Add variable to disable vscode plugin (#11812)

Co-authored-by: John-Mason P. Shackelford <jpshack@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>

openhands/runtime/base.py

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ from openhands.utils.async_utils import (
     call_sync_from_async,
 )
 
+DISABLE_VSCODE_PLUGIN = os.getenv('DISABLE_VSCODE_PLUGIN', 'false').lower() == 'true'
+
 
 def _default_env_vars(sandbox_config: SandboxConfig) -> dict[str, str]:
     ret = {}
@@ -153,9 +155,11 @@ class Runtime(FileEditRuntimeMixin):
         self.plugins = (
             copy.deepcopy(plugins) if plugins is not None and len(plugins) > 0 else []
         )
+
         # add VSCode plugin if not in headless mode
-        if not headless_mode:
+        if not headless_mode and not DISABLE_VSCODE_PLUGIN:
             self.plugins.append(VSCodeRequirement())
+        logger.info(f'Loaded plugins for runtime {self.sid}: {self.plugins}')
 
         self.status_callback = status_callback
         self.attach_to_existing = attach_to_existing

openhands/runtime/impl/local/local_runtime.py

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ from openhands.utils.async_utils import call_sync_from_async
 from openhands.utils.http_session import httpx_verify_option
 from openhands.utils.tenacity_stop import stop_if_should_exit
 
+DISABLE_VSCODE_PLUGIN = os.getenv('DISABLE_VSCODE_PLUGIN', 'false').lower() == 'true'
+
 
 @dataclass
 class ActionExecutionServerInfo:
@@ -406,7 +408,7 @@ class LocalRuntime(ActionExecutionClient):
             plugins = _get_plugins(config)
 
             # Copy the logic from Runtime where we add a VSCodePlugin on init if missing
-            if not headless_mode:
+            if not headless_mode and not DISABLE_VSCODE_PLUGIN:
                 plugins.append(VSCodeRequirement())
 
             for _ in range(initial_num_warm_servers):