From 1adfc27f04414136290982b040d1397b4abcb13d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eva H <63033505+hoyyeva@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:06:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] launch/vscode: prefer known vs code paths over `code` on PATH
 (#15073)

---
 cmd/launch/vscode.go | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/launch/vscode.go b/cmd/launch/vscode.go
index e68da2bd8..5f81d53f6 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/vscode.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/vscode.go
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@ type VSCode struct{}
 func (v *VSCode) String() string { return "Visual Studio Code" }
 
 // findBinary returns the path/command to launch VS Code, or "" if not found.
-// It checks for the "code" CLI on PATH first, then falls back to platform-specific locations.
+// It checks platform-specific locations only.
 func (v *VSCode) findBinary() string {
-	if _, err := exec.LookPath("code"); err == nil {
-		return "code"
-	}
 	var candidates []string
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
 	case "darwin":