vscode nrf Connect no devices found

[Roedy]

I've been using my segger jlink base compact with vscode and the nrfconnect extension.  Everything was working fine, but suddenly, my board stopped showing in the connected devices.  

Normally I would suspect some driver or configuration error, but

• if I plug in a nrf5340 dev kit, it shows up in vscode nrfconnect panel.  
• I can still use nrfjprog to interact with my custom board (recover, erase, etc)
• I can still flash the board with the west utility
• the jlink shows up in nrf connect programmer and I can interact with my board using it.

I'm left to assume that all of the hardware is working correctly, but there is some sort of vscode config is broken.

Things I've tried:

• I updated my nrf command line tools to 10.21.0 Linux x86 64 according to this post  VSCode nRF Connect Extension: Connected Devices not Detecting Devices 
• restart vscode
• reboot computer
• delete my ${HOME}/.vscode folder and reinstall nrf connect extension
• updated all packages on my system to latest (I'm using debian bullseye)

Anyone have some insight on this?

[ErwinNoordhuis]

I had the same problem. suddenly after the lunchbreak VSCode didnt see my device anymore. this fixed it. Thanks

[thiago_hd]

This also solved my problem.

[Marte Myrvold]

Hi,

The developers have released a fix for the issue. Please update the extension, and let me know if you still experience issues with the latest version.

Best regards,
Marte

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Hi, I have the same problem.

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How to fix?

Many Thanks & Best Regards

[Marte Myrvold]

Hi,

What device are you using, and are you using an external debugger or connecting the device directly to the computer using USB?

Best regards,
Marte