PowerShell Extension can not start in macOS (M1)

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Summary

When I use PowerShell extension in a MacBook Air (M1), it always says “Loading PowerShell extension is taking longer than expected.”, and it will get error at last.

The log stopped at “Waiting for session file”, and the session file is always missing.

I use brew-installed powershell and VSCode Universal Edition (M1 Edition produces the error too).

PowerShell Version

❯ $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.2.1
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.2.1
OS                             Darwin 21.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.2.0: Sun…
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Visual Studio Code Version

❯ code --version

1.63.2
899d46d82c4c95423fb7e10e68eba52050e30ba3
arm64

Extension Version

❯ code --list-extensions --show-versions | Select-String powershell

ms-vscode.powershell@2021.12.0

Steps to Reproduce

The extension is not started.

Visuals

Logs

1/23/2022 3:02:52 AM [NORMAL] - Visual Studio Code v1.63.2 64-bit 1/23/2022 3:02:52 AM [NORMAL] - PowerShell Extension v2021.12.0 1/23/2022 3:02:52 AM [NORMAL] - Operating System: MacOS 64-bit 1/23/2022 3:02:52 AM [NORMAL] - Language server starting – 1/23/2022 3:02:52 AM [NORMAL] - PowerShell executable: /usr/local/bin/pwsh 1/23/2022 3:02:52 AM [NORMAL] - PowerShell args: -Login -NoProfile -NonInteractive -EncodedCommand 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 1/23/2022 3:02:52 AM [NORMAL] - PowerShell Editor Services args: Import-Module ‘/Users/niheaven/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.powershell-2021.12.0/modules/PowerShellEditorServices/PowerShellEditorServices.psd1’; Start-EditorServices -HostName ‘Visual Studio Code Host’ -HostProfileId ‘Microsoft.VSCode’ -HostVersion ‘2021.12.0’ -AdditionalModules @(‘PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode’) -BundledModulesPath ‘/Users/niheaven/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.powershell-2021.12.0/modules’ -EnableConsoleRepl -StartupBanner ‘’ -LogLevel ‘Diagnostic’ -LogPath ‘/Users/niheaven/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.powershell-2021.12.0/logs/1642878172-2c5a998a-bf05-4859-a791-232247adad2b1642878142361/EditorServices.log’ -SessionDetailsPath ‘/Users/niheaven/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.powershell-2021.12.0/sessions/PSES-VSCode-81356-781571’ -FeatureFlags @() 1/23/2022 3:02:52 AM [NORMAL] - pwsh started. 1/23/2022 3:02:52 AM [NORMAL] - Waiting for session file 1/23/2022 3:06:53 AM [NORMAL] - Timed out waiting for session file to appear. 1/23/2022 3:06:53 AM [NORMAL] - Language server startup failed. 1/23/2022 3:06:53 AM [ERROR] - The language service could not be started: 1/23/2022 3:06:53 AM [ERROR] - Error: Timed out waiting for session file to appear.

[niheaven]

I just remove $PROFILE.CurrentUserAllHosts (which contains brew and starship startup code), remove powershell in brew, remove VSCode app, and reinstall VSCode, powershell, and restore $PROFILE.CurrentUserAllHosts, the extension works 😄

I don’t know why, but the issue solved… Thanks you guys, I’ll reopen it when it occurs again (hope not).

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