Display language doesn't persist in code-server v3.11.0 running in Docker container when installing from CLI

OS/Web Information

• Web Browser:
• Local OS:
• Remote OS:
• Remote Architecture:
• code-server --version: Version 3.11.0 of Code-Server

Steps to Reproduce

1. Add file “argv.json” to “/home/coder/.local/share/code-server/User/”
2. Reload window
3. Languague change
4. Code of argv.json:

{
    "locale": "es"
}

Expected

Change Languague Display

Actual

Not Change Language Display

Logs

Screenshot

Notes

This issue can be reproduced in VS Code: Yes/No

[code-asher]

I was able to replicate with:

$ rm ~/.local/share/code-server -r
$ code-server --install-extension ms-ceintl.vscode-language-pack-es
$ echo '{"locale":"es"}' > ~/.local/share/code-server/User/argv.json
$ code-server # Browse to localhost:8080

Strangely, I don’t get the option to select es from the command palette either even though the extension is installed.

If I uninstall the extension and re-install then refresh everything works.

I think there is some language bundle generation that happens somewhere that isn’t running when doing things in the CLI but is running when doing things through the UI.

[humbinal]

$ code-server --install-extension ms-ceintl.vscode-language-pack-es
$ ll ~/.local/share/code-server/
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 59 May 28 22:28 CachedExtensionVSIXs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 66 May 28 22:27 coder-logs
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 59 May 28 22:28 extensions
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 29 May 28 22:27 logs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36 May 28 22:27 machineid
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  6 May 28 22:27 User

no languagepacks.json found, It’s what causes it not to work !!!

when install language pack manually by UI，the languagepacks.json file auto generated at ~/.local/share/code-server/ , and language pack works.

generate languagepacks.json file when exec code-server --install-extension ... will works, but I don’t know how to realize…