develop vscode extension on remote host - visual-studio-code

Question

I am trying to create an extension. The catch is that I am doing this on a server to which I am connected with the ssh extension.
I am using yo for the boilerplate and I follow the basic steps here to create a hello world project.
When I launch the debugger with F5, a new VS Code instance on the remote server is launched, but the extension is not installed in that instance. I am also not able to execute the command.
As side-information, this is a raspberry Pi, so its 32 bit arm.
So the question is, is this generally possible to develop extensions on a Remote Host and if so, could the issue be related to the architecture of the Pi?

Answer 1

I could probably delete this question, but I will answer instead, maybe one day someone has the same problem.
When running yo code, the generated manifest will mark the extension as compatible with the latest VS Code engine. This may or may not be the version that is actually installed on your system.
"engines": {
"vscode": "^1.56"
}
For this example, the version is 1.56. When I check for the installed version I see its 1.55.2 though.
$ code -v
1.55.2
3c4e3df9e89829dce27b7b5c24508306b151f30d
arm
When setting the engine in the manifest to at max the version in your system, it works as described in my question above.
Logically, if the version is too high, the extension won't be installed in any workspace.
I found this page also helpful, for the topic in general -> https://code.visualstudio.com/api/advanced-topics/remote-extensions