From 8512144bb67a5ab1c8c10a1fea1b2b5d7557b7a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:16:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Harden code-server addon install script (#13116)

---
 tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh | 17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh b/tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh
index ac3a1d056..95039aebe 100644
--- a/tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh
+++ b/tools/addon/coder-code-server.sh
@@ -89,26 +89,31 @@ VERSION=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/coder/code-server/releases/lat
   awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }')
 
 msg_info "Installing Code-Server v${VERSION}"
+config_path="${HOME}/.config/code-server/config.yaml"
+preexisting_config=false
 
-if [ -f ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml ]; then
-  existing_config=true
+if [ -f "$config_path" ]; then
+  preexisting_config=true
 fi
 
 curl -fOL https://github.com/coder/code-server/releases/download/v"$VERSION"/code-server_"${VERSION}"_amd64.deb &>/dev/null
 dpkg -i code-server_"${VERSION}"_amd64.deb &>/dev/null
 rm -rf code-server_"${VERSION}"_amd64.deb
-mkdir -p ~/.config/code-server/
-systemctl enable -q --now code-server@"$USER"
+mkdir -p "${HOME}/.config/code-server/"
 
-if [ $existing_config = false ]; then
-cat <<EOF >~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
+if [ "$preexisting_config" = false ]; then
+cat <<EOF >"$config_path"
 bind-addr: 0.0.0.0:8680
 auth: none
 password: 
 cert: false
 EOF
 fi
+systemctl enable -q --now code-server@"$USER"
 systemctl restart code-server@"$USER"
+if ! systemctl is-active --quiet code-server@"$USER"; then
+  error_exit "code-server service failed to start."
+fi
 msg_ok "Installed Code-Server v${VERSION} on $hostname"
 
 echo -e "${APP} should be reachable by going to the following URL.