Add "Integrated browser" support for code-server #7962

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1. chr-wei

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   on Aug 25, 2026
2. linear-code commented on Aug 25, 2026

   

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3. code-asher commented on Aug 26, 2026

   

   code-asher

   on Aug 26, 2026

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   Could probably implement it with an iframe, but I am not sure we would want to maintain a patch for that feature here, unless it is a small patch (I am not sure how much work it would be). Would definitely be better to get such a feature merged upstream in VS Code core.
4. code-asher commented on Aug 26, 2026

   

   code-asher

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   Although if the simple browser extension is not working for only localhost addresses, that could just be a bug in code-server or the extension and it might be easier to fix that. For example maybe we are not properly rewriting localhost URIs to go through the proxy, or maybe the plugin is not using asExternalUri.

   code-server/patches/proxy-uri.diff

   Lines 111 to 126 in e08e907

   	+ resolveExternalUri: (uri: URI): Promise<URI> => {
   	+ let resolvedUri = uri
   	+ const localhostMatch = extractLocalHostUriMetaDataForPortMapping(resolvedUri)
   	+ if (localhostMatch && resolvedUri.authority !== location.host) {
   	+ if (config.productConfiguration && config.productConfiguration.proxyEndpointTemplate) {
   	+ const renderedTemplate = config.productConfiguration.proxyEndpointTemplate
   	+ .replace('{{port}}', localhostMatch.port.toString())
   	+ .replace('{{host}}', window.location.host)
   	+ resolvedUri = URI.parse(new URL(renderedTemplate, window.location.href).toString())
   	+ } else {
   	+ throw new Error(`Failed to resolve external URI: ${uri.toString()}. Could not determine base url because productConfiguration missing.`)
   	+ }
   	+ }
   	+ // If not localhost, return unmodified.
   	+ return Promise.resolve(resolvedUri)
   	+ },

   But when I tried, the extension does not work at all for either local or external hosts.