CodeTogether not working in VSCode on Fedora 36

[ptschack]

Describe the bug
I am unable to either host new sessions or join existing ones using the CodeTogether extension in VSCode on Fedora 36.

• When trying to host a new session, the tab closes when I click "Start" and nothing happens.
• When trying to join a new session, the tab closes when I paste the session URL and hit enter.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
In VSCode

1. Click on the CodeTogether extension icon
2. Click on "Host new session"
3. Configure options
4. Click "Start"
5. Nothing happens :(

Expected behavior
A notification with a generated session URL should pop up (works on other systems).

Screenshots
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CodeTogether Host

• IDE: VSCode
• IDE Version 1.73.1
• OS: Fedora
• OS Version: 36

IDE Participant
(same as host, but tested with multiple other IDEs / system configurations)

Browser Participant
(tested multiple )

Additional context
CodeTogether works fine with other IntelliJ and Chromium on the same system, so this is almost certainly a VSCode issue.
I found the following when starting VSCode with the --verbose option:
Blocked vscode-webview request vscode-webview://1vkv11jifbbrqr6vt65qt95flaaq7i804jpd446ogohqjg2406bq/index.html?

Workaround (if any)
N/A

[tumbarumba]

Curious to hear if this problem is still happening?

[brianvfernandes]

@ptschack we tested CodeTogether on Fedora 36/VS Code at the time you reported the issue and were unable to replicate the problems you ran into. We were remiss in not following up with you here to discuss this further, apologies!

@tumbarumba are you experiencing similar issues right now? Could you please elaborate so we can test at our end - at this point we have no known issues in this area, and session creation is working as it should. Thanks!

[tumbarumba]

I was looking to evaluate CodeTogether, and was curious to see if the problem still existed before I started evaluating.

[brianvfernandes]

@tumbarumba it is likely that this was a problem specific to his system / environment. Do go ahead and begin your evaluation - if you experience any issues, you can always reach us at support@codetogether.com or have a live conversation with us here.

[ptschack]

Hi, I did a quick test, it seems that the problem still persists when trying to host a new CodeTogether session in VSCode.
One thing was new: the CodeTogether Extension asked for additional permissions and required VSCode to reload the window (I also restarted the whole app).

My system was upgraded to Fedora 37 since my initial post.

[brianvfernandes]

@ptschack thanks for checking again. I ran a test myself with a fresh install of Fedora 37 and VS Code, and it worked fine at my end, so it must be something specific to your installation. Could you confirm you have CodeTogether v2023.1.0 installed? While IntelliJ works on the same system, are you behind a proxy or firewall that needs to be configured in VS Code? Please see this document for instructions on how you can set this up. If not, can you please turn on the debug setting as described in in the same and send us the output as you try to host a session or join one? You can attach it here, or mail it to us at support@codetogether.com
Thanks!