[Feat]: port proxy feature disable via cli option

[OliverwengFiltered]

Hi there,

can we add a cli option to disable the pop up on the lower right corner when web is served under a particular port ?

Or disable the whole "Ports" feature completely ?

currently the port proxy feature seems has some "relative path" issue if the code server is already behind a reverse proxy, so better to be disabled to avoid confusion.

Thanks

[OliverwengFiltered]

cc @jsjoeio @code-asher

[jsjoeio]

Yes! Seems like we'd need to add a CLI flag and then use it here, with the default set to true https://github.com/coder/code-server/blob/main/patches/proxy-uri.diff#L178

[code-asher]

Does disabling the "auto forward ports" option do anything?

[code-asher]

Still might be a good idea to have a CLI flag to disable the proxy completely if needed for security reasons.

[OliverwengFiltered]

auto forward ports

how to use "auto forward ports" option ? is it a cli option ?
@code-asher

[jsjoeio]

In your VS Code Settings:

[OliverwengFiltered]

@jsjoeio thanks for the direction, I will test it out.

but agreed, a cli option would be nicer to give user ability to turn it off on start

[OliverwengFiltered]

confirmed the auto forward ports option works.
thanks @code-asher

[jsjoeio]

Moving to Backlog for now. If more people want this, we can reconsider a CLI flag.