F5 runs old code

[Gavin-Williams]

Type: Bug

When I open my hello-world project and modify a string. Pressing F5 runs the exe without building. I don't know what exactly auto-save does, but it's enabled.

I expect F5 to build and run the project.

VS Code version: Code 1.101.2 (2901c5a, 2025-06-24T20:27:15.391Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core Processor (16 x 3400)
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)	31.93GB (22.22GB free)
Process Argv	G:\ProjectsVSCode\HelloWorld --crash-reporter-id ebb1a6aa-cad7-401f-9148-337640bd8191
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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copilot-chat	Git	0.28.3
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cpptools	ms-	1.26.3
cpptools-extension-pack	ms-	1.3.1

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