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Unable to download lgtm.com database in an remote SSH session

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, devtools

Research direction

No source file or test is named. Reproduce the lgtm.com database download over a remote Linux SSH session using the reported VS Code and extension versions, then compare it with a local download; done means the database finishes downloading and appears in the Explorer and CodeQL panes.

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Description

bug VSCode

Describe the bug
When connecting from VSCode (Linux) to a remote Linux server over SSH, attempts to download a CodeQL database from lgtm.com fails. The interface accepts the project slug, and then asks for the language, but then is stuck forever with the notification "Adding database from LGTM. Choose a language from the dropdown, if requested.: Downloading database [0.0 MB of 523.5 MB]"

Version
CodeQL extension version: 1.4.8
CodeQL CLI version: 2.4.6
Platform: linux x64

Version: 1.56.2
Commit: 054a9295330880ed74ceaedda236253b4f39a335
Date: 2021-05-12T16:45:26.313Z
Electron: 12.0.4
Chrome: 89.0.4389.114
Node.js: 14.16.0
V8: 8.9.255.24-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 5.8.0-53-generic

To reproduce

  • Install latest vscode from debian repositories (currently 1.56.2).
  • Install Remote SSH and CodeQL extensions.
  • Connect to a remote Linux host.
  • Install CodeQL extension on remote (if not present)
  • Attempt to download a database from lgtm.com (e.g. g/asterisk/asterisk).
  • Select the desired language from the pulldown
  • Witness download is stuck.

Expected behavior
The database should be downloaded and appear in the Explorer and CodeQL panes.

Additional context
This works correctly when working locally on both Linux hosts. It's only when working over SSH remotely that I have reproduced this.

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