Skip to content

Vs Code Extension MCP timed out and program not found #3457

@gjdklfjg

Description

@gjdklfjg

What version of the VS Code extension are you using?

v0.5.8 pre-release and all the stable version

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0 x64

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Configure the mcp settings as I did

What is the expected behavior?

MCP works, no time-out, no program not found

What do you see instead?

MCP client for `playwright` failed to start: program not found
MCP client for `serena` failed to start: request timed out
MCP client for `context7` failed to start: program not found

Additional information

Config.toml:

[mcp_servers.context7]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@upstash/context7-mcp"]
startup_timeout_ms = 20_000

[mcp_servers.serena]
command = "uvx"
args = ["--from", "git+https://github.com/oraios/serena", "serena", "start-mcp-server", "--context", "codex"]
startup_timeout_ms = 20_000

[mcp_servers.playwright]
command = "npx"
args = ["@playwright/mcp@latest"]
startup_timeout_ms = 20_000

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

No one assigned

    Labels

    bugSomething isn't workingextensionIssues related to the VS Code extension

    Type

    No type

    Projects

    No projects

    Milestone

    No milestone

    Relationships

    None yet

    Development

    No branches or pull requests

    Issue actions