localhost openExternal rewrite loses URL /path

Author: angusleesCreated Feb 10, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
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Is there an existing issue for this?

  • I have searched the existing issues

OS/Web Information

  • Web Browser: chrome
  • Local OS: macOS
  • Remote OS: Linux/Ubuntu
  • Remote Architecture: amd64
  • code-server --version: 1.107.0

Steps to Reproduce

  1. /usr/lib/code-server/lib/vscode/bin/helpers/browser.sh http://127.0.0.1:1234/my/path
  2. Opens URL https://coder.<domain>/@<user>/<instance>/apps/code-server/proxy/1234/
  3. Be saddened by the observation that /my/path was dropped during the rewrite.

Expected

Should have rewritten to URL https://coder.<domain>/@<user>/<instance>/apps/code-server/proxy/1234/my/path (with trailing /my/path). When I update the URL in my browser to do this, this works - so the proxy itself is doing all the right things, it's just the rewrite that is incorrect afaics.

I have not explored with query params or anchors. Given what I see in the code, I suspect these are lost too.

Actual

Opened URL https://coder.<domain>/@<user>/<instance>/apps/code-server/proxy/1234/

Logs

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Does this bug reproduce in native VS Code?

This cannot be tested in native VS Code

Does this bug reproduce in VS Code web?

I did not test VS Code web

Does this bug reproduce in GitHub Codespaces?

I did not test GitHub Codespaces

Are you accessing code-server over a secure context?

  • I am using a secure context.

Notes

I believe the relevant code is part of this code-server patch, and not vscode: https://github.com/coder/code-server/blob/main/patches/proxy-uri.diff

From a squint at this patch, I think the new URL(renderedTemplate, window.location.href) call in resolveExternalUri is suspect. I don't see anything here that would copy through anything after the host portion of the URL.