PluginStatswin-ca installs statistics
By ukoloff · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Make Trusted Root Certificates @Windows available to VSCode extensions
win-ca has 199,693 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #1511 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 13 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 13 ratings
About win-ca
Win-CA
Make Trusted Root Certificates in Windows available to VS Code extensions.
Abstract
This is a tiny VS Code extension. Its only purpose is to run the [win-ca] package, which allows all Trusted Root Certificates become available to other VS Code extensions.
This extensions is useful if you are:
1. Running VS Code on Microsoft Windows, *and*
2. Trusting some non-standard (not [Mozilla]) root certificates (in most cases, your Enterprise Trust), *and*
3. Using another extension that connects to a server relying on a root-CA signed cert from #2.
In other words, you can connect to an internet site by browser, but a VS Code extension fails to connect to it.
This extension can help by fetching a list of Windows' *Trusted Root Certification Authorities* and making those certificates available to other VS Code extensions via [NodeJS][win-ca] https.globalAgent.options.ca (or tls.createSecureContext()).
In some cases, this can help.
Installation
Install from [here][ukoloff.win-ca] or open VS Code, hit Ctrl+Shift+X (Extensions pane), search for win-ca and press Install.
Parameters
Since v3.0.0 this extension has got some parameters, available at File / Preferences / Settings / Extensions / win-ca:
• Save (switch) • Enables/disables saving fetched certificates to disk • Method of injection • None • do not inject: turns off the extension • Replace (Default) • built-in certificates with what Windows thinks are the root certificates (https.globalAgent.options.ca method) • Append • new *experimental* method, where both lists are used together (tls.createSecureContext() method)
The last method can help with the fact that [Windows lazily populates root certificate store][win.lazy]. If you connect to popular sites, their root certificate may be missing from Windows' Root store. If using a browser, Windows will *silently* add the certifacate to the store, but not for VS Code extensions. The simplest remedy is to connect to that site *once* with your browser. The second option is to use append mode for this extension.
Caveats
| Note |
| 📝 If you change the parameters, VS Code must be restarted (e.g., Command Palette > Developer: Reload Window), since old values are cached too deeply in the guts of https module and there is no way to update them on the fly.|
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- ca
- root
- ssl
- vscode
- windows
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Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ukoloff.win-ca. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.