Feature request: use VS Code's local SSH server

[bersbersbers]

Can you piggy-back on VS Code's local SSH server to prevent additional authentication? This would be very helpful for 2FA setups without a grace period. See microsoft/vscode-remote-release#1521 (comment)

[joelspadin]

Is there an API for that? I don't see any information about how it works or how to use it. It looks to me like it's not intended to be used from other extensions.

[bersbersbers]

I must admit I have found hardly any documentation* (and the code is closed-soure as well), but I think releasing it more widely (only) hangs on a few bugs still, compare microsoft/vscode-remote-release#4487 (comment):

some users won't be able to use this mode with Windows for some time because of various issues.

*I have found mentions at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/troubleshooting#_troubleshooting-hanging-or-failing-connections and https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/linux

[joelspadin]

It looks like the next nightly build of Microsoft's remote extension will have X11 forwarding built in: microsoft/vscode-remote-release#589

[bersbersbers]

Yes, and it seems to be working now that it has been released:
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/main/remote-release-notes/v1_54.md#x11-forwarding