Troubleshoot support of MS edge tools extension in Remote Workspace VS Code

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Problem to solve

A customer tried to install VSCode extension 'Microsoft Edge Tools for VSCode' but encountered error message " 'The Microsoft Edge Tools for VS Code' extension is not available in GitLab Web IDE for Web".

Additional observations are;

• GitLab remote workspace VSCode extension is limited to those listed in https://open-vsx.org/, due to licensing concerns.
• The above extension is a fork by 'ms-edgedevtools', not the official plugin from microsoft
• @vtak Extension interpret the environment as 'web' although a full fledged server is running behind, and thus all capabilities should be available.
• Testing with GitPod also return similar error, which might interpret the issue will be with the extension.
• In the VS Code documentation, it reflects that warning icon will be reflected on non-installable extension but this is not visible.

If we download the .vsix file from official marketplace and install it in the Workspace, we get the following error. The "Learn more" in the screenshot points to https://code.visualstudio.com/api/advanced-topics/remote-extensions#architecture-and-extension-types .

If we install the edge plugin in local VSCode, we can install and run it successfully.

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