vscode.extensions.all only gives extensions running on the same machine #82633
Description
Issue Type: Bug
To work around #21839, I am working on an extension that can install other extensions from a private server for extensions internal to my company that cannot be published to the public marketplace.
To check for updates, I need to be able to see which extensions are installed so I can compare them to the versions available on the server. When I am using a local workspace, vscode.extensions.getExtension() works perfectly for this, but when I am connected to a Linux machine with the Remote SSH extension, no extensions with extensionKind: ExtensionKind.UI show up in vscode.extensions.all, nor will vscode.extensions.getExtension() return any information for these extensions. This makes it impossible to me check for updates to UI extensions such as code snippet packages and custom language support extensions.
I am using the workbench.extensions.installExtension command to install extensions, and it correctly determines whether to install extensions on the local or remote machine, so it seems like I should be able to see information about both local and remote extensions. I don't expect to be able to use parts of the API such as Extension.exports, but I do expect to be able to see whether each extension is installed regardless of where it is installed, and ideally to read its packageJSON so I can see its version (though if this is not possible I can simply tell the user that I can't check check this extension for updates when in a remote workspace). If I can only see ExtensionKind.Workspace extensions when in a remote workspace, then the Extension.extensionKind API does not seem particularly useful.
VS Code version: Code 1.39.1 (88f15d1, 2019-10-10T23:31:28.683Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 6.1.7601
Remote OS version: Linux x64 4.15.0-65-generic
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 x 3392) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on native_gpu_memory_buffers: disabled_software oop_rasterization: unavailable_off protected_video_decode: unavailable_off rasterization: unavailable_off skia_deferred_display_list: disabled_off skia_renderer: disabled_off surface_synchronization: enabled_on video_decode: unavailable_off viz_display_compositor: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 31.96GB (12.97GB free) |
| Process Argv | --folder-uri vscode-remote://ssh-remote%2B10.30.192.26/home/spadin/projects/redacted |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Remote | SSH: 10.30.192.26 |
| OS | Linux x64 4.15.0-65-generic |
| CPUs | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 x 800) |
| Memory (System) | 31.31GB (1.16GB free) |
| VM | 0% |
Extensions (38)
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
|---|---|---|
| gitignore | cod | 0.6.0 |
| xml | Dot | 2.5.0 |
| gitlens | eam | 10.1.1 |
| EditorConfig | Edi | 0.14.2 |
| vscode-npm-script | eg2 | 0.3.9 |
| json-tools | eri | 1.0.2 |
| prettier-vscode | esb | 2.3.0 |
| bitbake | Eug | 1.1.2 |
| tabsanity | jed | 0.0.11 |
| svg | joc | 1.0.2 |
| bash-ide-vscode | mad | 1.3.3 |
| rainbow-csv | mec | 1.3.1 |
| git-graph | mhu | 1.17.0 |
| python | ms- | 2019.10.41019 |
| cpptools | ms- | 0.25.1 |
| vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin | ms- | 1.2.2 |
| config-defaults | spa | 1.1.0 |
| rewrap | stk | 1.9.1 |
| git-commit-helper-vscode | tre | 1.0.1 |
| better-align | wwm | 1.1.6 |
| arm | dan | 0.5.0 |
| javascript-ejs-support | Dig | 1.1.3 |
| tsl-problem-matcher | eam | 0.0.4 |
| vscode-peacock | joh | 3.1.5 |
| remote-ssh | ms- | 0.47.1 |
| remote-ssh-edit | ms- | 0.47.1 |
| vscode-icons | vsc | 9.4.0 |