Waiting spinner appears when pasting text

[miklish]

Type: Bug

Despite having disabled all plugins, I consistently see a waiting "spinner" graphic whenever I paste text in VS Code

VS Code version: Code 1.116.0 (Universal) (560a9db, 2026-04-15T00:28:13Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 24.6.0
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Apple M3 (8 x 2400)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled GPU0: VENDOR= 0x106b [Google Inc. (Apple)], DEVICE=0x0000 [ANGLE (Apple, ANGLE Metal Renderer: Apple M3, Version 15.7.4 (Build 24G517))], DRIVER_VENDOR=Apple, DRIVER_VERSION=15.7.4 ACTIVE Machine model name: Mac Machine model version: 15.13 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: enabled_on trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	3, 2, 3
Memory (System)	16.00GB (0.66GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id a905931a-ad3a-4369-a178-f543f7970984
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (1)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
copilot-chat	Git	0.44.1

[jogibear9988]

Do you copy text from a RDP connection?

[miklish]

No.

Just copied from inside a text file, and then pasted that text back into the same text file.

I added more information here:

#311311

Confirmed that no plugins were enabled except the pre-installed copilot extension

It also seems to happen if you are using you MacBook unplugged. put the MacBook down and wait for the screen to go dark. when you go back to VSC, then the pasting issue appears

[miklish]

I'm trying to find if there is a way to disable copilot as this issue coincided with the new built-in copilot plugin

[miklish]

So its easy to disable copilot, just have to search for it (since it no longer shows up under "installed" plugins).

so far disabling copilot seems to fix the issue. Will need more time to truly confirm this fixes the issue though

[miklish]

I've confirmed that disabling copilot has fixed this issue