The C/Cpp Language Server server crashed 5 times in the last 3 minutes. The server will not be restarted

[sandy081]

Moved from microsoft/vscode#18139

• VSCode Version: Code 1.8.1 (ee428b0eead68bf0fb99ab5fdc4439be227b6281, 2016-12-19T14:49:23.350Z)
• OS Version: Windows_NT ia32 10.0.10586
• Extensions:

Extension	Author	Version
code-gnu-global	austin	0.2.1
cpptools	ms-vscode	0.9.3

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install the c/c++ intellisense, complete C/C++ language support including code-editing and debugging.
2. restart and start coding, it gives the error mentioned in the title bar.

[sandy081]

@prasoonnaik Moved your request to here.

[sean-mcmanus]

We're buggy in the new, unnamed file scenario. It sounds like you need to save the file first. Is that a workaround for you?

[BillDenton]

Also just seen this error. Is there anywhere I can look to see the cause?

[sean-mcmanus]

What did you do to cause it? There are several conditions where this is known to occur (unsaved file, non-glibc 2.18 OS, non-64-bit OS). We need more info. What is your OS?

[BillDenton]

Windows Professional 7 64bit

[sean-mcmanus]

Are you using an unsaved file? How far can you get before the crash message appears?

[BillDenton]

I think there may have been an unsaved file. The message only appeared once. I think I just restarted VS Code.

[Litewhite]

same problem on the environment below:

• VSCode Version: Code 1.9.1 (f9d0c687ff2ea7aabd85fb9a43129117c0ecf519, 2017-02-08T23:44:55.542Z)
• OS Version: Linux x64 4.9.0-1-amd64
• Extensions:

Extension	Author	Version
vscode-theme-onedark	akamud	1.1.0
python	donjayamanne	0.5.8
code-runner	formulahendry	0.6.9
cpptools	ms-vscode	0.10.0
Ruby	rebornix	0.10.4
java	redhat	0.0.10
todotasks	sandy081	0.4.0
shader	slevesque	0.2.2

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Before this error comes out, the memory usage of process "~/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.cpptools-0.10.0/bin/Microsoft.VSCode.CPP.Extension.linux" will be increasing until all the ram run out. And then I kill this process, then causing this error.

[sean-mcmanus]

Does the memory usage problem start immediately without taking any actions? Does it repro for all projects? We're still trying to get a repro. Are you using any Unicode characters with values > 0xffff or >0xff in identifiers?

[Litewhite]

Up to now, the memory problem seems occur ramdomly, I'll report later if finding any useful clue. And I'm not using Unicode characters(> 0xffff or >0xff ) in identifiers ;)

[sean-mcmanus]

If it's a gradual memory increase and the config in the bottom right is red, then it could be due to a problem with our handling of symbolic links in an infinite recursion.

[dwilliamson]

I get this all the time, requiring a restart every 10-20 minutes. The project is very simple.

• VSCode Version: Code 1.10.2 (8076a19fdcab7e1fc1707952d652f0bb6c6db331, 2017-03-08T14:02:52.799Z)
• OS Version: Windows_NT ia32 10.0.14393
• Extensions:

Extension	Author	Version
cpptools	ms-vscode	0.10.2

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. Load up folder of attached project.
2. Add/edit new code for around 10-20 minutes.

It might be worth mentioning that open in my environment are duplicate files with lowercase names and a period postfix.

These are opened by the debugger automatically when I step and this is a known bug in vscode. However, it might be causing the cpp tools some grief.

[sean-mcmanus]

I wasn't able to repro your issue. Can you try 0.10.3 to see if it's fixed? If you could narrow down the repro requirements that would help a lot.