Error: End of central directory record signature not found. Either not a zip file, or file is truncated. about vscode HOT 11 CLOSED

Can you please clear following folder and retry?

• F1 > Open User Data Folder
• Clear CachedExtensionVSIXs folder

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Can you please clear following folder and retry?

• F1 > Open User Data Folder
• Clear CachedExtensionVSIXs folder

@sandy081 I deleted the folder, but the problem still occurs. Even after a restart of VSCode after deleting the folder it's still not working.

[error] End of central directory record signature not found. Either not a zip file, or file is truncated.: Error: End of central directory record signature not found. Either not a zip file, or file is truncated.
    at m (/Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/code/node/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.js:48:26640)
    at /Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/code/node/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.js:48:28083
    at /Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules.asar/yauzl/index.js:40:7
    at /Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules.asar/yauzl/index.js:190:5
    at /Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules.asar/yauzl/index.js:712:5
    at /Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules.asar/yauzl/fd-slicer.js:33:7
    at FSReqCallback.wrapper [as oncomplete] (node:fs:668:5)

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Are you seeing this issue for a specific extension or for all?

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Are you seeing this issue for a specific extension or for all?

The error appears on multiple extensions. For example I can't install the updates for

• SQLTools MySQL/MariaDB/TiDB
• Jupyter Notebook Renderers
• Pylance

After an uninstall of the old version I can't install the latest version of GitHub Actions.

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Can you please launch VS Code using different user data directory and extensions directory and see if you can reproduce the issue?

From CLI - code --user-data-dir <new folder> --extensions-dir <new folder>

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@sandy081 I will test that. What are the implications of this customization and how can I reset it to the default afterwards?

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This does not impact your default installation. Starting VS Code normally without above arguments will bring back your default set up

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When starting VSCode via code-insiders --user-data-dir <new folder> --extensions-dir <new folder> it's possible to install or update the extensions.

After starting VSCode normal, then the error is there again.

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Just to confirm, you are reproducing the issue on VS Code or VS Code Insiders?

@deepak1556 Wondering if there is a network cache folder that the application has from where the VSIXs are being picked up? Scenario is user is seeing extension installation error because of corrupted VSIX. When asked to try the same on a fresh user data / extensions folder, it works.

@DFelten Can you please share the VSIX from CachedExtensionVSIXs folder that is causing this error?

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We do have http cache in the user data directory, that is used by the chromium network stack.

@DFelten can you start the application with code-insiders --log-net-log=/tmp/netlog.json and perform the extension install or update steps that triggers the error. Once the error is seen quit the application. You can send the generated network logs to [email protected]

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Since yesterday the extensions have suddenly been updated again. Unfortunately I can't say what has changed.

But the problem seems to have solved itself. If it comes up again, I will reopen the ticket.

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