Unable to create connection to database due to local file system permission limit

[garylavayou]

Bug Report

Current Behavior

1. Open MongoDB for VS Code
2. Click "Add mongodb connection"
3. In the guide page, click "Connect with Connection String", input connection string, like: "mongodb://username:password@localhost:27017".
4. Press Enter to connect.
5. The extension shows error message: Unable to load connection: listen EACCES: permission denied /run/user/1000/mongodbvscode_932484_ipc_13_9524.sock

Code/Gist

No code.

Expected Behavior/Code

Connect to database is succeed, and the connection is saved to the sidebar of the extension. You can navigate databses via this connection.

Environment

• node.js / npm versions:

• extension version: 1.14.6

• OS: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS/6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2

• VS Code version:

  版本: 1.108.1 (user setup)
  提交: 585eba7c0c34fd6b30faac7c62a42050bfbc0086
  日期: 2026-01-14T14:55:44.241Z
  Electron: 39.2.7
  ElectronBuildId: 12953945
  Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
  Node.js: 22.21.1
  V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
  OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Possible Solution

To avoid the file permission error, create the socket file under the user's home path like $HOME/.cache/mongodbvscode/ or under the /tmp directory, instead of /run/user/1000, which may not exist and need be created with administrator priviledge.

Additional Context/Screenshots

No.