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Extension causes high cpu load #26172
Description
- Issue Type:
Performance - Extension Name:
python - Extension Version:
2026.4.0 - OS Version:
Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045 - VS Code version:
1.139.1
file:///c%3A/Users/USER/AppData/Local/Temp/ms-python.python-unresponsive.cpuprofile.txt
Find more details here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Explain-extension-causes-high-cpu-load
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Rin247 commentedon Nov 8, 2026
It's also killing SSDs because it's writing endlessly heating up the drive and I only have 3 python projects. But this it at idle doing nothing in VS Code.