Extension sometimes doesn't start `failed: fetch failed.`

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#431 opened on Dec 7, 2024 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: github, typescript, vscode
Domain: devtools

Research direction

Start by tracing extension activation and the request to marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/extensionquery, then reproduce the failure by reloading VSCode with workbench.action.reloadWindow. Done means the extension activates reliably after reload without the reported fetch failure.

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Description

bug

Describe the bug
Every now and then when reloading VSCode I will get this error:
Activating extension 'github.vscode-github-actions' failed: fetch failed.

Failed to load resource: net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/extensionquery:1 

ERR [network] #5: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/extensionquery - error POST Failed to fetch
log.ts:439

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Reload VSCode with workbench.action.reloadWindow
Get lucky (unlucky?)
See error

Expected behavior
Extension starts every time with no problems

Screenshots

Extension Version
v0.27.0

Additional context

Dominant language: TypeScript
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