Visual Studio Code: Xcode verifying environment is always running and never stops

Question

The process Xcode verifying environment is always running in VS Code and never stops:

I use Visual Studio Code Version 1.87.0 (Universal) and Xcode Version 15.2 on my iMac.

Why is Xcode verifying environment always running? I think this issue came after a VS Code update.

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Same issue here! Tried to install older Xcode 15.2 without any success. Could it be related to also having installed Visual Studio for Mac. Any ideas? – Zondra

Added a bounty to help to draw attention – Zondra

#25996984 – Spermiogenesis

Answer 1

In my case it appears that vscode was unable to verify Xcode because there were a number of unavailable simulators.

Running Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/simctl list return something similar to

I resolved my issue by:

1. Running Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/simctl delete unavailable
2. Restarting my computer

Please refer to this issue, [BUG] .NET MAUI endlessly stuck on 'Xcode: verifying environment' #1148 in the vscode-dotnettools repository on GitHub for more details.

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