
After today's vscode upgrade boards aren't detecting on my pc & on my colleagues pc neither.
While same board is getting detected on another one of my colleagues pc.
Kindly help mitigate this update issue

After today's vscode upgrade boards aren't detecting on my pc & on my colleagues pc neither.
While same board is getting detected on another one of my colleagues pc.
Kindly help mitigate this update issue
Hi, just wanted to add that I'm having this problem as well on windows 10.
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Thank you for reporting this and we are looking into this at the moment.
-Priyanka
Could you try to install the latest nrfutil device and run nrfutil device list ?
This should fix the issue.
-Priyanka
mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % chmod +x nrfutil mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % nrfutil --version nrfutil 8.0.0 (54d8087 2025-01-07) commit-hash: 54d8087a38b73b6e56942fb1b024b62365f06731 commit-date: 2025-01-07 host: aarch64-apple-darwin build-timestamp: 2025-01-07T14:24:48.421941000Z classification: nrf-external mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % nrfutil install nrf5sdk-tools [00:00:06] ###### 100% [Install packages] Install packages A new version of nrfutil is available. Please run: nrfutil self-upgrade mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % nrfutil self-upgrade Uninstalled nrfutil [00:00:05] ###### 100% [Install packages] Install packages mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % nrfutil install device [00:00:04] ###### 100% [Install packages] Install packages mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % nrfutil device list 176002131 Product J-Link Pro Traits jlink, usb, seggerUsb Supported devices found: 1 mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin %
Did, but no help.
mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % chmod +x nrfutil mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % nrfutil --version nrfutil 8.0.0 (54d8087 2025-01-07) commit-hash: 54d8087a38b73b6e56942fb1b024b62365f06731 commit-date: 2025-01-07 host: aarch64-apple-darwin build-timestamp: 2025-01-07T14:24:48.421941000Z classification: nrf-external mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % nrfutil install nrf5sdk-tools [00:00:06] ###### 100% [Install packages] Install packages A new version of nrfutil is available. Please run: nrfutil self-upgrade mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % nrfutil self-upgrade Uninstalled nrfutil [00:00:05] ###### 100% [Install packages] Install packages mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % nrfutil install device [00:00:04] ###### 100% [Install packages] Install packages mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin % nrfutil device list 176002131 Product J-Link Pro Traits jlink, usb, seggerUsb Supported devices found: 1 mohammedubaid@Mohammeds-MacBook-Pro bin %
Did, but no help.