Add configurable extension download timeout setting by Copilot · Pull Request #274761 · microsoft/vscode

Copilot · 2025-11-03T14:16:52Z

Corporate proxies with security scanning can stall initial data transfer for 60+ seconds, causing extension installation failures with the hardcoded 10-second timeout.

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Configuration (src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensions.contribution.ts)

Added extensions.requestTimeout setting (default: 60000ms, min: 0)
Scoped specifically to extension downloads from the Marketplace
Registered in extensions contribution following VS Code patterns
Tagged as using online services with APPLICATION scope

Extension Gallery Service (src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionGalleryService.ts)

Replaced hardcoded REQUEST_TIME_OUT = 10_000 with DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 60000 constant
Added getRequestTimeout() to read from extensions.requestTimeout configuration with fallback to default
Updated 4 HTTP request sites: metadata fetch, asset downloads (primary/fallback), control manifest fetch

Usage

{
  "extensions.requestTimeout": 90000  // 90 seconds
}

Set to 0 to disable timeout.

Addresses @chrmarti's feedback to increase default before adding configurability and @sandy081's feedback to scope the setting to extensions only rather than making it a general HTTP setting.

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<issue_title>Add setting for electron request timeout, currently 10000ms, used when installing extensions</issue_title>
<issue_description>

I'd like to install VS Code extensions like Copilot and Python. The network path traverses a corporate proxy server that performs various scans etc. before it relinquishes any data. This process results in a 60+ second "stall" at the start of the download. VS Code always gives up after 10 seconds. A sample error is shown next:
2025-06-24 16:06:52.654 [error] [Window] Request timeout after 10000ms: Error: Request timeout after 10000ms
at Timeout.<anonymous> (file:///Applications/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-utility/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.js:116:27676)
at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:588:17)
at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:523:7)
2025-06-24 16:06:54.684 [trace] [Network] 
Please expose the 10000ms setting so it could be increased as needed. Thanks in advance for considering this.</issue_description>

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@chrmarti @sandy081 Could this be a regression from https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/commit/8e2a65c89f7c69cf3be53c6c597d3bd5be07ead0? Can we increase this before adding another setting?

Fixes Add setting for electron request timeout, currently 10000ms, used when installing extensions #258236

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sandy081 · 2025-11-03T14:34:07Z

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Add http.requestTimeout configuration setting with appropriate default

Do not make this general http setting, instead scope this only to extension requests. So name it accordingly. You can place this setting in extensions.contribution.ts - Check how the settings are registered here

- Add `http.requestTimeout` configuration with 60000ms default - Update extension gallery service to use configurable timeout - Remove hardcoded REQUEST_TIME_OUT constant - Allow users to customize timeout for slow corporate proxies Co-authored-by: sandy081 <[email protected]>

- Add DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT constant (60000ms) - Use constant in getRequestTimeout() method instead of magic number - Improves maintainability and consistency Co-authored-by: sandy081 <[email protected]>

src/vs/platform/request/common/request.ts

- Move setting from http.requestTimeout to extensions.requestTimeout - Register setting in extensions.contribution.ts as requested - Update extensionGalleryService to use extensions.requestTimeout - Revert changes to request.ts (no longer general HTTP setting) Co-authored-by: sandy081 <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2025-11-03T15:15:21Z

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Add http.requestTimeout configuration setting with appropriate default
...

Done. Changed from http.requestTimeout to extensions.requestTimeout and registered the setting in extensions.contribution.ts as you suggested. The setting is now scoped specifically to extension downloads rather than being a general HTTP setting. (commit f4319b2)

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Pull Request Overview

This PR adds a configurable timeout for HTTP requests made to the Extensions Marketplace. Previously, requests used a hardcoded timeout of 10 seconds; now users can configure this timeout via the extensions.requestTimeout setting, with a new default of 60 seconds.

Introduces extensions.requestTimeout configuration setting with a default of 60,000ms
Replaces hardcoded REQUEST_TIME_OUT constant (10,000ms) with dynamic getRequestTimeout() method
Validates configured timeout values ensuring they are numbers and non-negative

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File	Description
src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagement.ts	Exports new configuration key constant `ExtensionRequestsTimeoutConfigKey`
src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensions.contribution.ts	Registers the timeout configuration setting in the workbench with validation and metadata
src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionGalleryService.ts	Implements `getRequestTimeout()` method and replaces all hardcoded timeout values with dynamic configuration

Copilot · 2025-11-05T11:08:03Z

src/vs/workbench/contrib/extensions/browser/extensions.contribution.ts

 			},
+			[ExtensionRequestsTimeoutConfigKey]: {
+				type: 'number',
+				description: localize('extensionsRequestTimeout', "Controls the timeout in milliseconds for HTTP requests made when fetching extensions from the Marketplace"),


Configuration descriptions should end with a period for consistency with other settings in this file (see lines 260, 265, 270, 277, 283, 302).

Suggested change

description: localize('extensionsRequestTimeout', "Controls the timeout in milliseconds for HTTP requests made when fetching extensions from the Marketplace"),

description: localize('extensionsRequestTimeout', "Controls the timeout in milliseconds for HTTP requests made when fetching extensions from the Marketplace."),

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Copilot · 2025-11-05T11:08:04Z

src/vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionGalleryService.ts


+	private getRequestTimeout(): number {
+		const configuredTimeout = this.configurationService.getValue<number>(ExtensionRequestsTimeoutConfigKey);
+		return isNumber(configuredTimeout) && configuredTimeout >= 0 ? configuredTimeout : 60_000;


The fallback value 60_000 is a magic number duplicated from line 308 in extensions.contribution.ts. Consider extracting this as a named constant (e.g., DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT) to avoid duplication and make maintenance easier if the default ever needs to change.

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- Add DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT constant (60000ms) - Use constant in getRequestTimeout() method instead of magic number - Improves maintainability and consistency Co-authored-by: sandy081 <[email protected]>

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