VSCode keeps installing ls 0.14.0 and fails to start language server

Every time I open VSCode in a terraform repo, I get 2 pop ups in the bottom right of the screen. See screenshot attachments.

The first is a message saying ‘Installed terraform-ls 0.14.0.’. I get this every time, so I assume the install is actually failing

The second is a message is ‘Couldn’t start client Language Server:’

I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling the extension and uninstalling and reinstalling VSCode entirely. I’ve also made sure to run terraform init as well as reset the terraform.languageServer block in the settings JSON as instructed in the README.

[NJITman]

I had the same issue - just the first part. Terraform Language Server would install on every VSCode open. Sometimes it would error, but most times it would just finish and I would close the popup. More of an annoyance than anything else. When I checked my pathToBinary property in settings, it was blank. So, I downloaded the terraform-ls.exe for my system and updated the path in settings. No more popup. My settings look the same as previous post (minus path differences), so I did not repeat it here - the above post works to solve the problem.

[NJITman]

I don’t know if anyone else does this, but I think it is worth noting that I install VS Code using Chocolatey. I am experiencing this same issue.

My install was standard windows installer. I also use a mac and settings sync, the mac behaved the same way until applying the fix. I don’t think it is platform specific.