Remote Iteration Plan for March 2021

[kieferrm]

This plan captures our work in March. We follow the same iteration cycle as VS Code. Although we plan for a whole iteration, we not only ship at the end of an iteration but throughout.

Plan Items

Below is a summary of the top level plan items.

Legend of annotations:

Mark	Description
🏃	work in progress
✋	blocked task
💪	stretch goal for this iteration
🔴	missing issue reference
🔵	more investigation required to remove uncertainty
⚫	under discussion within the team

Remote Core

• 🏃 Do not auto forward debug port by inform tunneling service about debug ports Provide extension API to exclude ports from forwarding vscode#115616 @alexr00 @connor4312
• Improve auto port detection for processes running as root sudo/root ports are not discovered #4654

Remote-SSH

• Support latest version of Windows SSH Windows Server SSH Remoting Fails if Server has Win32_OpenSSH 7.9 or newer installed #2475 @roblourens
• 💪 Provide an option for a pre-configured range of ports that the server can use Support custom remote ports #1386 @roblourens
• 💪 Explore how the resolver can deal more flexibly with long install scripts Windows Remote-SSH install script has a character limit #4487 @roblourens

Remote-Container

• Investigate Trusted Workspaces support Investigate Trusted Workspaces support #4635 @chrmarti
• Support initializeCommand scripts that works across Windows and Codespaces Unable to create initializeCommand script that works across Windows and Codespaces #4568 @chrmarti
• Additional portsAttributes Additional portAttributes (others, regexOnCommandLine) #4623 @alexr00
• Ports view: Set Label command polish Ports view: Set Label command polish #4624 @alexr00

Remote Samples

• Update dev container samples to use new port attributes Use remote.portAttributes for the remote samples #4616 @bamurtaugh

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Deferred

• None.