VS Code - Extension Keeps Disconnecting
This usually means your key isn’t persisting, check whether VSCode’s storage location is retained.
You can run VS Code in verbose mode code --verbose and look for log lines mentioning SecretStorage or globalState for errors and other information.
See additional details below for your OS.
- Linux
- Encrypted mode: Uses VSCode SecretStorage → KeyStorageLinux → OS-level library (e.g. libsecret), typically stored in the system keyring.
- For libsecret you can use
secret-tool search application code
- For libsecret you can use
- Unencrypted mode: Uses globalState, stored at ~/.config/Code/User/globalStorage/state.vscdb. If keys aren’t persisting, verify this path is retained across sessions.
- You read the database to view existing secrets:
sqlite3 ~/.config/Code/User/globalStorage/state.vscdb "SELECT * FROM ItemTable;"
- You read the database to view existing secrets:
- Encrypted mode: Uses VSCode SecretStorage → KeyStorageLinux → OS-level library (e.g. libsecret), typically stored in the system keyring.