Remote SSH Connection Suddenly Stopped Working

[andrewjchang1509]

The remote ssh connection has been working fine until this Monday when it suddenly gave me errors. I did not change any setting. BUT THERE IS A WINDOWS UPDATE ON OCTOBER 24. I tried multiple solutions online including downgrade VS Code and Remote Explorer extension, removing .vscode-server folder on the remote server. None of them worked.
I can connect to the ssh server though Terminal window in VS Code, Putty, WinSCP but the Remote Explorer.

Extension version: 0.90.1
VS Code version: Code 1.72.2 (d045a5eda657f4d7b676dedbfa7aab8207f8a075, 2022-10-12T22:15:18.074Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22000
Modes:
Sandboxed: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1185G7 @ 3.00GHz (8 x 1805)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.73GB (22.75GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 2ab9ae40-548d-4a66-9aff-d8ba4277a575
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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VSCode Version: 1.72.2

[13:00:00.901] Log Level: 2
[13:00:00.902] remote-ssh@0.84.0
[13:00:00.902] win32 x64
[13:00:00.914] SSH Resolver called for "ssh-remote+scobig-analytics.com", attempt 1
[13:00:00.915] "remote.SSH.useLocalServer": false
[13:00:00.915] "remote.SSH.showLoginTerminal": false
[13:00:00.915] "remote.SSH.remotePlatform": {}
[13:00:00.916] "remote.SSH.path": undefined
[13:00:00.916] "remote.SSH.configFile": C:\Users\Andrew Chang.ssh\config
[13:00:00.916] "remote.SSH.useFlock": true
[13:00:00.916] "remote.SSH.lockfilesInTmp": false
[13:00:00.916] "remote.SSH.localServerDownload": auto
[13:00:00.916] "remote.SSH.remoteServerListenOnSocket": false
[13:00:00.916] "remote.SSH.showLoginTerminal": false
[13:00:00.916] "remote.SSH.defaultExtensions": []
[13:00:00.917] "remote.SSH.loglevel": 2
[13:00:00.917] "remote.SSH.enableDynamicForwarding": true
[13:00:00.917] "remote.SSH.enableRemoteCommand": false
[13:00:00.917] "remote.SSH.serverPickPortsFromRange": {}
[13:00:00.917] "remote.SSH.serverInstallPath": {}
[13:00:00.932] SSH Resolver called for host: scobig-analytics.com
[13:00:00.932] Setting up SSH remote "scobig-analytics.com"
[13:00:00.946] Using commit id "d045a5eda657f4d7b676dedbfa7aab8207f8a075" and quality "stable" for server
[13:00:00.948] Install and start server if needed
[13:00:02.486] Checking ssh with "ssh -V"
[13:00:02.518] > OpenSSH_for_Windows_8.1p1, LibreSSL 3.0.2

[13:00:02.521] Using SSH config file "C:\Users\Andrew Chang.ssh\config"
[13:00:02.521] Running script with connection command: ssh -T -D 64683 -F "C:\Users\Andrew Chang.ssh\config" "scobig-analytics.com" bash
[13:00:02.523] Terminal shell path: C:\windows\System32\cmd.exe
[13:00:02.702] > The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

�]0;C:\windows\System32\cmd.exe�
[13:00:02.703] Got some output, clearing connection timeout
[13:00:03.984] "install" terminal command done
[13:00:03.984] Install terminal quit with output: �]0;C:\windows\System32\cmd.exe�
[13:00:03.984] Received install output: �]0;C:\windows\System32\cmd.exe�
[13:00:03.985] Failed to parse remote port from server output
[13:00:03.985] Resolver error: Error:
at g.Create (c:\Users\Andrew Chang.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0\out\extension.js:1:585222)
at t.handleInstallOutput (c:\Users\Andrew Chang.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0\out\extension.js:1:583874)
at t.tryInstall (c:\Users\Andrew Chang.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0\out\extension.js:1:681023)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
at async c:\Users\Andrew Chang.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0\out\extension.js:1:643908
at async t.withShowDetailsEvent (c:\Users\Andrew Chang.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0\out\extension.js:1:647224)
at async t.resolve (c:\Users\Andrew Chang.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0\out\extension.js:1:644958)
at async c:\Users\Andrew Chang.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0\out\extension.js:1:727082
[13:00:03.989] ------

Also, when I tried to Kill SSH Server on Host, there is a similar message like when I tried to connect to the SSH server:

The terminal process "C:\windows\System32\cmd.exe /c (type "C:\Users\ANDREW~1\AppData\Local\Temp\vscode-linux-multi-line-command-scobig-analytics.com-60488159.sh" | ssh -T -o ClearAllForwardings=true -F "C:\Users\Andrew Chang.ssh\config" "scobig-analytics.com" bash) & exit /b 0" terminated with exit code: 255.

[eleanorjboyd]

Hello! Could you add "remote.SSH.remotePlatform": { "YOUR_HOSTNAME": "windows" } to your user settings and let me know if this works? This issue looks similar to #7272

[andrewjchang1509]

Hi thank you, but it did not work.

[eleanorjboyd]

Hello! Could your problem be related to: #7324? We got a fix in which is currently on insiders. Sorry for the delay and let me know if your issue has already been fixed either way. Thanks!

[eleanorjboyd]

Hello! With the new remote-ssh release, version 0.94.0, this should now be on stable and you can try it there. Thanks and let me know if it is still causing issues.

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