Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'sendRequest')

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Can't for the life of me connect to the server. The error reported in the VSCode extension host log is:

2023-04-27 13:16:17.656 [error] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'sendRequest') at /Users/anthony/.vscode/extensions/exist-db.existdb-vscode-1.7.2/client/dist/extension.js:1:266419 at m.h (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:98:125797) at m.$executeContributedCommand (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:98:126701) at c.N (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:108:11655) at c.M (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:108:11373) at c.H (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:108:10454) at c.G (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:108:9432) at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:108:8220 at E.invoke (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:63:145) at h.deliver (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:63:2121) at n.fire (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:63:1729) at p.fire (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:72:14916) at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:124:16654 at E.invoke (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:63:145) at h.deliver (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:63:2121) at n.fire (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:63:1729) at p.fire (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:72:14916) at MessagePortMain.<anonymous> (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:124:14780) at MessagePortMain.emit (node:events:526:28) at MessagePortMain._internalPort.emit (node:electron/js2c/utility_init:5:364) existdb.reconnect {"value":"eXist-db.existdb-vscode","c":"exist-db.existdb-vscode"}

Extension version is 1.7.2 and my server connection settings are standard out of the box settings:

{
"servers": {
"localhost": {
"server": "http://localhost:8080/exist",
"user": "admin",
"password": "exist",
"root": "/db/apps"
}
}
}