RE: Boards not detecting after today's vscode update

nordicator_prim3 — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:55:19 GMT

The update to NRF Connect for VScode 2025.9.798 has fixed this for me. Thanks!

RE: Boards not detecting after today's vscode update

Mohammed Ubaid — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:29:34 GMT

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.

RE: Boards not detecting after today's vscode update

Priyanka — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:19:25 GMT

Could you try to install the latest nrfutil device and run nrfutil device list ?

This should fix the issue.

-Priyanka

RE: Boards not detecting after today's vscode update

Priyanka — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:02:14 GMT

Thank you for reporting this and we are looking into this at the moment.

-Priyanka

RE: Boards not detecting after today's vscode update

nordicator_prim3 — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 21:39:02 GMT

Hi, just wanted to add that I'm having this problem as well on windows 10.

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RE: Boards not detecting after today's vscode update

Mohammed Ubaid — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:42:54 GMT

Hello,

What is more strange is:
Board is not visible :

But I am able to erase flash & also debug with ozone:

RE: Boards not detecting after today's vscode update

Priyanka — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:01:04 GMT

Hi,

Could you tell me your VSCode version as well as your nRF Connect VSCode extension version?

-Priyanka