Installation

$ sudo zypper ar https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode
$ sudo transactional-update pkg in code

In testing, this has not been shown to cause update failures, and integrates much better with the host podman than the unofficial flatpak version does.

Notes

The VSCode flatpak generally works fine, if you're not using container workflows, like devcontainers. If you are using a container based workflow with VSCode, the RPM is still going to be your best general experience.