Extension Validation Error - your extension has suspicious content

[felangel]

I am unable to publish updates to the https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=FelixAngelov.bloc VSCode extension. The verification step fails due to a verification error saying the extension contains suspicious content but without any additional details. The only thing I've changed recently has been how the extension is bundled in order to reduce the overall bundle size (https://github.com/felangel/bloc/pull/3287/files).

[prashantvc]

@felangel I am sorry that you're facing this issue. Marketplace spam detection is bit aggressive lately. I have notified the team, you will be unblocked soon

[felangel]

@felangel I am sorry that you're facing this issue. Marketplace spam detection is bit aggressive lately. I have notified the team, you will be unblocked soon

Thanks! Will I need to publish another version afterwards?

[InbarGazit]

We have the same issue, getting this: Any advise?

[MahalingamVR]

@felangel I am sorry that you're facing this issue. Marketplace spam detection is bit aggressive lately. I have notified the team, you will be unblocked soon

Thanks! Will I need to publish another version afterwards?

Hi @felangel, sorry for the issue and you should be able to publish your extension now without any changes.

There is a recent surge of spam extensions, and as part of multiple measures to stem the surge, we blocked extensions that refer "tinyurl.com" temporarily and it had a side-effect on blocking your extension as one of the images in your extension refer the url.

[leodevbro]

I got the same error. It's strange. Should I just wait and the error will disappear? Or should I reupload the 1.5.7 version? It's strange, there is nothink like spam or anything in my extension.

[roytaishi]

I got the same error. It's strange. Should I just wait and the error will disappear? Or should I reupload the 1.5.7 version? It's strange, there is nothink like spam or anything in my extension.

Hey @leodevbro, the issue has been resolved, you can try reuploading it. Sorry for the inconvenience!

[leodevbro]

Thanks, it uploaded successfully now.

[roytaishi]

We have the same issue, getting this: Any advise?

Hey @InbarGazit , are you still facing this issue? If so you can provide us the Publisher Name and Extension Name and we will look into it.

[degensean]

@prashantvc Same issue here. Can't publish. What can I do?

[prashantvc]

@degensean We are trying to fix this as soon as possible. mean time could you share your marketplace account and extension details at prchol@microsoft.com

[xiaobindebingo]

@degensean We are trying to fix this as soon as possible. mean time could you share your marketplace account and extension details at prchol@microsoft.com

I have meet the same Problem, and I have send you an email; please help me to resolve it soon; thank you very much

[lunarwtr]

I'm experiencing the same problem https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=lunarwtr.lotro-api

[xiaobindebingo]

@degensean We are trying to fix this as soon as possible. mean time could you share your marketplace account and extension details at prchol@microsoft.com

I have meet the same Problem, and I have send you an email; please help me to resolve it soon; thank you very much

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tuya.tuyamini-vscode

[roytaishi]

Hi @lunarwtr and @xiaobindebingo , you can try reuploading it now, the issue has been fixed. Let me know if you have any other problems.

[lunarwtr]

Hi @lunarwtr and @xiaobindebingo , you can try reuploading it now, the issue has been fixed. Let me know if you have any other problems.

Thank you. Confirmed it allowed me to publish.

[xiaobindebingo]

yeah the problem has resoloved, thanks a lot

[mvturnho]

Hi , It seems I have the same issue with the marketplace.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Qris.freemarkergen

I could upload this morning, changed the README.md and now the upload fails with:

[mvturnho]

Problem solved this afternoon

[twalshcsv]

Also experiencing this error when trying to update: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vs-publisher-1465771.MAQSOpenFramework

Out of curiosity, would it be possible to get a more detailed error message so my team knows what to fix/change

[MahalingamVR]

Also experiencing this error when trying to update: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vs-publisher-1465771.MAQSOpenFramework

Out of curiosity, would it be possible to get a more detailed error message so my team knows what to fix/change

Hello, Sorry for the inconvenience here. We have unblocked you and you should be able to publish now. We actively monitor our spam validation checks and unblock false positives. Please reach out to "vsmarketplace@microsoft.com" and we could share the reason the extension upload was blocked in the initial run, though you will not be having any further issues in the future.

[Steakeye]

Hi,

We're also experiencing this issue for GitLive:

 INFO  Publishing 'TeamHub.teamhub v15.0.6'...
 ERROR  Your extension has suspicious content. Please fix your extension metadata, or contact support if you need assistance.

We'd love an assist on this!

[rmzetti]

Hi In April I published ver 0.7.1 of my extension, rmzetti.hover-exec - was successful. I withdrew it shortly after publishing because I needed to fix an immediate error, and inevitably made some relatively minor changes/enhancements to the extension.

I have just tried to update to 0.7.2. However I get 'Extension validation error - Your extension has suspicious content. Please fix your extension metadata, or contact support if you need assistance'. I've checked the package.json - I've included an extra command and changed some config entries, but I can't see anything problematic.

The log info just says the same thing so I'm at a loss as to how to proceed.

I've attached the package.json (as a txt) and I'd welcome any suggestions..

packagejson.txt

[MahalingamVR]

Hi In April I published ver 0.7.1 of my extension, rmzetti.hover-exec - was successful. I withdrew it shortly after publishing because I needed to fix an immediate error, and inevitably made some relatively minor changes/enhancements to the extension.

I have just tried to update to 0.7.2. However I get 'Extension validation error - Your extension has suspicious content. Please fix your extension metadata, or contact support if you need assistance'. I've checked the package.json - I've included an extra command and changed some config entries, but I can't see anything problematic.

The log info just says the same thing so I'm at a loss as to how to proceed.

I've attached the package.json (as a txt) and I'd welcome any suggestions..

packagejson.txt

Sorry about the inconvenience here. It looks like you have shortened URL (https://bit.ly) in the extension overview content and so the extension got blocked. We have a restriction to block the shortened URLs to control the spam extensions. Can you please provide the direct URL and try again? Cc: @prashantvc We might need to update the documentation accordingly.

You could also reach to "vsmarketplace@microsoft.com" support mail directly for any issues.

[rmzetti]

Many thanks - that was indeed the problem.. and I think I knew this was an issue but didn't notice when I was putting the reference in the README. So my fault - I apologise. Thanks again...

[iplanc]

@roytaishi i got same problem in PlanC.pzmod-extention-next v1.0.0 and PlanC.pzmod-extention v2.0.0, i barely changed nothing, but still get suspicious content ERROR

[iplanc]

never mind, i found is the picture url in my readme.md caused sus-content now i'm wonder how ti insert a png and gif in VSmarketplace overview

[MahalingamVR]

never mind, i found is the picture url in my readme.md caused sus-content now i'm wonder how ti insert a png and gif in VSmarketplace overview

You should be able to upload your extensions now with no changes required to your image URLs. Please try again and reach out to "vsmarketplace@microsoft.com" support mail directly for any issues.

[samishal1998]

The same problem, it's a language highlight extension that literally has nothing except the (tmLanguage.json,language-configuration.json) and the icons

[ryanwelcher]

Hello, I am seeing the same error. Where can I get insight into what the suspicious content is?

[wjdesign]

I'm experiencing the same problem https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=4006wayne.wconvert

[leungyukshing]

Hi, I am seeing the same error when I try to publish my extension. Where can I get support to solve this problem?

[amit-kulkarni-in]

@leungyukshing : Can you please reach out to VSMarketplace@microsoft.com support alias with the extension id details. Thanks ..

[leungyukshing]

Yes but I haven't heard about any reply in 5 days

[samishal1998]

@leungyukshing It took them about 1 week to respond and another 3 weeks to solve my issue.

[leungyukshing]

@xavierdecoster Hi, it's been 4 months since I raised my issue. Could you please have a look on it? Thank you

[msmolcic]

I have this issue while trying to publish my extension on the marketplace. I've sent an email, but judging by the comments, I shouldn't expect an update soon.

Upload failed: There were errors during publish. Your extension has suspicious content. Please fix your extension metadata, or contact support if you need assistance.

Having a meaningful response on what's wrong with metadata really might help.

[anandgupta42]

@seaniyer @xavierdecoster @amit-kulkarni-in We are facing a similar issue. The release is time-sensitive for us - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=innoverio.vscode-dbt-power-user Can you please have a look?

[madhurivadaligithub]

Hi @anandgupta42 Thanks for reaching VS Marketplace Team, Sorry for the inconvenience here, we have already responded to your email that was sent to our support alias "vsmarketplace@microsoft.com".

Please check the response and reach out to "vsmarketplace@microsoft.com" support mail directly for any issues.

-VS Marketplace Team

[madhurivadaligithub]

I have this issue while trying to publish my extension on the marketplace. I've sent an email, but judging by the comments, I shouldn't expect an update soon.

Upload failed: There were errors during publish. Your extension has suspicious content. Please fix your extension metadata, or contact support if you need assistance.

Having a meaningful response on what's wrong with metadata really might help.

I have this issue while trying to publish my extension on the marketplace. I've sent an email, but judging by the comments, I shouldn't expect an update soon.

Upload failed: There were errors during publish. Your extension has suspicious content. Please fix your extension metadata, or contact support if you need assistance.

Having a meaningful response on what's wrong with metadata really might help.

Hi @msmolcic Are you still facing this issue? If so Can you please reach out to VSMarketplace@microsoft.com support alias with the extension id details.

[msmolcic]

I have this issue while trying to publish my extension on the marketplace. I've sent an email, but judging by the comments, I shouldn't expect an update soon. Upload failed: There were errors during publish. Your extension has suspicious content. Please fix your extension metadata, or contact support if you need assistance. Having a meaningful response on what's wrong with metadata really might help.

I have this issue while trying to publish my extension on the marketplace. I've sent an email, but judging by the comments, I shouldn't expect an update soon. Upload failed: There were errors during publish. Your extension has suspicious content. Please fix your extension metadata, or contact support if you need assistance. Having a meaningful response on what's wrong with metadata really might help.

Hi @msmolcic Are you still facing this issue? If so Can you please reach out to VSMarketplace@microsoft.com support alias with the extension id details.

Yes, I'm still seeing the same exception. There's no extension ID since I'm trying to upload it for the first time. I've sent out a second email to that same support address but haven't received any reply yet. This is the source code of the extension I'm trying to upload: https://github.com/msmolcic/code-crafting-tips-snippets

Maybe you'll see something that would make it suspicious in the source, but it's a simple extension containing only code snippets.

[wapborhan]

Problem solved this afternoon

how you solved this problem?

[OscarJVD]

same :(

[madhurivadaligithub]

Hi @OscarJVD Could you please reach out to VSMarketplace@microsoft.com support alias with the extension id details.

Thanks, VS Marketplace Team.

[OscarJVD]

@madhurivadaligithub Who are you?

[madhurivadaligithub]

Hi @OscarJVD

We are a member of the VS Marketplace Support Team, and we continuously track and unblock false positives from our spam validation procedures, please contact us at "vsmarketplace@microsoft.com" so we can explain why the extension upload was initially denied and going forward, you won't see this problem again.

Thanks, VS Marketplace Team

[OscarJVD]

@madhurivadaligithub sent

[THamza]

I keep getting the same issue. Its a bit frustrating. I've been trying to reach out to the support every week for two months now... Did anyone figure out what's the rules for determining a package is suspicious? I tried using AI to find what was suspicious about my extension, no suggested change worked

[madhurivadaligithub]

Hi @THamza ,

Thanks for reaching VS Marketplace Team, we continuously track and unblock false positives from our spam validation procedures, please contact us at "vsmarketplace@microsoft.com" so we can explain why the extension upload was initially denied and going forward, you won't see this problem again.

Thanks, VS Marketplace Team

[THamza]

vsmarketplace@microsoft.com"

Sent ✅ 🙏