Search is very slow since Windows 11

[sl1zz3r]

Type: Performance Issue

Hi everyone,
Since upgrading to Windows 11, searching within files has become noticeably slow.

Are there any known performance issues related to file search in Windows 11??

VS Code version: Code 1.100.2 (848b80a, 2025-05-14T21:47:40.416Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-14700HX (28 x 2304)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	63.56GB (49.01GB free)
Process Argv
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

[osortega]

/needsPerfInfo

[vs-code-engineering]

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Happy Coding!

[sl1zz3r]

Hi Guys,
there is a trace file that has recorded a slow search.

Trace-20250602T085136.zip

[sl1zz3r]

@osortega
are my trace files correct?

[osortega]

Please refer to #251888. This issue should already been resolved in latest insiders