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Substantial delays and missed keystrokes while backspacing in a markdown file #249462

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@KenSykes

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@KenSykes

Type: Bug

The repro is inconsistent but occurs routinely throught the day. Best guess at steps:

  1. Be logged in to GitHub CoPilot.
  2. Open a markdown file.
    2a. Perhaps, let it sit idle for a few minutes.
  3. Type some text.
  4. Attempt to erase text with backspace key.

Result: at times, hitting backspace is delayed for over a second and sometimes does not work at all. The CPU fan spins up and I end up fighting with multiple backspace keys to try to delete text. It makes editing markdown almost unusable.

VS Code version: Code 1.100.2 (848b80a, 2025-05-14T21:47:40.416Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
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