Extensions won't install in amd64 devcontainer running on Apple Silicon

[blazewicz]

• VSCode Version: 1.78.2
• Local OS Version: macOS Ventura 13.3.1
• Local chip architecture: Apple Silicon
• Reproduces in: Remote - Containers
• Name of Dev Container Definition with Issue:

Additional notes on local setup:

• Docker Desktop v4.19.0
• Virtualization framework enabled
• File sharing implementation: VirtioFS
• Use Rosetta for x86/amd64 emulation: enabled

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Get Apple Silicon mac (M1, M2 etc.)
2. Clone https://github.com/blazewicz/devcontainer-cross-arch
3. Open in Container

This configuration will try to install GitLens extension, it will get stuck indefinitely:

No errors appear, installation is simply stuck here.

Manual installation with "Install in Dev Container: ..." also gets stuck in the same way:

GitLens is not the only extension causing this error, I have observed the same issue with:

• ms-python.vscode-pylance
• ms-python.python
• ms-azuretools.vscode-docker
• bungcip.better-toml

Otherwise everything seems to be working fine.

Not sure, but may be related to the issue with container running in 32-bit mode:

• amd64 emulation with QEmu on Mac OS M1 vscode-dev-containers#1548
• 32-bit op-mode on x86_64/Linux container on Mac M1 docker/for-mac#6796

[chrmarti]

@blazewicz Does it work with 64-bit op-mode? (reading microsoft/vscode-dev-containers#1548 (comment))

[blazewicz]

@blazewicz Does it work with 64-bit op-mode? (reading microsoft/vscode-dev-containers#1548 (comment))

Yes, in all other cases it works just fine. I can successfully install any extension using colima with --arch x86_64.

[sandy081]

Can you please enable the log level to trace F1 > Set Log Level... > Trace and share the logs again?

[blazewicz]

Sure, here's a screenshot with the logs visible after setting log level to Trace:

Last part of the log is showing ms-python.python because I tried to install it manually.

Here's is the contents of the log window in a text form: log.txt

What's interesting is that I did this twice and on the first time the GitLens extension was installed successfully. I tried to install Python extension manually and it didn't finish.

[sandy081]

Last part of the log is showing ms-python.python because I tried to install it manually.

What do you mean by installing manually?

Can you please try from the UI and share the following log?

• F1 > Open View... > Remote

[blazewicz]

What do you mean by installing manually?

By that I mean clicking the Install in Dev Container: ... button in the left pane of the UI. GitLens was configured to install automatically via devcontainer.json.

Here's the screenshot with the view that you requested:

Also here's more detailed log I got from Dev Containers Developer: Show All Logs...: remoteContainers-2023-06-01T10-23-16.708Z.log

[sandy081]

Here's the screenshot with the view that you requested:

Thank you. But this is not what I requested. Can you please retry the action and share the following log?

• F1 > Open View... > Remote Or Go to Output view in the bottom panel and look for Remote Log

[blazewicz]

I'm sorry, I can't find Remote in view options for the Output panel. Only option called Remote refers to the side panel I sent the screenshot of.

This is what I see in the drop down selector in the OUTPUT section of bottom panel:

Did you mean Extension Host (Remote)?

[sandy081]

I am really sorry. I am looking for Server log

[blazewicz]

No worries, here's the log: server_log_2023-06-01 12:43:19.log

[sandy081]

/duplicate

microsoft/vscode#179827

[vscodenpa]

Thanks for creating this issue! We figured it's covering the same as another one we already have. Thus, we closed this one as a duplicate. You can search for similar existing issues. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!

[blazewicz]

That is indeed the same problem and a working workaround was posted in the liked issue. I'll leave it here to spare some time to those who get here first.

Problem lays in the extension signature verification which can be disabled in Dev Container by adding following to devcontainer.json file:

{
    "customizations": {
        "vscode": {
            "settings": {
                "extensions.verifySignature": false
            }
        }
    }
}

source: microsoft/vscode#179827 (comment)

[ChristianRich]

Amazing thanks!