Does anyone have any tips for getting Remote SAST scan to work in Visual Studio code>

Problem to solve

I am trying to get the new experimental VS Code Remote SASTcode scan to work. I have:

  • validated my version of VS Code (using 5.33.1, and 5.31 is min needed)
  • validated that I am using an Ultimate GitLab license on gitlab.com and that I am authenticated via VS Code
  • validated that my setting is set for the GitLab extension for "GitLab > Real-time Security Scan: Enabled (the checkbox for “Enable Real-time SAST scan” is checked)

I cloned one of my repos, opened a file, and made some changes. From the command pallette, I can see 2 options:

  • GitLab scan current file
  • GitLab run remote scan (SAST)

Neither seems to do anything and I do not see a “GitLab Remote Scan: SAST” section of my workflow extension sidebar (I only see Issues and Merge Requests and For Current Branch, and expanding the … in the upper right ofthe GitLab Workflow sidebar only shows me these 2 views, with no option to unhide any others).

I have disabled, restarted, and enabled the extension, and quit and restarted VS Code. Any other ideas?