diff --git a/src/client/application/misc/joinMailingListPrompt.ts b/src/client/application/misc/joinMailingListPrompt.ts
index d120183e1473..c9539b304679 100644
--- a/src/client/application/misc/joinMailingListPrompt.ts
+++ b/src/client/application/misc/joinMailingListPrompt.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
 import * as querystring from 'querystring';
+import { env, UIKind } from 'vscode';
 import { IExtensionSingleActivationService } from '../../activation/types';
 import { IApplicationEnvironment, IApplicationShell } from '../../common/application/types';
 import { JoinMailingListPromptVariants } from '../../common/experiments/groups';
@@ -28,9 +29,9 @@ export class JoinMailingListPrompt implements IExtensionSingleActivationService
 
     public async activate(): Promise<void> {
         // Only show the prompt if we have never shown it before. True here, means we have
-        // shown the prompt before.
-        if (this.storage.value) {
-            return Promise.resolve();
+        // shown the prompt before. Also do not show the prompt if running in Codespaces.
+        if (this.storage.value || env.uiKind === UIKind?.Web) {
+            return;
         }
 
         let promptContent: string | undefined;