Why do you want this feature?

Right now, following the guide from https://coder.com/docs/code-server/latest/npm, it doesn't specify that libsecret needs to be installed - which can cause confusions and issues as seen in #5533

libsecret is needed because keytar is a dependency of vscode - and it's used to store secrets.

HOWEVER, there's a fallback if it can't store creds in the OS store (what libsecret is used for) - that uses memory. It shows a log message in the console, but code-server (and vscode) are fully functional without it, thanks to that fallback built-in into vscode.

See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/1fb94816f2d40bdc77536eac44eada91a9a9e8ac/src/vs/platform/credentials/node/credentialsMainService.ts#L44-L48 for that catch that means there's a fallback.

What is your suggestion?

Need to figure out/agree what is the state of the need for libsecret when running code-server. Some ideas:

• Try to get vscode to add keytar as an optionalDependency, as that's what it effectively is
• Bring back the "hack" that was removed in 4ae5e26, which moves it to an optionalDependency on our side
• Update the install doc to make libsecret part of the packages installed - https://coder.com/docs/code-server/latest/npm

Are you interested in submitting a PR for this?

Yes