C/C++ Extension fails to download binaries on remote

[RamyElkest]

Type: General

Describe the bug

• OS and Version: Windows 10 (Linux ssh remote)
• VS Code Version: 1.43
• C/C++ Extension Version: 0.27
• Other extensions you installed (and if the issue persists after disabling them): Remote SSH
• A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

To Reproduce
Please include code sample and task.json files.
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Connect to Remote container with no internet access
2. Install C/C++ extension (with "remote.downloadExtensionsLocally": true)
3. Try to activate extension
4. Downloading the linux binaries should retry and fail

Updating C/C++ dependencies...

Downloading package 'C/C++ language components (Linux / x86_64)'  Failed. Retrying... Failed. Retrying... Failed. Retrying...Waiting 8 seconds... Failed. Retrying...Waiting 16 seconds...

Expected behavior
Extension should respect "remote.downloadExtensionsLocally": true and download locally then xfer

Additional context
Installing via offline vsix obviously works as a workaround. I'd just like to know what the long term plan is here.

[sean-mcmanus]

We're hoping the VS Code marketplace will enable OS-specific downloads so we can stop using our own downloading mechanism. @bobbrow Is there a public issue tracking that somewhere? I can't seem to find it.

[bobbrow]

I don't know of one. We are tracking it in a private repository.

[sean-mcmanus]

@bobbrow Does the private repo have any ETA details yet?

[bobbrow]

No, there is no ETA yet.

[RamyElkest]

@sean-mcmanus is it possible to progress with this now that remote-connections declare the platform upon connection? (albeit not the full vscode solution i suppose)
remote.SSH.remotePlatform

[sean-mcmanus]

@RamyElkest It might be possible, but we were not planning to currently.

[aallrd]

Hello,
Coming from #6933 where I hit this issue.
My remote environment is offline and it consistently fails to install the vscode-cpptools extension when the others are okay.
Is there progress on the Marketplace feature to distribute OS-specific packages?

[sean-mcmanus]

@aallrd I think there was an issue on the VS Code or marketplace repo, but I can't seem to find it though.

[Colengms]

This should get addressed by: microsoft/vscode#23251

[bobbrow]

This will be addressed by #8152 starting in version 1.8.0