"vscode://" URL protocol does not open files in VS Code latest version on macOS

[pisoni-onshape]

Type: Bug

With the latest version (1.84.1), browser links with the vscode:// protocol don't open files in VS Code anymore on macOS. The already open instance of VS Code does get 'focus' when you click such a link in browser, but the file does not get opened. It was working with the previous version.

VS Code version: Code 1.84.1 (Universal) (2b35e1e6d88f1ce073683991d1eff5284a32690f, 2023-11-06T12:37:18.666Z) OS version: Darwin x64 22.6.0 Modes:

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz (16 x 2300)| |GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled| |Load (avg)|6, 8, 12| |Memory (System)|32.00GB (4.68GB free)| |Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 72bcb468-485d-44c8-95d4-0d4ecf689e27| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

Extensions (50)

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A/B Experiments

``` vsliv368cf:30146710 vsreu685:30147344 python383:30185418 vspor879:30202332 vspor708:30202333 vspor363:30204092 vslsvsres303:30308271 vserr242:30382549 pythontb:30283811 vsjup518:30340749 pythonptprofiler:30281270 vshan820:30294714 vstes263cf:30335440 vscoreces:30445986 vscod805cf:30301675 binariesv615:30325510 bridge0708:30335490 bridge0723:30353136 vsaa593cf:30376535 pythonvs932:30410667 py29gd2263cf:30880073 vsclangdf:30486550 c4g48928:30535728 dsvsc012cf:30540253 pynewext54:30695312 azure-dev_surveyone:30548225 3biah626:30602489 89544117:30613380 a9j8j154:30646983 showlangstatbar:30737416 pythonfmttext:30731395 fixshowwlkth:30771522 showindicator:30805244 pythongtdpath:30769146 i26e3531:30792625 welcomedialogc:30882110 pythonnosmt12:30797651 pythonidxpt:30866567 pythonnoceb:30805159 synctok:30869157 dsvsc013:30795093 dsvsc014:30804076 dsvsc015:30845448 pythontestfixt:30871694 pythonregdiag2cf:30871583 pyreplss2:30879913 pythonmypyd1:30879173 pythoncet0:30874138 pythontbext0:30879054 dsvsc018:30880894 aa_t_chat:30882232 ```

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[pisoni-onshape]

@bpasero @ulugbekna : Which is the duplicate issue that you have identified? Generally when an issue is closed as 'duplicate' it's linked to its duplicate, which I don't see on this page.

[bpasero]

@pisoni-onshape its https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/197319. And a workaround is to use correct protocol links, i.e. ones that do not have double / before the file path.