1.97.1-1739197498 loops on Activating Extensions forever

[hawkeye-hpe]

Type: Bug

OS: Ubuntu 22.04
VScode Extensions installed:
GitGub CoPilot Chat v0.24.0
Microsoft C/C++ v1.23.6
Microsoft C/C++ Extension Pack v1.3.0
twxs CMake v0.0.17
Microsoft CMake Tools v1.19.52
Github Copilot v1.270.0
Microsoft Makefile Tools v0.11.13
Microsoft C/C++ Themes v2.0.0

After upgrading to VSCode 1.97.1 (January 2025), it lopps on "Activating Extensions" forever. Downgrading to 1.96.4 (November 2024), the problem disappears.

VS Code version: Code 1.96.4 (cd4ee3b, 2025-01-16T00:16:19.038Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-52-generic
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-51-generic

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Six-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2435 (6 x 1400)
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: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	1, 2, 2
Memory (System)	19.53GB (13.90GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id ac3c9c30-4d96-43a7-8f54-4f35891b64cb
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%
DESKTOP_SESSION	ubuntu
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP	Unity
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP	ubuntu
XDG_SESSION_TYPE	wayland

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: 10.216.166.12
OS	Linux x64 6.8.0-51-generic
CPUs	Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v2 @ 2.10GHz (12 x 1197)
Memory (System)	23.40GB (20.56GB free)
VM	0%

Extensions (11)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
jupyter-keymap	ms-	1.1.2
remote-ssh	ms-	0.117.1
remote-ssh-edit	ms-	0.87.0
remote-explorer	ms-	0.4.3
copilot	Git	1.270.0
copilot-chat	Git	0.23.2
cmake-tools	ms-	1.19.52
cpptools	ms-	1.23.6
cpptools-extension-pack	ms-	1.3.0
makefile-tools	ms-	0.11.13
cmake	twx	0.0.17

(2 theme extensions excluded)

A/B Experiments

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pythontbext0:30879054
cppperfnew:31000557
dwnewjupyter:31046869
nativerepl1:31139838
pythonrstrctxt:31112756
nativeloc2:31192216
iacca1:31171482
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dwcopilot:31170013
stablechunks:31184530
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copilot_t_ci:31222730
cp15172_c:31236637
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[hawkeye-hpe]

Issue seems to be resolved in 1.97.2. Possible duplicate of #239838.

[sandy081]

/duplicate

[vs-code-engineering]

Thanks for creating this issue! We figured it's covering the same as another one we already have. Thus, we closed this one as a duplicate. You can search for similar existing issues. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!