Crashes upon launching, "perforce: invalid configuration"

[chloesheen]

• VS Code Version: 1.53
• OS Version: MacOS Big Sur 11.1

Steps to Reproduce:

1. uninstalled previously crashing VSCode (deleted .NET, mono. etc following the support article)
2. reinstalled latest version 1.53, opened it, crashes immediately with "Perforce: invalid configuration" message (screen recording attached)

vscode.crash.mov

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No
I uninstalled and reinstalled, so the "code" command doesn't work anymore.

[IllusionMH]

/needsMoreInfo

Does it happen if you launch code from CLI as code --disable-extensions?
Does it happen if you try to launch Insiders build? https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/

[chloesheen]

1. It still crashes using code --disable-extensions
2. launching Insiders build seems to be working fine. Is this my only option, or is there a way to repair VSCode on my machine?

Thanks!

[deepak1556]

Does it crash when you start with code --user-data-dir /tmp/vscode ?

launching Insiders build seems to be working fine

Insiders version will get promoted to stable at the end of every iteration. So you would get the fix in version 1.54. But to confirm if this is not an issue with settings cache, please try the above.

[chloesheen]

Yup, still crashes that way.

[deepak1556]

Can you follow these steps https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Native-Crash-Issues#creating-and-symbolicating-local-crash-reports and attach the crash report.

[chloesheen]

490315f1-3dbf-417d-957a-5d646fc2e85b.dmp.zip

[deepak1556]

Thanks for the report, its a SIGABRT from the vscode-encrypt module same as #116690 . The module is mainly used for storing authenticated credentials from extensions, settings sync, proxy auth. Starting with a new data dir should eliminate settings sync and proxy auth as potential cause.

Can you also check if it crashes with a new user data dir and disabling extensions, code --user-data-dir /tmp/vscode-new --disable-extensions ,

[deepak1556]

Additionally can you confirm if you had enabled settings sync or performed authentication with any extension ?

Merging to #116690

[chloesheen]

Thanks, it still crashes with --user-data-dir /tmp/vscode-new --disable-extensions. I did use the remote ssh extension which required authentication.