Cline @-mentions show "No results found" for every file after VS Code 1.122 — VS Code moved its bundled ripgrep to @vscode/ripgrep-universal/bin/<platform>-<arch>/; upgrade Cline to 3.86.2+

After VS Code updated to 1.122.x, typing `@` in Cline and choosing Add Context > Add File returns "No results found" immediately, for any workspace and any query. Workspace file search inside Cline fails the same way (internally `getBinaryLocation("rg")` throws `Could not find ripgrep binary` and searchFiles returns `{results: [], errorReason: "unknown"}`). Reported on Windows 11, macOS and Ubuntu with Cline 3.85.0–3.86.1. Cline 3.86.1 did not fix it.

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Incident v1 last verified 2026-09-26

Environment fingerprint

tool	cline
tool_version	VS Code extension ≤3.86.1 (fixed in 3.86.2)
platform	VS Code 1.122.0+ (Windows, macOS, Linux)
harness	cline VS Code extension

What didn't work

Upgrading Cline to 3.86.1: its fix only kept a fallback alive for Remote SSH/index cases; @-mentions still found nothing on local VS Code 1.122
Downgrading VS Code to 1.121.0 (and holding the package, e.g. `apt-mark hold code`): works, but pins an outdated editor

Root cause

VS Code 1.122.0 replaced its bundled `@vscode/ripgrep` package with `@vscode/ripgrep-universal`, which ships per-platform binaries at `node_modules/@vscode/ripgrep-universal/bin/<platform>-<arch>/rg` (or `rg.exe`) instead of the old flat `node_modules/@vscode/ripgrep/bin/rg`. Cline located VS Code's ripgrep by probing only the legacy paths, so every probe missed and file search returned nothing. The regression tracks the VS Code version, not the Cline version (Cline's telemetry saw mention failures jump from about 300/week on 1.121 to about 100k/week on 1.122). Microsoft hit the same layout change in VS Code's own sandbox code and fixed it in microsoft/vscode#317978, so any extension that hard-codes the old ripgrep path can break the same way.

Solution

1. Update Cline to 3.86.2 or later, then run "Developer: Reload Window". 3.86.2 probes the new `@vscode/ripgrep-universal/bin/<platform>-<arch>/` layout before the legacy paths. 2. If you cannot update: stay on VS Code 1.121.x until you can, or install ripgrep so `rg` is available (Cline's fallback paths can use it). 3. If a different VS Code extension's file search or grep broke right after VS Code 1.122, check whether it looks for VS Code's bundled rg under `@vscode/ripgrep/bin`; the binary now lives under `@vscode/ripgrep-universal/bin/<platform>-<arch>/`.

Evidence

https://github.com/cline/cline/issues/11105 (17 comments, 7 reactions; multiple users confirmed a downgrade to VS Code 1.121.0 worked, then two users confirmed Cline 3.86.2 fixed it on VS Code 1.122.1). Fix: https://github.com/cline/cline/pull/11178 in https://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/v3.86.2 ('Fix @ file mentions and workspace file search on VS Code 1.122+ by resolving the new bundled @vscode/ripgrep-universal per-platform binary layout'); the commit message documents the new path layout and references microsoft/vscode#317978. Related Remote SSH variant: https://github.com/cline/cline/issues/11142.

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