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Remote-SSH no longer shows hostname in ssh config but IP address when connected #238025

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Remote-SSH no longer shows hostname in ssh config but IP address when connected#238025
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renkun-ken
opened on Jan 16, 2025

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

  • VS Code Version: 1.96.3
  • OS Version: macOS 15.2

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. My ssh config at ~/.ssh/config contains a number of host entries with names like the following:
Host server-01
  HostName 10.35.135.15
  1. In VSCode, choose Connect to Host. The list of remote hosts correctly displays the hostnames rather than IPs (as always).
  2. Choose a host (e.g. server-01), then suddenly it asks me the remote OS platform (linux, macOS, windows) of the IP (10.35.135.15) rather than the hostname server-01. This is not ordinary because server-01 is already configured in remote.SSH.remotePlatform in settings.json. I choose linux here.
  3. Then the connection is established to the IP. All places that previously displayed the hostname now shows the IP (status bar, title bar, etc.), which is quite annoying when I have many VSCode windows open since I cannot tell which I should switch to by looking at the IP.

This happens just suddenly and I'm not sure if I'm missing something.

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vs-code-engineering
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roblourens
on Jan 16, 2025
Kaauw

Kaauw commented on Jan 16, 2025

@Kaauw
Kaauw
on Jan 16, 2025

I confirm the issue on my setup

vscode : 1.96.3
windows 11 24H2

In addition, when having an ssh key, vscode doesn't use it and ask for the password instead. It doesn't have a look into the user/.ssh/config

Host <name>
    HostName <IP>
    User <username>
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
renkun-ken

renkun-ken commented on Jan 16, 2025

@renkun-ken
renkun-ken
on Jan 16, 2025
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Looks like this has been fixed in 1.96.4. Thanks!

renkun-ken
closed this as completedon Jan 16, 2025
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    Remote-SSH no longer shows hostname in ssh config but IP address when connected · Issue #238025 · microsoft/vscode