Mongo for vs-code - connections lost

yariv_ziv · 2024-12-17T09:21:43.923Z

hi,
all saved connection lost after plugin&app upgrade,
how can they be recovered?
can they be backed-up / exported ?

Rhys_Howell · 2024-12-17T15:05:39.425Z

Hi @yariv_ziv - it’s not expected for the saved connections to be lost after the extension for VSCode updates.
A few questions to help us understand the issue:

What versions are you updating? Both the MongoDB VSCode extension and VSCode version.
What operating system are you using? The extension will save some connection details in your system, so with that we can help you find it.
How did you go about updating the extension and VSCode? Was it auto updated or manually downloaded.

Thanks!
Rhys

yariv_ziv · 2024-12-18T17:30:48.010Z

hi @Rhys_Howell ,
the mongodb ext is 1.11.0 and code version is 1.96.0,
im running on a windows 10 machine,
the ext was downloaded and updated manually.

Rhys_Howell · 2024-12-18T22:35:34.678Z

If you were updating from a pretty old version of VSCode (>2 years ago) it’s expected to lose your saved connections. Apologies for this. We removed the migration from the old connection saving format a while back. VSCode also updated their internal credential storage system.

Getting the older connections now could be tricky and as a result of the VSCode changes I’m not sure it’ll be easy. You can check the Windows Credential Manager to see if there are saved connections from the VSCode extension. It’ll be a manual process of getting them out of there and into the extension again.

Related, something you may want to do is upvote this item on the feedback forum: predefined connections array on settings, this helps on devcontainer setups alot – MongoDB Feedback Engine
That’ll make it so we prioritize a more transparent way to save connections for folks. It should make things like exporting and backing up easier so this never happens again down the line.