No longer starting after latest update, last message is 'failed to find primary PersonaStore'

[mlncn]

I am using "Code - OSS" available in flathub. It says "This open source build of Visual Studio Code is not supported by Microsoft. Issues should be reported through linked bug tracker."

There was no linked bug tracker— so apologies if i've found my way to the wrong place, but if i did find the right place please do link to the bugtracker from the description!

OK, on to my error, there was an update to apply and i did, and then tried to start Code - OSS and it doesn't, no error printed to the screen (i have not yet restarted my computer to see if that helps).

The messages in syslog end with:

Aug  8 08:20:47 d64 com.visualstudio.code-oss.desktop[14852]: code-oss-wrapper: Setting up NPM packages
Aug  8 08:20:47 d64 com.visualstudio.code-oss.desktop[14852]: code-oss-wrapper: Setting up Cargo packages
Aug  8 08:20:47 d64 com.visualstudio.code-oss.desktop[14852]: code-oss-wrapper: Setting up Python packages
Aug  8 08:20:47 d64 gnome-contacts-[14761]: Failed to find primary PersonaStore with type ID 'eds' and ID '21188931c1ddb49ee92f86e9da78ddd11e6f5e4e'.#012Individuals will not be linked properly and creating new links between Personas will not work.#012The configured primary PersonaStore's backend may not be installed. If you are unsure, check with your distribution.
Aug  8 08:20:48 d64 kernel: [ 1131.422776] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: VPR locked, but no scrubber binary!

[gasinvein]

There was no linked bug tracker— so apologies if i've found my way to the wrong place, but if i did find the right place please do link to the bugtracker from the description!

This is the right bugtracker. GNOME Sofware doesn't expose "bugtracker" links currently, but hopefully will start doing so soon.

The messages in syslog end with:

I believe gnome-contacts message is irrelevant. Can you please run Code-OSS from terminal and post output here?
flatpak run com.visualstudio.code-oss//stable --wait

[mark-chandler]

I also have this problem. Running from the command line gives the following. I waited for a few minutes, but nothing else seemed to happen. Running on Fedora 34 x86_64.

$ flatpak run com.visualstudio.code-oss//stable --wait

code-oss-wrapper: Setting up NPM packages
code-oss-wrapper: Setting up Cargo packages
code-oss-wrapper: Setting up Python packages

I've tried removing the flatpak and reinstalling it with no luck. I've since downgraded to 1.58.2 (using the method here: https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/tips-and-tricks.html) and that now works.
Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help diagnose the issue.

[dasebek]

I am experiencing the same problem on Fedora 34 Workstation (x86_64). The following three lines are printed and nothing else happens.

[david@pc4 ~]$ flatpak run com.visualstudio.code-oss//stable --wait
code-oss-wrapper: Setting up NPM packages
code-oss-wrapper: Setting up Cargo packages
code-oss-wrapper: Setting up Python packages

[vrutkovs]

$ flatpak run com.visualstudio.code-oss//stable --verbose --log debug -s 
code-oss-wrapper: Adding /app/tools/fish/bin to PATH
code-oss-wrapper: Setting up NPM packages
code-oss-wrapper: Setting up Cargo packages
code-oss-wrapper: Setting up Python packages
A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
Uncaught Exception:
Error: submitURL must be specified when uploadToServer is true
    at CrashReporter.start (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:41:472)
    at configureCrashReporter (/app/main/resources/app/out/main.js:2:1904)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/app/main/resources/app/out/main.js:1:851)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1078:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1108:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:935:32)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:776:14)
    at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12913)
    at Object.<anonymous> (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:193:3237)
    at Object../lib/browser/init.ts (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:193:3441)
    at __webpack_require__ (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:1:128)
    at electron/js2c/browser_init.js:1:1200
    at electron/js2c/browser_init.js:1:1267
    at NativeModule.compileForInternalLoader (internal/bootstrap/loaders.js:283:7)
    at NativeModule.compileForPublicLoader (internal/bootstrap/loaders.js:225:10)
    at loadNativeModule (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:35:9)
    at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:747:15)
    at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12913)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:72:12)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47
Gtk-Message: 10:55:57.269: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 10:55:57.269: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
[18:0809/105557.276691:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null)
[43:0809/105557.329206:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(374)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.

[fcabralpacheco]

Hi @gasinvein,

I had the same problem and identified the source.

The behavior of the crash reporter configuration changed [1][2]. This change causes a js error.

Update: I did a little more research and found the problem to be more complex than I thought. It came up with the migration to Electron v13 [1] (with a new check in Electron), however the issue with auto-enabling crash reporting (which explains why it works with --nofilesystem=host) is caused by an old issue. I did a PR (on vscode) with a possible fix for new installations.

I found two possible solutions:

1 - Disable the crash reporter:

flatpak run com.visualstudio.code-oss --disable-crash-reporter

2 - Configure the crash reporter directory (may be used the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME for config directory):

flatpak run com.visualstudio.code-oss --crash-reporter-directory="$HOME/.var/app/com.visualstudio.code-oss/config/Code - OSS/Crash Reports"

Since there is already a patch that changes the start command, I think it's just necessary to choose the proper solution and update the patch.

[1] microsoft/vscode#124666
[2] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/b6ca3e52ae62b64f7e30009bed4402a0235a4e92/src/main.js#L51

[gasinvein]

This error doesn't seem to happen when running Code-OSS without full filesystem access, e..g flatpak run --nofilesystem=host com.visualstudio.code-oss.

Update: --nofilesystem=host causes ~/.vscode-oss directory to get lost after each launch. Probably Code-OSS stores some settings in ~/.vscode-oss that cause crash in subsequent launches. If I remove ~/.vscode-oss/argv.json, I can run it once, but next time it crashes.

[gasinvein]

Disabled crash reporter until we come up with a better solution.

So sorry for pushing a broken update. I have a global --nofilesystem=host override, thus this bug didn't affect me and I didn't notice something isn't right.