Random new untitled files opening

[jeengbe]

Type: Bug

Randomly, at seemingly completely arbitrary intervals, new blank "Untitled-1" files are opened in a new tab. It ranges from few minutes to hours or even days without it happening.

I sadly don't know what triggers this, thus can't provide any steps on how to reproduce this. Even though I am currently using the stable build, I have seen the same issue on the (as of writing this) latest Insiders version.

As the problem occurs randomly while working, I haven't been able/tried to replicate this with extensions disabled

VS Code version: Code 1.76.0 (92da948, 2023-03-01T10:22:44.506Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621
Modes:
Sandboxed: No
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info

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GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off 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_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off
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Memory (System)	63.91GB (39.23GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id c721b6b5-1c80-4cc5-855f-0423ec59e89a
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Item	Value
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CPUs	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core Processor (24 x 3992)
Memory (System)	19.53GB (12.51GB free)
VM	0%

Extensions (64)

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[roblourens]

This is almost definitely due to a misbehaving extension. Could be hard to figure out which one it is since it doesn't happen often. You might get a clue by running the command "Set Log Level" -> "Trace", then after it happens, check the "Window" output channel for clues.

Or, disable some extensions that seem like they might be doing something weird.

Or use the command "Start Extension Bisect"

[jeengbe]

Alright, thanks for the tips how to debug this. I had no idea how to narrow that down.
I'll come back once I have something.

[jeengbe]

Hi!

It just happened; here are the relevant logs:

2023-03-06 20:45:54.175 [trace] CommandService#executeCommand _setContext
2023-03-06 20:45:54.176 [trace] CommandService#executeCommand _setContext
2023-03-06 20:46:11.760 [trace] CommandService#executeCommand _update.state
2023-03-06 20:46:11.997 [trace] [File Watcher (node.js)] [raw] ["change"] globalStorage
2023-03-06 20:46:11.998 [trace] [File Watcher (node.js)] [CHANGED] c:\Users\jeengbe\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage
2023-03-06 20:46:11.999 [trace] [File Watcher (node.js)] [raw] ["change"] globalStorage
2023-03-06 20:46:11.999 [trace] [File Watcher (node.js)] [CHANGED] c:\Users\jeengbe\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage
2023-03-06 20:46:12.074 [trace] [File Watcher (node.js)] >> normalized [CHANGED] c:\Users\jeengbe\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage
2023-03-06 20:46:12.074 [debug] User data changed
2023-03-06 20:46:18.259 [trace] MainThreadTreeViews#$refresh currentBranchInfo undefined
2023-03-06 20:46:41.775 [trace] CommandService#executeCommand _update.state
2023-03-06 20:46:41.824 [trace] [backup tracker] scheduling backup untitled:Untitled-5 
2023-03-06 20:46:41.824 [trace] [backup tracker] clearing pending backup creation untitled:Untitled-5 
2023-03-06 20:46:41.824 [trace] [backup tracker] scheduling backup untitled:Untitled-5 
2023-03-06 20:46:42.010 [trace] [File Watcher (node.js)] [raw] ["change"] globalStorage
2023-03-06 20:46:42.011 [trace] [File Watcher (node.js)] [CHANGED] c:\Users\jeengbe\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage
2023-03-06 20:46:42.012 [trace] [File Watcher (node.js)] [raw] ["change"] globalStorage
2023-03-06 20:46:42.012 [trace] [File Watcher (node.js)] [CHANGED] c:\Users\jeengbe\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage
2023-03-06 20:46:42.087 [trace] [File Watcher (node.js)] >> normalized [CHANGED] c:\Users\jeengbe\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage
2023-03-06 20:46:42.087 [debug] User data changed
2023-03-06 20:46:42.838 [trace] [backup tracker] creating backup untitled:Untitled-5 
2023-03-06 20:46:42.838 [trace] [backup tracker] storing backup untitled:Untitled-5 
2023-03-06 20:46:46.808 [trace] KeybindingService#dispatch Ctrl+Shift+P workbench.action.showCommands

At a glance, nothing looks out of the ordinary, so I suspect it might be an extension. Thanks!

[Falci]

This is really annoying.
Could VS Code provide a better a way to debug it?