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I'm currently trying to access a remote server using VS Code's Remote SSH extension. I haven't had a problem when using it before (that was around a month ago) but today when I tried to access the server I ran into some trouble.

I have the hostname and everything configured in a config file, and so I just click on that option and type in the password. However, VS Code seems to be stuck on "Opening Remote..." for the past hour or so. The dialogue I get in the terminal is as follows:

username@host's password:
Running remote connection script
Acquiring lock on /home/username/.vscode-server/bin/abcdefghijklmnop1234567989/
    vscode-remote-lock.abcdefghijklmnop1234567989
Installing to /home/username/.vscode-server/bin/abcdefghijklmnop1234567989...
Downloading with wget

Does anybody know what the problem might be? Is this normal?

EDIT

As soon as I posted this the connection was successfully made. However, I would also like to still know what the problem was and if it normally takes around an hour, and what this process might be doing. I also believe it would be helpful to the community overall.

Thank you.

Sean
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I've faced the same issue just now and realized that firewall protection has something to do with it. As soon as I disabled it, the remote connection was established and I managed to see my code again.

Tom Hayden
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