Microsoft/vscode

Ctrl+click on `file:` link in Debug Console in devcontainer opens host filesystem instead

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#111,143 opened on Nov 22, 2020

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Description

  • VSCode Version: 1.51.1
  • OS Version: Windows 10.0.19042

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open a project inside a devcontainer
  2. Run a launch configuration that prints a file:///path/to/file.txt link to the debug console.
  3. Ctrl+click on it

vscode will convert the path to C:\path\to\file.txt and open it on the host Windows filesystem. Expected: file is opened from the devcontainer filesystem. Works as expected in the Terminal tab.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Can't use devcontainers without extensions

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Research direction
Inspect how VSCode resolves file:// URIs in the Debug Console when inside a devcontainer. Focus on the path conversion logic and how it differentiates between host and container paths.
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typescript
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