Big Sur icon not applying in Dock after v1.55.0 update

[mattbanks]

Issue Type: Bug

I'm seeing the updated icon in the Applications folder, but in the Dock I still see the old icon. Tried quitting/restarting the app multiple times and also removing the app from the Dock and re-adding.

macOS 11.2.3 on 16" MacBook Pro

VS Code version: Code 1.55.0 (c185983a683d14c396952dd432459097bc7f757f, 2021-03-30T16:01:05.981Z) OS version: Darwin x64 20.3.0

System Info

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protected_video_decode: unavailable_off
rasterization: enabled
skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok
video_decode: enabled
webgl: enabled
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• Multiple vscode icon on macos dock (#109001)
• Icon app (#111136)

[lramos15]

I believe I saw this too when it first updated. It took a little bit of time for the cache on my machine to update. Have you tried restarting your machine?

[mattbanks]

Yeah, I restarted and still seeing the old icon. Confirmed on my 15" MacBook Pro as well (work and personal machines).

[miguelsolorio]

Yea, this has to do with the icon cache. See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/101014#issuecomment-808368475 for clearing the cache:

Clearing Icon Cache for Stable

Depending on your platform, you may still see the earlier logo due to operating system caching of the application icon. Here are a few methods for the Mac that you can attempt to use to clear the cache:

1. Restart your dock via killall Dock in the terminal

2. Run these scripts in your terminal (which updates the timestamp of the icons):

   sudo touch /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app;
   sudo touch /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Info.plist;
   sudo touch /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Resources/Code.icns;
   killall Dock Finder

   Note: For Insiders and Explorations, simply append \ -\ Insiders or \ -\ Exploration to each version name reference.

3. Force the IconService cache to be rebuilt using these steps

[mattbanks]

That did it (step 2 was the one that did the trick for me)!

[miguelsolorio]

I'll go ahead and close this one then since we have #101014 that mentions it. Thanks for the feedback!