Extension is already published, but currently isn't active and therefore not visible

[j-windsor]

I am trying to publish an update to googlecloudtools.cloudcode.

I uploaded version 1.22.0 3 days ago. According to the settings page it was published:

However, days after I published the extension page still shows the previous version (1.21.8) as the most recent version:
https://open-vsx.org/extension/googlecloudtools/cloudcode

Trying to re-upload the latest extension yields the following error message:

[j-windsor]

#755 suggests using the admin view to fix this, but I don't seem to have access to that.

[jjallaire]

I am seeing this same behavior with the quarto extension (https://open-vsx.org/extension/quarto/quarto)

If I attempt to re-publish with the CLI I get this:

Extension quarto.quarto 1.90.0 is already published, but currently isn't active and therefore not visible.
See the documentation for more information:
https://github.com/eclipse/openvsx/wiki/Publishing-Extensions

Looked through the UI available to me as an extension publisher but didn't see anything about "active" status and the ability to change it.

[ellacrity]

I have the same exact issue with my color theme extension, recoil. I am getting this strange error RE: the extension being published, yet not active. My extension has been published several times, successfully, since 0.3.7, but that is still the only version that appears publicly.

For now, I have to build my own extension from source and then install it. Open VSX is not working.

I have done everything that the FAQ and other resources suggest. The page the error refers to does not actually present any solutions or assist with fixing this issue.

[solomonkinard]

Git Blame has the same issue. 0.1.820230467 was published, and inactive, on 2023-07-15. On a different platform on the same day, publishing was successful for the same version number of Git Blame.

[PKief]

Have the same issue with the Material Icon Theme extension. I'm not able to publish it via CLI as well due to this error:

❌  Extension PKief.material-icon-theme 4.29.0 is already published, but currently isn't active and therefore not visible.
See the documentation for more information:
https://github.com/eclipse/openvsx/wiki/Publishing-Extensions

Is there any solution how to fix this?

[ellacrity]

Unfortunately, I cannot I seem to find the exact issue containing a message from one of the project maintainers or contributors RE: this problem of extensions not updating.

They said that a recent release was made that should rectify the problem. I bumped the version of my extension, then republished it and it worked.

TL;DR: Try force bumping the version and republishing your extension.

[kineticsquid]

We've seen an increase in instances of extensions being published but remaining inactive. Because the root cause(s) are likely to be deployment related, we're tracking them in EclipseFdn/open-vsx.org#2062.

[sjsepan3]

I am also seeing this today with sjsepan-humanelike-0.4.0.vsix; previous version 0.3.1 is still the most recent available. I did try clearing my browser cache.
Ditto:
sjsepan-ambercrtish-0.2.0.vsix vs 0.1.2
Then, after coming here and reading this, like the others I attempted to re-publish, which confirms that is was already published, but not active:

     sjsepan  …/sjsepan-humanelike  ☊ master 󰙏 7  1 󰙌 ‍1    15:40   npx ovsx publish sjsepan-humanelike-0.4.0.vsix --debug --pat ***************
Need to install the following packages:
ovsx@0.9.4
Ok to proceed? (y) y

🚀  Published sjsepan.sjsepan-humanelike v0.4.0
npm notice
npm notice New patch version of npm available! 10.8.2 -> 10.8.3
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v10.8.3
npm notice To update run: npm install -g npm@10.8.3
npm notice

     sjsepan  …/sjsepan-humanelike  ☊ master   16:38   sudo npm install -g npm@10.8.3
[sudo] password for sjsepan:             

removed 1 package, and changed 21 packages in 9s

22 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

     sjsepan  …/sjsepan-humanelike  ☊ master   16:53   npx ovsx publish sjsepan-humanelike-0.4.0.vsix --debug --pat ***************
Error: Extension sjsepan.sjsepan-humanelike 0.4.0 **is already published, but currently isn't active and therefore not visible**.
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/home/sjsepan/.npm/_npx/7e6088d414b28cf8/node_modules/ovsx/lib/registry.js:186:40)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (node:events:531:35)
    at endReadableNT (node:internal/streams/readable:1696:12)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)

   [1:ERROR] ✘  sjsepan  …/sjsepan-humanelike  ☊ master   16:58   

[sjsepan3]

We've seen an increase in instances of extensions being published but remaining inactive. Because the root cause(s) are likely to be deployment related, we're tracking them in EclipseFdn/open-vsx.org#2062.

That one is closed but I posted a list of my stuck extensions in there.