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`vscode-file://` protocol address mapping

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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
typescript
Domain
web-dev

Research direction

Start by reproducing the image-rendering failure in vscode web and trace how the WASM full path is converted for the vscode-file:// protocol. Done means the protocol mapping produces the correct local path and the image renders normally.

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Description

bug

vscode web cannot correctly convert the full path in wasm to a local path using the vscode-file:// protocol, causing the image to fail to render normally.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
40
Avg merge
3d 17h
Merged PRs (30d)
3

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