cannot install chrome extension

• Web Browser: Google Chrome Version 84.0.4147.125 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• Local OS: Windows 10
• Remote OS: Docker container codercom/code-server
• Remote Architecture: Linux
• code-server --version: 3.4.1

Is this a general problem with this chrome version and VS Code extension or is just me?! before i already had vs code on my domain which i’m using currently so i did a reinstall of docker container delete/create, I tried to open the “code-server” desktop icon that gets created when you click this

i couldn’t open IDE but i was like i opened a new chrome tab 😕 so i deleted that i also went to chrome extension folder and deleted all extensions there and i went to my domain where VS Code is running under nginx reverse proxy and i tried to install extension again but now when i click install the desktop icon of the extension is not being created… i click install nothing happens, also tried to open chrome dev console while i click “Install” no error i also tried docker logs theres also no error reported

Any idea what’s wrong?!

[delve]

Just leaving this in case it helps the next person running into this behavior. The org I work at is running code-server images on ephemeral servers for per-developer use. I’ve been running into issues registering new code-server instances in Chrome every time my server expires. The new server’s URL doesn’t display the icon to register the app despite having uninstalled any existing instances in Chrome. I found this procedure to deal with it.

1. Clean out any existing code-server entries in chrome://apps (this may not be strictly necessary, but it’s what I do)
2. Open the code-server URL in a normal tab
3. Open Chrome’s 3 dot menu and select More tools… > Create shortcut…
4. In the small dialog that opens at the top of the window check the ‘Open as window’ box then ‘Create’ Code-server is then properly registered in chrome://apps and opens in a bare window as expected.

[bbrendon]

So after some trial and error I found the URL chrome://apps . After uninstalling it there and then re-installing it. It works again.