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Opening file from command line does not work after reusing the current window for a new directory (ie. code-server -r newdir) #2694

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  • Web Browser: Chrome (running as PWA)
  • Local OS: Windows 10 2004 (insider build 21926)
  • Remote OS: Ubuntu 20.04 (running in a container)
  • Remote Architecture: x64
  • code-server --version: 3.8.1 41ad0c0c4c14df78e1bfa3a44d8b633ed2fc26e5

After I change the directory of my current window with code-server -r some-other-directory, I now am not able to open files using the code-server command:

kube@codekube-6b7d9bddfb-tbqdn:~/workspace/k8s-apps$ code-server codekube.jsonnet 
[2021-02-08T07:02:55.571Z] info  code-server 3.8.1 41ad0c0c4c14df78e1bfa3a44d8b633ed2fc26e5
[2021-02-08T07:02:55.572Z] info  Using user-data-dir ~/.local/share/code-server
[2021-02-08T07:02:55.579Z] error listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 127.0.0.1:8080
kube@codekube-6b7d9bddfb-tbqdn:~/workspace/k8s-apps$ code-server -r codekube.jsonnet 
[2021-02-08T07:03:01.189Z] error got error from VS Code {"error":{"errno":"ECONNREFUSED","code":"ECONNREFUSED","syscall":"connect","address":"/tmp/vscode-ipc-903435f9-2e6f-4261-8d1c-7614f7e68164.sock"}}
kube@codekube-6b7d9bddfb-tbqdn:~/workspace/k8s-apps$

If I restart the container (ie. run a fresh instance of code-server with a fresh environment), I am able to open files again, but it breaks in the same way again after switching directories with code-server -r.

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