Frequently unable to create a new PDS member using the FTP Plugin in VSCode

[BJostmeyer]

Describe the bug

I am using the Zowe FTP Plugin within VSCode to work with PLI code. When I need to create a new member in my "USER.TBENCH.CODE" Partitioned Dataset and try the "Create member" function in the VSCode popup menu - I frequently (not always) am unable to - and get an Error Message:

Error running command zowe.ds.createMember: A system error occured (read ECONNRESET).
This is likely caused by the extension that contributes zowe.ds.createMember.

I have no clue how to fix - not how to debug. Opening another member in the same PDS still works at that time.

To Reproduce

Click on "Create new member" in the DATA SET section after selecting a Dataset (in my case USER.TBENCH.CODE)

Again - sometimes it works. But then it stops working. Even rebooting my Laptop does not help. I was thinking it is some issue with a missing session keep-alive , but then it would work after I reboot my Laptop.

So - I am stuck. What can I provide to debug? Can you tell me the location of logs/traces that might help`?

Expected behavior

I need that calls like creating a dataset (member) works reliable

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows
• Zowe Explorer Version: 2.9.0
• (Optional) Zowe CLI Version:
• (Optional) Are you using Secure Credential Store? Yes

Additional context

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[BJostmeyer]

Hi.

I am still strugglinh with this plugin - its not only the above mentioned problem. I also found that changes to an existing file are not saved from the VS Edit dislog pressing Ctrl+s.

However - when I type the "zowe zos-ftp ..." command from the terminal window of the same editor instance - it works:

So - I can download the PDS member from the VSCode "Zowe Explorer" Window, Edit the file and save it with the "zowe zos-ftp ..." command from the same VSCode application instance

That is strange....

[VitGottwald]

I am running into this consistently in my environment. Willing to help with the reproduction scenario when someone from the squad would be interested in taking a closer look at this.