Exception has occurred: Error: process.binding is not supported

[unLomTrois]

Type: Bug

I decided to rewrite one of my extensions to typescript. So I created one with yo code, I opened RUN AND DEBUG, clicked Run Extension. Nothing happened, no "Hello world" message. I enabled Caught Exceptions and Uncaught Exceptions, and get:

Exception has occurred: Error: process.binding is not supported
t n.binding (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:293433)
	at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:232782)
	at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:232965)
	at i (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:230952)
	at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:289783)
	at i (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:230952)
	at /usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:231751
	at 8918 (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:231760)
	at __webpack_require__ (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:1143572)
	at 2489 (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:903164)
	at __webpack_require__ (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:1143572)
	at 908 (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:950586)
	at __webpack_require__ (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:1143572)
	at /usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:1144065
	at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/share/code/resources/app/extensions/git/dist/main.js:2:1144315)
	at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1373:14)
	at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1432:10)
	at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1215:32)
	at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1031:12)
	at c._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:13801)
	at y._load (/usr/share/code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:184:6031)
	at i._load (/usr/share/code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:181:32144)
	at n._load (/usr/share/code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:146:34326)
	at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1240:19)
	at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18)
	at i (/usr/share/code/resources/app/out/bootstrap-fork.js:3:98)
	at m.xb (/usr/share/code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:181:33345)
	at async Promise.all (index 0)

VS Code version: Code 1.93.1 (38c31bc, 2024-09-11T17:20:05.685Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-45-generic
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400H @ 2.70GHz (12 x 3764)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	1, 1, 1
Memory (System)	15.40GB (8.09GB free)
Process Argv	-r . --crash-reporter-id d5c48306-b21d-4b82-a7e9-0018cde2d429
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%
DESKTOP_SESSION	ubuntu-wayland
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP	Unity
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP	ubuntu-wayland
XDG_SESSION_TYPE	wayland

Extensions (6)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
tsl-problem-matcher	amo	0.6.2
esbuild-problem-matchers	con	0.0.3
vscode-eslint	dba	3.0.10
prettier-vscode	esb	11.0.0
extension-test-runner	ms-	0.0.12
One-dark-pro	zhu	3.17.5

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[unLomTrois]

A similar problem was discussed here: microsoft/vscode-discussions#936

But they didn't figure it out and decided to move an issue here. I didn't find a new issue and decided to create my own.

[roblourens]

That error looks like it's from the builtin git extension, not yours, I'm not sure it's part of the issue.

It's not clear, did the Extension Development Host window start up when you started debugging? Were you able to try running your command in the command palette?

[vs-code-engineering]

This issue has been closed automatically because it needs more information and has not had recent activity. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!

[sagelywizard]

I'm seeing this same error. Also in the built-in git extension. The extension development host window did start. The extension's command in the command palette weren't available.