Remote editing on a local server

PlatformIO IDE
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On my Apple iMac M4 - Tahoe 26.5.1 running Visual Studio Code Version: 1.124.2 (Universal),
I connected to my Debian Trixie server (with no GUI installed) and clicked the Platform Home icon so I would be able to created a new project. The VSCoed Output console displayed this encouraging message…

Installing PlatformIO IDE…
It may take a few minutes depending on your connection speed
Please do not close this window and do not open other folders until this process is completed.
Debugging information is available via VSCode > Help > Toggle Developer Tools > Console.

After 20 minutes the progress bar remains stuck around 40%. So, I SSH’d into repeater.local and found this directory…
~/.vscode-server/extensions/platformio.platformio-ide-3.3.4-linux-x64

Of course, this could have been created before I decided to create a remote project.

I remote edit every day with other projects, so I assumed I’d be able to do the same with an Arduino project.

Please can someone tell me what I‘m doing wrong.

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PlatformIO doesn’t work using the remote feature like you’re trying to do. I tried it early on as well and really missed that feature. I can’t remember where I found the documentation stating that it doesn’t work, but that’s been my experience. (It is in the documentation)

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This is very disappointing.