# Pluto hangs while loading in VSC

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-hangs-while-loading-in-vsc/105176>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Tags:** pluto\
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-hangs-while-loading-in-vsc/105176 "2023-10-19T10:43:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![friscodelrosario](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/friscodelrosario/32/202390_2.png) [@friscodelrosario](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/friscodelrosario)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-hangs-while-loading-in-vsc/105176/1 "2023-10-19T10:43:36Z")

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After “Pluto: Start a notebook” in the VSC command palette, I get Pluto loading, where it hangs.

Perhaps this red dot is an alert to something?

 ![screen4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/1/1/11edd05b46fa4ddeb357fd6dc55c254db36b7006.png)

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 11:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-hangs-while-loading-in-vsc/105176/2 "2023-10-19T11:36:29Z")

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Is Pluto in VSCode a thing? I’ve never heard about it, googling leads me here:

> **[Pluto.jl (alpha preview) - Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=JuliaComputing.pluto-vscode)**
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> Extension for Visual Studio Code - Pluto.jl inside VS Code

to an old plugin developed by JuliaHub which had its last commit 2 years ago. Are you sure this is meant to work?

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**Author:** ![friscodelrosario](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/friscodelrosario/32/202390_2.png) [@friscodelrosario](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/friscodelrosario)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-hangs-while-loading-in-vsc/105176/3 "2023-10-19T11:44:21Z")

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> Are you sure this is meant to work?

No, not sure. I reckon it just doesn’t. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Pangoraw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pangoraw/32/24719_2.png) [@Pangoraw](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Pangoraw)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-hangs-while-loading-in-vsc/105176/4 "2023-10-19T12:43:19Z")

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> [@nilshg](#):
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> Are you sure this is meant to work?

See [Status of this repository [2023-10-09] · Issue #32 · JuliaComputing/pluto-vscode · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaComputing/pluto-vscode/issues/32).

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**Author:** ![friscodelrosario](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/friscodelrosario/32/202390_2.png) [@friscodelrosario](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/friscodelrosario)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pluto-hangs-while-loading-in-vsc/105176/5 "2023-10-23T15:13:12Z")

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I got past the hang-up by not including the .jl extension when naming the new notebook, so pluto-vscode is working for me (whether it’s supposed to or not, in its pre-alpha state, and an old version of Pluto).

 ![screen](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/f/1/f164398408e9d68aea3785b1c7ee3ce7a783e863.png)