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[MartinSchubert-BSH]

Type: Bug

2026-03-12 20:51:39.481 [error] [Window] End of central directory record signature not found. Either not a zip file, or file is truncated.: Error: End of central directory record signature not found. Either not a zip file, or file is truncated.
at Ob (file:///c:/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20VS%20Code/ce099c1ed2/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-utility/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.js:450:28625)
at file:///c:/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20VS%20Code/ce099c1ed2/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-utility/sharedProcess/sharedProcessMain.js:450:29929
at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\ce099c1ed2\resources\app\node_modules\yauzl\index.js:40:7
at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\ce099c1ed2\resources\app\node_modules\yauzl\index.js:190:5
at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\ce099c1ed2\resources\app\node_modules\yauzl\index.js:712:5
at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\ce099c1ed2\resources\app\node_modules\yauzl\fd-slicer.js:33:7
at FSReqCallback.wrapper [as oncomplete] (node:fs:671:5)

VS Code version: Code 1.111.0 (ce099c1, 2026-03-06T23:06:10Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13850HX (28 x 2304)
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Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	63.55GB (50.21GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 077c2346-a99e-42af-8dcd-ed7633deaf9a
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (4)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
debugpy	ms-	2025.18.0
python	ms-	2026.2.0
vscode-pylance	ms-	2026.1.1
vscode-python-envs	ms-	1.20.1

[jonboehm]

Same situation here. Forced update to 1.111.0 then copilot broke.

[intelcarlson]

I'm having exactly the same issue

[Yixi]

same issue

[MartinSchubert-BSH]

solved it via installing the extension github copilot chat - now visual studio code works again

[CristianVGdev]

same
2026-03-13 10:23:16.482 [error] [Ventana] End of central directory record signature not found. Either not a zip file, or file is truncated.: Error: End of central directory record signature not found. Either not a zip file, or file is truncated.

[CristianVGdev]

Well, it seems the problem is this:
VSCode tries to open a “VSIXPackage” extension, but it seems to expect only a “VSIX” extension. Or at least that's how I've been able to manually install packages so far in order to update the most important ones.

[jhtran2]

Manual process to install an extension worked for me.

• Open the Extensions pane and navigate to the extension that you wish to install

• Click on the gear icon for that extension and select "Download VSIX" to get a list of the versions for that plugin to download to your local system; note the location of where this file is downloaded

• Once it has been downloaded, navigate to the Extension Pane header and click on the triple dots to bring up a menu

• Select the "Install from VSIX..." option and navigate to the file that was downloaded and select it to install it

[GregorB54321]

see also #301011 (comment)