Cannot open VSCode from WSL terminal

[msywulak]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

• VS Code Version: 1.88.0
• OS Version: 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3374

VSCode
Version: 1.88.0 (user setup)
Commit: 5c3e652
Date: 2024-04-03T13:26:18.741Z
Electron: 28.2.8
ElectronBuildId: 27744544
Chromium: 120.0.6099.291
Node.js: 18.18.2
V8: 12.0.267.19-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

Wsl
wsl --version
WSL version: 2.1.5.0
Kernel version: 5.15.146.1-2
WSLg version: 1.0.60
MSRDC version: 1.2.5105
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.22631.3374

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open a WSL terminal
2. Excecute code .

Expected behavior:
VSCode opens with the current directory

Actual behavior:
VSCode doesn't open and shows the following output:

[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451] node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1080
[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451]   throw err;
[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451]   ^
[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451] 
[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451] Error: Cannot find module '/home/matt/.vscode-server/bin/5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c/out/server-main.js'
[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451]     at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1077:15)
[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451]     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:922:27)
[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451]     at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:86:12)
[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451]     at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47 {
[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451]   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451]   requireStack: []
[2024-04-05 00:35:55.451] }

I tried what #179252 found in microsoft/WSL#8843 as their fix but it didn't help me. Was weirdly working all throughout the day then I came back from errands without restarting my computer and stopped working.

matt@Matt-Desktop:~$ cat /usr/lib/binfmt.d/WSLInterop.conf
:WSLInterop:M::MZ::/init:PF

[aeschli]

Does that path exist? (.vscode-server/bin/5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c/out/server-main.js)
If not, maybe the installation got corrupted.

• Close VS Code WSL windows
• in a WSL terminal run rm -r ~/.vscode-server/bin
• restart VS Code

[msywulak]

It did not... weird that it just corrupted during the day. Redownloading fixed it. Thank you.

[PierTrailslight]

Hi, I had the same issue, it seems that the installation got corrupted during while i was working. I solved too with rm -r ~/.vscode-server/bin.
Thanks to @msywulak for opening the issue and to @aeschli for the solution.

[aeschli]

Thanks for the replies, glad this helped.
Closing the issue.

[fadeevab]

@aeschli It happened to me today, and it's the second time in a month. It looks like a consequence of the automatic upgrade (?). Workaround rm -r ~/.vscode-server/bin helps though.
Still, I believe, the issue remains and it may happen again.