vscode builder id fails to connect

Question

I setup a dev environment in codecatalyst yesterday and it would trigger vscode when I connected.

Today, tried to use it again, but when vscode is launched it fails to connect and checking the AWS Toolkit logs, I see
```
2023-01-12 17:33:44 [ERROR]: log level: info
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [INFO]: Retrieving AWS endpoint data
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [INFO]: OS: Darwin x64 22.1.0
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [INFO]: Visual Studio Code extension host:  1.74.3
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [INFO]: AWS Toolkit:  1.60.0
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [INFO]: node: 16.14.2
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [INFO]: electron: 19.1.8
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [WARN]: AwsContext: no default region in credentials profile, falling back to us-east-1: 
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [WARN]: CloudFormationTemplateRegistry: addWatchPattern(**/*.{yaml,yml}): no workspace
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [WARN]: CodelensRootRegistry: addWatchPattern(**/requirements.txt): no workspace
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [WARN]: CodelensRootRegistry: addWatchPattern(**/package.json): no workspace
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [WARN]: CodelensRootRegistry: addWatchPattern(**/*.csproj): no workspace
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [WARN]: CodelensRootRegistry: addWatchPattern(**/go.mod): no workspace
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [WARN]: CodelensRootRegistry: addWatchPattern(**/build.gradle): no workspace
2023-01-12 17:33:45 [WARN]: CodelensRootRegistry: addWatchPattern(**/pom.xml): no workspace
2023-01-12 17:33:52 [WARN]: auth (codecatalyst): removing saved connection "codecatalyst.savedConnectionId" as it no longer exists
2023-01-12 17:33:52 [ERROR]: aws.codecatalyst.openDevEnv: Error: Connection is invalid or expired. Try logging in again. [InvalidConnection]
2023-01-12 17:36:21 [ERROR]: aws.codecatalyst.openDevEnv: Error: Connection is invalid or expired. Try logging in again. [InvalidConnection]
2023-01-12 17:38:46 [INFO]: telemetry: sent batch (size=20)
2023-01-12 17:38:46 [INFO]: telemetry: sent batch (size=14)
2023-01-12 17:41:23 [ERROR]: aws.codecatalyst.createDevEnv: Error: Connection is invalid or expired. Try logging in again. [InvalidConnection]
2023-01-12 17:43:46 [INFO]: telemetry: sent batch (size=13)
```

I've tried 
* uninstalling and re-installing the AWS Toolkit extension, 
* creating a new dev environment in codecatalyst
* clicking on the builder ID icon in AWS Toolkit extension
* Logging out and back in to codecatalyst.aws with builder id

and none of them worked. Any suggestions?

Sundaresh_I · Accepted Answer

Hi there,
Based on the error message, it looks like your session was expired. Could you please try logging into CodeCatalyst from the Toolkit ? Please feel free to reach out if the error still occurs.

Simon Hanmer · Answer

For anyone who couldn't find how to do this -

1. Click on the AWS extension icon in the left hand tab of VSCode -
![Enter image description here](/media/postImages/original/IMvvuygN2MS4yxvlOCs59iFg)

2. Choose `CodeCatalyst > Start` from the developer tools extension 
![Enter image description here](/media/postImages/original/IMCfZhYCoNRlafoJv1dou2Yw)

3. Follow any prompts from VSCode about allowing Code to open an external website
4. In your browser, allow `aws-toolkit` to access your data
5. In VSCode, you should now have an option `Open Dev Environment` - click this 
![Enter image description here](/media/postImages/original/IMXB4EF7udQmiqylPVA-SdSw)

6. After a short delay, you should get a list of the available dev environments for your Builder ID - choose the appropriate environment.

vscode builder id fails to connect

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