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Maybe change the version of extension to "stable" ?

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
52/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
vscode
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by locating the Flathub extension manifests or packaging files that define the versions field, then compare their current values with the referenced documentation. Done means the affected extensions use the requested stable-branch behavior while preserving the stated backward-compatibility option.

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Description

For now, vscode on Flathub specifies a version like "24.08" for extensions. According to the documentation:

The version is the branch to use when looking for the extension. This is useful for having parallel installations of the same extension in case of an API/ABI break. The value here will be the branch used in the extension manifest.

So, if vscode updates this version and the tool extensions don’t update their branch, it can break the extension. A better approach is to set it to "stable." For backward compatibility, you can use versions: '24.08;stable'.

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