Flatpak extension install: stuck on "Unpacking extension"

[awoimbee]

Describe the bug

I'm using the dev.k8slens.OpenLens Flatpak. I use for debugging sudo flatpak override dev.k8slens.OpenLens --filesystem=host.

When I try to install an extension (@alebcay/openlens-node-pod-menu), Lens gets stuck on "Unpacking extension ${extension_name}".

To Reproduce

1. flatpak run dev.k8slens.OpenLens
2. ctrl+shift+e
3. install @alebcay/openlens-node-pod-menu
4. Lens is stuck

$ cd /run/user/1000/app/dev.k8slens.OpenLens/lens-extensions/
$ ls
-rw-r--r-- 1 arthur arthur 4.4K Oct 18 10:44 openlens-node-pod-menu-0.1.2.tgz
drwxr-xr-x 2 arthur arthur   40 Oct 18 10:44 openlens-node-pod-menu-0.1.2.tgz-unpacked
$ ls openlens-node-pod-menu-0.1.2.tgz-unpacked

Note that I can manually unpack the extension, but Lens is still stuck:

$ pigz -dc openlens-node-pod-menu-0.1.2.tgz | tar xf -
$ mv package openlens-node-pod-menu-0.1.2.tgz-unpacked/package

Screenshots

Environment

• Lens Version:
• OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20231013
• Installation method: AppImage (dev.k8slens.OpenLens 6.5.2)

Logs

None, flatpak run returns immediately.

[redtux]

Hi, just in case you haven't stumbled across already: This might be a duplicate of https://github.com/flathub/dev.k8slens.OpenLens/issues/1.

(At least it looks like the same "broader topic", although there was also no solution provided so far.)

[awoimbee]

Hi, just in case you haven't stumbled across already [...]

Thanks a lot ! I had to manually extract the extension inside ~/.var/app/dev.k8slens.OpenLens/config/OpenLens/node_modules/@alebcay/openlens-node-pod-menu/.

I'll close this issue once we find the root cause (does fix requires change to the flatpak or to Lens itself ?).

EDIT: Full procedure for future reference

# Open Lens
# ctrl+shift+e
# Install '@alebcay/openlens-node-pod-menu' -> install is stuck/does-nothing
# COMPLETELY close lens, then:
cd /run/user/1000/app/dev.k8slens.OpenLens/lens-extensions/ 
pigz -dc openlens-node-pod-menu-0.1.2.tgz | tar xf -
mkdir -p /home/arthur/.var/app/dev.k8slens.OpenLens/config/OpenLens/node_modules/@alebcay/
mv package/ /home/arthur/.var/app/dev.k8slens.OpenLens/config/OpenLens/node_modules/@alebcay/openlens-node-pod-menu/
# Open Lens again

[redtux]

does fix requires change to the flatpak or to Lens itself?

Hi @awoimbee, I am not experiencing this issue within the deb package of OpenLens, so I guess it might be an issue with the flatpak package (but I'm not sure).