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VS Code very sluggish since upgrading to 1.101.2. Almost unusable. #253692

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Type: Performance Issue

Happens anytime I use VS Code.

I did a trace and have saved and included the profile.

VS Code version: Code 1.101.2 (2901c5a, 2025-06-24T20:27:15.391Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 24.5.0
Modes:

System Info
Item Value
CPUs Apple M1 Pro (10 x 2400)
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
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg) 3, 3, 3
Memory (System) 16.00GB (0.02GB free)
Process Argv --crash-reporter-id be9415a8-a049-45ab-b02b-1b4eda03e72e
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Process Info
CPU %	Mem MB	   PID	Process
    8	36591746972	 24753	code
    7	16888498603	 24756	   gpu-process
    0	2814749767	 24757	   utility-network-service
   13	81627743246	 24758	window [1] (PROCESS.WRITEOFF.FILES.bas)
   69	16888498603	 24762	shared-process
    0	     0	 56645	     /bin/ps -ax -o pid=,ppid=,pcpu=,pmem=,command=
    0	2814749767	 24763	file-watcher [1]
    0	64739244643	 24769	extension-host [1]
    0	2814749767	 24838	     /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper (Plugin).app/Contents/MacOS/Code Helper (Plugin) /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/json-language-features/server/dist/node/jsonServerMain --node-ipc --clientProcessId=24769
    0	118219490218	 56500	   window
    0	45035996274	 56532	   utility-process
Workspace Info
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Extensions (6)
Extension Author (truncated) Version
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githistory don 0.6.20
copilot Git 1.338.0
copilot-chat Git 0.28.5
fluent-icons mig 0.0.19
pick Tra 1.1.2
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