Users of zombie Vue extension cannot get migrated to the new version

[johnsoncodehk]

Type: Bug

This issue was supposed to be fixed in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/211702, but we have recently received complaints from some users regarding this.

I counted the first 50 issues with Vue extension installed in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues, and 25 users are using 1.8.27 ~ 2.0.10 (2.0.10 was released 4 months ago ), only 19 users are using the latest version (2.0.22 ~ 2.0.28).

Numbers:

• 2.0.10: 13 (Issue 225210, Issue 224993, Issue 223464, Issue 222157, Issue 221691, Issue 221503, Issue 221463, Issue 221461, Issue 221229, Issue 220972, Issue 220630, Issue 220106, Issue 220062)
• 2.0.8: 6 (Issue 224271, Issue 224171, Issue 223290, Issue 221794, Issue 219837, Issue 219707)
• 2.0.7: 2 (Issue 224527, Issue 224131)
• 2.0.6: 2 (Issue 224896, Issue 223596)
• 1.8.27: 2 (Issue 222893, Issue 221266)
• 2.0.22~2.0.28: 19

Since some versions in 2.0.0~2.0.10 may have serious problems, this is probably the reason why the Vue extension has continued to receive negative reviews on the Marketplace and VSCode has continued to receive bug reports about the Vue extension for several months.

I found a Windows computer with Vue.volar 2.0.7 installed and was able to reproduce the issue of not being able to update the version. The following is the content of .vscode/extensions/extensions.json. (Formatted for easier reading)

[
    {
        "identifier": {
            "id": "vue.volar",
            "uuid": "a5223b43-8621-4351-a14e-3d560f85f277"
        },
        "version": "2.0.7",
        "location": {
            "$mid": 1,
            "fsPath": "c:\\Users\\87156\\.vscode\\extensions\\vue.volar-2.0.7",
            "_sep": 1,
            "external": "file:///c%3A/Users/87156/.vscode/extensions/vue.volar-2.0.7",
            "path": "/c:/Users/87156/.vscode/extensions/vue.volar-2.0.7",
            "scheme": "file"
        },
        "relativeLocation": "vue.volar-2.0.7",
        "metadata": {
            "id": "a5223b43-8621-4351-a14e-3d560f85f277",
            "publisherId": "49983e2f-38ad-4441-beea-d678b53d0549",
            "publisherDisplayName": "Vue",
            "targetPlatform": "undefined",
            "isApplicationScoped": false,
            "updated": true,
            "isPreReleaseVersion": false,
            "installedTimestamp": 1711131971789,
            "preRelease": false
        }
    }
]

And I can reproduce the problem of not being able to update by overwriting the above metadata to the .vscode/extensions/extensions.json file of another macbook.

Steps to Reproduce

1. If Vue.volar is installed, uninstall it and then close VSCode and reopen it.
2. Download Vue.volar 2.0.7 from https://open-vsx.org/extension/Vue/volar/2.0.7 and install it to VSCode, VSCode can normally prompt that Vue extension needs to be updated.
3. Open ~/.vscode/extensions/extensions.json and modify the metadata of the last Vue.volar extension to:

   {
   "identifier": {
       "id": "vue.volar",
       "uuid": "a5223b43-8621-4351-a14e-3d560f85f277"
   },
   "version": "2.0.7",
   "location": {
       "$mid": 1,
       "fsPath": "c:\\Users\\87156\\.vscode\\extensions\\vue.volar-2.0.7",
       "_sep": 1,
       "external": "file:///c%3A/Users/87156/.vscode/extensions/vue.volar-2.0.7",
       "path": "/c:/Users/87156/.vscode/extensions/vue.volar-2.0.7",
       "scheme": "file"
   },
   "relativeLocation": "vue.volar-2.0.7",
   "metadata": {
       "id": "a5223b43-8621-4351-a14e-3d560f85f277",
       "publisherId": "49983e2f-38ad-4441-beea-d678b53d0549",
       "publisherDisplayName": "Vue",
       "targetPlatform": "undefined",
       "isApplicationScoped": false,
       "updated": true,
       "isPreReleaseVersion": false,
       "installedTimestamp": 1711131971789,
       "preRelease": false
   }
   }

4. Reload VSCode will find that the Vue extension cannot detect newer versions.

VS Code version: Code 1.92.1 (eaa41d57266683296de7d118f574d0c2652e1fc4, 2024-08-07T20:16:39.455Z) OS version: Darwin arm64 23.1.0 Modes:

[johnsoncodehk]

cc @isidorn

[isidorn]

I just checked our telemetry for the most popular combinations of VS Code version and Vue extension version and here's what I see. This proves that vue version 2.0.8 and 2.0.10 are indeed not getting properly updated. The root cause of this is the fact the vue extension, unpublished from the Marketplace and published again the same name (thus exposing a bug in the Marketplace) as explained here https://github.com/vuejs/language-tools/issues/4227 We still want to help transition your users, and I will go ahead and move this issue to the VS Code repo and Sandeep will investigate next week once he is back from vacation. Thank you 🙏

[sandy081]

Update is not detected automatically. It is detected only when user is searching for the extension.

[sandy081]

Sorry about this inconvenience caused. Fixed it - We will now detect the update automatically.

[vs-code-engineering[bot]]

This bug has been fixed in the latest release of VS Code Insiders!

@johnsoncodehk, you can help us out by commenting /verified if things are now working as expected.

If things still don't seem right, please ensure you're on version e81aceaa07bab1ccdc94deae04168c8bd062f0de of Insiders (today's or later - you can use Help: About in the command palette to check), and leave a comment letting us know what isn't working as expected.

Happy Coding!

[johnsoncodehk]

I just tested it and confirmed it's fixed in the latest insiders version, thanks a lot!

[sandy081]

Adding verified label based on above comment