Unable to download extensions in code

Issue is because of open vsx CORS request as mentioned here Searching the extension marketplace fails with CORS error · Issue #128583 · microsoft/vscode · GitHub
Solution: There is temporary workaround:

in the file ~/.vscode-oss/argv.json
add the line: "enable-browser-code-loading": false

Reference: [1.58] Extension marketplace not working · Issue #746 · VSCodium/vscodium · GitHub

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