[17:09:22.714] Received install output: 946b80caa0f2##24##
[17:09:22.714] Server installation process already in progress - waiting and retrying
[17:09:22.714] Terminating local server
[17:09:22.740] Local server exit: 15  

Answer 1

The key info is provided at the line

[17:09:22.713] > Acquiring lock on /home/students/tkwilk/.vscode-server/bin/93c2f0fbf16c5a4b10e4d5f89737d9c2c25488a3/vscode-remote-lock.tkwilk.93c2f0fbf16c5a4b10e4d5f89737d9c2c25488a3

If you could ssh into the server and remove the file by

rm -rf /home/students/tkwilk/.vscode-server/bin/93c2f0fbf16c5a4b10e4d5f89737d9c2c25488a3/vscode-remote-lock.tkwilk.93c2f0fbf16c5a4b10e4d5f89737d9c2c25488a3

then reboot the vscode and try to connect, things should be fine.

Answer 2

Encountered the same problem on two servers with two different causes:

1. One problem is solved by referring to this issue: #2805

   • Command Palette -> Select "Remote-SSH: Kill VS Code Server on Host..."
   • Remove the directory of "~/.vscode-server" on remote server.

2. The other problems, is caused by running out of storage quota on that server. And the issue was automatically solved when the quota was increased.