Vscode: Code snap package will not open links in browser

[bashfulrobot]

Hello,

I have come across an issue on Ubuntu using the snap package where links will not launch in the browser (from code).

Versions

dustin@bashfulbee:~$ code --version
1.36.1
2213894ea0415ee8c85c5eea0d0ff81ecc191529
x64

dustin@bashfulbee:~$ which code
/snap/bin/code

dustin@bashfulbee:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=19.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=disco
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 19.04"

dustin@bashfulbee:~$ i3 --version
i3 version 4.16.1-non-git © 2009 Michael Stapelberg and contributors

dustin@bashfulbee:~$ firefox --version
Mozilla Firefox 68.0

dustin@bashfulbee:~$ snap --version
snap    2.39.3
snapd   2.39.3
series  16
ubuntu  19.04
kernel  5.0.0-20-generic

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install the code snap with sudo snap install code --classic
2. Opened the extensions and installed settings-sync
3. Click any links on the settings sync page, there is no browser page launched.
4. Installed the Terraform provider (extension), and tested links there; same behaviour.

Additional Troubleshooting

• tested the code-insiders snap; failed behaviour.
• Launched code with no extensions, went to the marketplace and tried a link; failed behaviour.
• installed code-insiders via DEB; everything works as expected.
• Ensured that the mime types were setup.

dustin@bashfulbee:~$ xdg-mime default firefox.desktop 'x-scheme-handler/https'

dustin@bashfulbee:~$ xdg-mime default firefox.desktop 'x-scheme-handler/http'

• Ensured xdg was installed (although the DEB install confirmed that xdg was working)

dustin@bashfulbee:~$ apt list --installed | grep xdg

python3-xdg/disco,disco,now 0.25-5 all [installed,automatic]
snapd-xdg-open/disco-updates,now 2.39.2+19.04 amd64 [installed]
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk/disco,now 1.2.0-1 amd64 [installed]
xdg-desktop-portal/disco,now 1.2.0-1 amd64 [installed]
xdg-user-dirs-gtk/disco,now 0.10-3 amd64 [installed]
xdg-user-dirs/disco,now 0.17-2ubuntu1 amd64 [installed]
xdg-utils/disco,disco,now 1.1.3-1ubuntu2 all [installed]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

Thank you in advance for your assistance. I appreciate your time.

[isgj]

Maybe related to this issue. When I click a link it will open it but won't use the browser that is already open. It will launch a new instance of the browser with a default configuration, so I see no plugins installed, no logins are remembered, all cookies gone(I need to sign in every time when I open a link through code).
Using Ubuntu 18.04, installed through snap.

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