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feat: add VS Code Insiders as a separate Open In app #1460

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feat: add VS Code Insiders as a separate Open In app
millar Mar 13, 2026
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refactor: use existing vscode icon for VS Code Insiders entry
millar Mar 13, 2026
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fix: remove supportsRemote from VS Code Insiders entry
millar Mar 13, 2026
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39 changes: 34 additions & 5 deletions src/shared/openInApps.ts
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Expand Up @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const ICON_PATHS = {
files: 'files.svg',
cursor: 'cursor.svg',
vscode: 'vscode.png',
'vscode-insiders': 'vscode-insiders.svg',
vscodium: 'vscodium.png',
terminal: 'terminal.png',
xcode: 'xcode.png',
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -100,16 +101,44 @@ export const OPEN_IN_APPS: OpenInAppConfigShape[] = [
'open -n -a "Visual Studio Code" {{path}}',
],
checkCommands: ['code'],
bundleIds: ['com.microsoft.VSCode', 'com.microsoft.VSCodeInsiders'],
bundleIds: ['com.microsoft.VSCode'],
appNames: ['Visual Studio Code'],
},
win32: {
openCommands: ['start "" code {{path}}', 'start "" code-insiders {{path}}'],
checkCommands: ['code', 'code-insiders'],
openCommands: ['start "" code {{path}}'],
checkCommands: ['code'],
},
linux: {
openCommands: ['code {{path}}'],
checkCommands: ['code'],
},
},
},
{
id: 'vscode-insiders',
label: 'VS Code Insiders',
iconPath: ICON_PATHS['vscode-insiders'],
autoInstall: true,
supportsRemote: true,
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supportsRemote: true has no handler in appIpc.ts

Setting supportsRemote: true here causes VS Code Insiders to appear as a valid remote SSH target, but the remote-handling dispatch in appIpc.ts has no appId === 'vscode-insiders' branch. When a user tries to open a remote worktree in VS Code Insiders it will always fall through to the generic catch-all and return:

{ success: false, error: 'Remote SSH not yet implemented for VS Code Insiders' }

VS Code Insiders registers its own deep-link scheme (vscode-insiders://) and the existing buildRemoteEditorUrl helper already parametrises the scheme — so it just needs to be wired up. The RemoteEditorScheme type in remoteOpenIn.ts is currently 'vscode' | 'cursor' and would also need to be widened.

Until the handler is added you should either:

  1. Remove supportsRemote: true to avoid surfacing a broken feature, or
  2. Add the handler alongside this PR:
// in appIpc.ts, after the 'cursor' branch
} else if (appId === 'vscode-insiders') {
  const remoteUrl = buildRemoteEditorUrl(
    'vscode-insiders',
    connection.host,
    connection.username,
    target
  );
  await shell.openExternal(remoteUrl);
  return { success: true };
}

And in remoteOpenIn.ts:

type RemoteEditorScheme = 'vscode' | 'cursor' | 'vscode-insiders';

hideIfUnavailable: true,
platforms: {
darwin: {
openCommands: [
'command -v code-insiders >/dev/null 2>&1 && code-insiders {{path}}',
'open -n -b com.microsoft.VSCodeInsiders --args {{path}}',
'open -n -a "Visual Studio Code - Insiders" {{path}}',
],
checkCommands: ['code-insiders'],
bundleIds: ['com.microsoft.VSCodeInsiders'],
appNames: ['Visual Studio Code - Insiders'],
},
win32: {
openCommands: ['start "" code-insiders {{path}}'],
checkCommands: ['code-insiders'],
},
linux: {
openCommands: ['code {{path}}', 'code-insiders {{path}}'],
checkCommands: ['code', 'code-insiders'],
openCommands: ['code-insiders {{path}}'],
checkCommands: ['code-insiders'],
},
},
},
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