Crash on Linux when attempting to open "File" menu

[Svankle1]

(First time writing one of these, so sorry if I've fail to provide good information)
Describe the bug
After a recent update, trying to use the File menu/dropdown results in a crash after about a second of the program freezing.

Please confirm that this problem is VSCodium-specific

• I temporarily installed Visual Studio Code via the Linux 64 deb package on code.visualstudio.com. The crash does not occur there.
• The crash also does not occur on VSCodium's flatpak option it seems. Only the deb package.

Please confirm that the issue/resolution isn't already documented

• I checked the Docs page and the Troubleshooting page and was unable to find my issue mentioned there.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Update VSCodium to 1.95.1.24307
2. Open VSCodium
3. Hover over "File" in top right and click.
4. Encounter crash after 1 or 2 seconds.
   Its notable that all the other drop downs such as Edit and Terminal seem to render without issue.
   Expected behavior
   The File dropdown to render and allow options to be selected.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Linux Mint 21.3 MATE Edition
• Architecture amd64 (I believe)
• Version 1.95.1.24307
• App Manager apt / mintUpdate
• Sandboxed Flatpack and Snap are both enabled, but not being relevant to this bug.

Additional context
This bug did not happen on version 1.94.2.24286

[lichenaut]

This is happening to me too. Reinstalling and clearing cached/local data did not fix it. LMDE, installed with apt.

[orangecoloured]

Same here. Fedora 40.

[lincolnjpg]

It's happening here as well. Debian 12

[mattaroni]

Also happening here. Using Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon.

[schwartzenheimer]

Same issue, Manjaro KDE 6.1.5

[Redsskull]

Linux Mint 21. I actually thought it was my settings or product.json after the update today, but the crash logs show it dumping a core and having issues itself.

[cocoanaut]

Same issue on Debian 12.7. dmesg shows this error:

traps: codium[9145] trap int3 ip:55cf909cc46c sp:7fffa5030a70 error:0 in codium[55cf8ca40000+8972000]

[zero-stacks]

same on fedora 41

[xgrind]

same on mageia 9

I get this message in the terminal when I click on File:

[20022:1102/222029.178647:FATAL:check.cc(376)] Check failed: false. NOTREACHED log messages are omitted in official builds. Sorry!

[g5ostXa]

same on arch

[awsms]

Same on EndeavourOS+i3. Does VSCodium also crash for you when right-clicking on a text area?

[hyprmann]

Crash on arch, hyprland too, v1.95.1.24307-1

I've made a note on to downgrade the package if anyone wants to downgrade it.

# Downgrade AUR packages

# Method 1: CLI

# Clone the AUR repository
# git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/aur_package.git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/vscodium-bin.git

# Change directory to AUR package folder
# cd aur_package_directory
cd vscodium-bin

# View the git changelog of the AUR package
git log

# Copy the hash of the specific commit
b7ca24ade76bb56d09851132bfa362c47233c657

# Press q to quit

# Switch branches or restore working tree files
# Updates files in the working tree to match the version in the index or the specified tree
# git checkout commit_hash
git checkout b7ca24ade76bb56d09851132bfa362c47233c657

# Build the package using the makepkg script
makepkg -si

# Delete the AUR package folder (Optional)

# Change directory to home
cd ~

# Delete the AUR package folder recursively with privilege escalation
sudo rm -r vscodium-bin

# Ignore AUR package update

# Edit pacman.conf
sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf

# Remove "#" from "IgnorePkg" and add AUR package to ignore updates
---
IgnorePkg   = vscodium-bin
---

# Press Ctrl + O to save

# Press Ctrl + X to exit



# Method 2: GUI

# Visit the AUR page
https://aur.archlinux.org/

# Find the AUR package
# Search the AUR package name using the "Package Search" box on the right side
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vscodium-bin

# View the changelog of the AUR package
# Click "View Changes" on "Package Actions" box located on the right side
https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/log/?h=vscodium-bin

# Pick specific commit
# Click specific "Commit message" link
https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=vscodium-bin&id=b7ca24ade76bb56d09851132bfa362c47233c657

# Download specific commit .tar.gz file
# Under the "Commit" tab, click the link beside the "download" text
https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/aur-b7ca24ade76bb56d09851132bfa362c47233c657.tar.gz

# Extract the AUR package .tar.gz file recursively with verbose log
# tar -xzvf aur_package.tar.gz -C extract_directory
tar -xzvf ~/Downloads/aur-b7ca24ade76bb56d09851132bfa362c47233c657.tar.gz -C ~/Downloads/vscodium/

# Change directory to AUR package folder
# cd aur-commit_hash_directory
cd ~/Downloads/aur-b7ca24ade76bb56d09851132bfa362c47233c657/

# Build the package using the makepkg script
makepkg -si

# Delete the AUR package folder (Optional)

# Change directory to home
cd ~

# Delete the AUR package folder recursively with privilege escalation
sudo rm -r vscodium-bin

# Ignore AUR package update

# Edit pacman.conf
sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf

# Remove "#" from "IgnorePkg" and add AUR package to ignore updates
---
IgnorePkg   = vscodium-bin
---

# Press Ctrl + O to save

# Press Ctrl + X to exit

[daiyam]

I have the issue:

[main 2024-11-03T09:01:42.617Z] menubarService#updateMenubar 1
[7930:1103/100144.116291:FATAL:check.cc(376)] Check failed: false. NOTREACHED log messages are omitted in official builds. Sorry!

[kxxt]

Some Links:

• https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/code/-/issues/5
• Program crashes when i try to open Files menu microsoft/vscode#232873
• Crash in ui::Accelerator::ApplyLongFormModifiers riscv-forks/electron#5
• CHECK in ui::Accelerator::ApplyLongFormModifiers microsoft/vscode#204561

I suspect this issue is fixed in microsoft's distribution of electron but not the upstream ones.

[daiyam]

@kxxt Thx for the update. So it's not VSCodium specific.

I'm testing/building on my VM, I will try to play around with the Electron version.

[daiyam]

Here the related issues: microsoft/vscode#230604 and microsoft/vscode#232723

Based on the comments in microsoft/vscode#232723, Visual Studio Code has shipped with a custom Electron with the fix.
And by using the setting "window.titleBarStyle": "custom", it does fix the issue (It stops to use the system menu...)

I've tested it and it's working.
You can do it with Ctrl+, then search titleBarStyle and select custom.

[daiyam]

@zero-stacks Which version are you using?

[kyberdrb]

@daiyam
code-insiders-bin: latest version 1.96.0 is working stable.
vscodium-insiders-bin : latest version 1.95.0 crashes.
Arch Linux with latest updates up to Nov 3rd.

So I guess 1.96 has the bug fixed. We just need to wait until the VSCode upstream gets merged into VSCodium release branch.

[xgrind]

Here the related issues: microsoft/vscode#230604 and microsoft/vscode#232723

Based on the comments in microsoft/vscode#232723, Visual Studio Code has shipped with a custom Electron with the fix. And by using the setting "window.titleBarStyle": "custom", it does fix the issue (It stops to use the system menu...)

I've tested it and it's working. You can do it with Ctrl+, then search titleBarStyle and select custom.

This solution was perfect and even makes the look better. It could come custom by default.

[kyberdrb]

@xgrind

I can confirm that the setting adjustment has cosmetic effect on VSCode 1.96.0-insiders

and fixes the File menu crash for 1.95.0-insiders

Still an interesting bug. But I like the "custom" menu bar design better. I'm almost glad it broke :)

[daiyam]

I agree with you that the custom menu is better ;)

code-insiders-bin: latest version 1.96.0 is working stable.

Yes, code-insiders-bin is using the binary from MS (https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=code-insiders-bin#n16)

[imgustavo]

same here since today, using LMDE6

[jon-nfc]

same issue too. v1.95.1. can confirm setting the title bar to custom does address the issue

[negativeExponent]

thanks for custom

[daniel-ambriz]

Same crash issue for me on ZorinOS 17.2

[fr0st-iwnl]

I've tested it and it's working. You can do it with Ctrl+, then search titleBarStyle and select custom.

I tried it out too and it works setting titleBarStyle to custom using Ctrl+, fixed the issue for me. Still the native title bar crashes for me but honestly i’m liking the custom one better anyway. Thanks for the tip!

[mtovmassian]

Ubuntu 22.04 same behavior and using the custom Title Bar Style is a good workaround.

[importcjj]

In arch, setting window.titleBarStyle to custom fixes my crash

[mahula]

In arch, setting window.titleBarStyle to custom fixes my crash

Exactly.
As written above in #2082 (comment), this is a worthy fix.

[nPHYN1T3]

It works but now I'm stuck with a piece of UI I had hidden for a reason.

[MelihDarcanxyz]

I can reproduce this error both on Pop!OS and Arch Linux, on different machines.

[boxerab]

I was just going to open a new issue on this - happens to me every time on Fedora 41.

[hafiz-muhammad]

Happening to me also on Fedora 41.

[distinctjuggle]

hey guys guess what - it's happening to everyone on everything.

Neat how this was troubleshooted and then solved via workaround a while ago, huh? No need to keep posting about it with irrelevant information that helps no one and only obfuscates the real answers.

[daiyam]

Good news, it has been backported (electron/electron#44623) and Electron v32.2.5 has been released.
I'm making the updates and will release a new version soon.

[daiyam]

v1.95.3.24321 is fixing the issue.

[strasharo]

Fix works on Fedora 40, thank you!

[nPHYN1T3]

Working on Arch - also thanks.

[boxerab]

Works on Fedora 41, thanks you !!!

[kaze-neko]

Works on Debian 12, thanks a lot =^ ^=

[Plumeros]

thanks a lot :-)

[archiron]

Version 1.95.3 working on my Ubuntu 24.10.
Many thanks !

[peaceAndHodl]

ubuntu / gnome

the file menu doesn't crash the app anymore

HOWEVER it is still not possible to resize windows with mouse from window borders (full screen / minimize buttons are fine).

[drekorig]

Thanks