Visual Studio Code Remote-SSH

When using VSCode with the default settings, you may experience issues with the Remote SSH extension. This occurs due to an adverse interaction with the AFS filesystem backing your home directory.

It may be resolved by navigating to Settings and ensure sure following option is checked:

Remote.SSH: Lockfiles in Tmp

New versions of VSCode use a different Remote-SSH bootstrapping method that may cause problems with connections. If Remote.SSH: Lockfiles in Tmp is already set, uncheck the following option:

Remote.SSH: Use Exec Server

If you are still experiencing issues even after making the above configuration change, please try resetting all settings to default and then making the above changes again.



Keywords:
ssh vscode "computer sciences" linux 
Doc ID:
156779
Owned by:
Michael G. in Morgridge Hall Guide
Created:
2025-11-18
Updated:
2026-02-02
Sites:
Morgridge Hall Guide