I am trying to get vscode extension gitlab workflow to connect, but get invalid url error

This is about GitLab VS Code Extension, code at gitlab-org/gitlab-vscode-extension

First, you should not paste a token for an SSH URL: a token is only used as password for HTTPS URL.

Second, this is followed by gitlab-org/gitlab-vscode-extension issue 385 (initially about HTTPS URL, but with questions around SSH URL as well)

It recommends:

• checking the gitlab.instanceUrl setting, or the presence of instanceUrl in your VS Code settings.json.
• reviewing the extension logs (CMD+SHIFT+P and enter GitLab: Show extension logs command)
• trying to start the VS Code editor, but make sure that the GitLab sidebar is hidden during the start (make sure that you are on, for example, the "explorer" tab when you are closing the VS Code editor so it will start on the "explorer" tab): just to avoid any extension initialization bug.