remote ssh troubleshooting shows in terminal pane instead of default terminal on every start

[mattschlosser]

Type: Bug

At one point in the past, my remote computer went offline when connected to a Remtoe SSH session. Since then, every time I reconnect to that machine via Remote SSH in VS Code, the default terminal pane opens with a "Remote SSH Troubleshooting" dialog instead of the default temrinal. Every time I have to kill the terminal session and restart it in order to use the terminal.

Extension version: 0.117.0
VS Code version: Code 1.97.0 (33fc5a94a3f99ebe7087e8fe79fbe1d37a251016, 2025-02-04T22:41:26.688Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9300H CPU @ 2.40GHz (8 x 2400)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.85GB (4.65GB free)
Process Argv
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	Container prosperlms-php (php) @ matt-work
OS	Linux x64 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz (4 x 0)
Memory (System)	11.69GB (2.01GB free)
VM	0%

[joshspicer]

Thanks for the feedback. This is part of the remote.SSH.experimental.enhancedSessionLogs feature. While it is indeed reporting an "offline error", I agree that showing it in this specific case is likely not too helpful and adds more clicks.

We can look into adding more polish here

[mattschlosser]

Sorry, to clarify, the Offline Error continues to show on every start even if my immediately previous session didn't go offline.

I was finally able to clear the error by running the clear previous session metadata from the command palette.

[joshspicer]

Oh I see, thanks for clarifying. Did you happen to disable any of the experimental settings (either the copilot one or this one) in between?