vscode stops letting me insert new text

Type: Bug

Once every 2 or 3 days, vscode will stop letting me type new text -- I can still move around the editor, open other files, press the 'delete' key to delete text, but I cannot insert any new characters. Closing and reopening vscode fixes the problem.

I can believe an extension is causing this problem, but as it takes so long to appear it would take a long time to bisect. Is there any way to find out what is "eating" my keyboard input?

VS Code version: Code 1.85.1 (0ee08df0cf4527e40edc9aa28f4b5bd38bbff2b2, 2023-12-13T09:49:37.021Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631 Modes: Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.133.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900HX (32 x 2419)| |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
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled| |Load (avg)|undefined| |Memory (System)|31.75GB (7.42GB free)| |Process Argv|--file-uri=vscode-remote://wsl+Ubuntu/home/caj/temp/test.essence --remote=wsl+Ubuntu --crash-reporter-id f8ccd3fb-6372-4e69-b184-ce8d81cb5c86| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|25%| |Item|Value| |---|---| |Remote|WSL: Ubuntu| |OS|Linux x64 5.15.133.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2| |CPUs|13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900HX (32 x 2419)| |Memory (System)|15.49GB (10.33GB free)| |VM|0%|

Extensions (108)

Extension|Author (truncated)|Version ---|---|--- project-manager|ale|12.7.0 essence|bil|0.9.1 minizinc|Dek|0.1.1 essence-language|ess|0.0.4 vscode-firefox-debug|fir|2.9.10 gap|gap|0.0.3 vsc-python-indent|Kev|1.18.0 autoconf|mae|0.2.0 jupyter-keymap|ms-|1.1.2 remote-containers|ms-|0.327.0 remote-ssh|ms-|0.107.1 remote-ssh-edit|ms-|0.86.0 remote-wsl|ms-|0.81.8 vscode-remote-extensionpack|ms-|0.25.0 remote-explorer|ms-|0.4.1 remote-server|ms-|1.5.0 windows-ai-studio|ms-|0.2.3 errorlens|use|3.16.0 jinja|who|0.0.8 pascal|ale|9.6.0 pascal-formatter|ale|2.8.1 project-manager|ale|12.7.0 vscode-django|bat|1.15.0 essence|bil|0.9.1 vscode-innosetup|cho|1.9.2 gitignore|cod|0.9.0 minizinc|Dek|0.1.1 vscode-deno|den|3.31.0 git-extension-pack|don|0.1.3 githistory|don|0.6.20 python-environment-manager|don|1.2.4 python-extension-pack|don|1.7.0 xml|Dot|2.5.1 overtype|DrM|0.5.0 vscode-wasm|dts|1.4.1 gitlens|eam|14.6.1 vscode-html-css|ecm|2.0.6 prettier-vscode|esb|10.1.0 essence-language|ess|0.0.4 foam-vscode|foa|0.25.6 gap|gap|0.0.3 copilot|Git|1.149.0 copilot-chat|Git|0.11.1 vscode-pull-request-github|Git|0.78.1 vscode-test-explorer|hbe|2.21.1 rest-client|hum|0.25.1 innosetup|idl|1.6.1 vscode-ansi|ili|1.1.6 latex-workshop|Jam|9.18.0 better-cpp-syntax|jef|1.17.2 cmake-language-support-vscode|jos|0.0.9 vsc-python-indent|Kev|1.18.0 vscode-markdown-notes|kor|0.0.27 restructuredtext|lex|189.3.0 vscode-python-test-adapter|lit|0.8.1 autoconf|mae|0.2.0 rainbow-csv|mec|3.11.0 vscode-docker|ms-|1.28.0 csharp|ms-|2.15.30 vscode-dotnet-runtime|ms-|2.0.0 black-formatter|ms-|2023.6.0 isort|ms-|2023.10.1 python|ms-|2023.22.1 vscode-pylance|ms-|2023.12.1 jupyter|ms-|2023.11.1100101639 jupyter-keymap|ms-|1.1.2 jupyter-renderers|ms-|1.0.17 vscode-jupyter-cell-tags|ms-|0.1.8 vscode-jupyter-slideshow|ms-|0.1.5 cmake-tools|ms-|1.16.32 cpptools|ms-|1.18.5 cpptools-extension-pack|ms-|1.3.0 makefile-tools|ms-|0.8.22 test-adapter-converter|ms-|0.1.9 vsliveshare|ms-|1.0.5905 vscode-paste-image|mus|1.0.4 gradle-language|nac|0.2.3 autodocstring|njp|0.6.1 indent-rainbow|ode|8.3.1 quarto|qua|1.110.1 java|red|1.26.0 vscode-commons|red|0.0.6 vscode-xml|red|0.26.1 r|REd|2.8.2 vscode-gradle-extension-pack|ric|0.0.4 rust-analyzer|rus|0.3.1807 partial-diff|ryu|1.4.3 crates|ser|0.6.5 code-spell-checker|str|3.0.1 lua|sum|3.7.4 markdown-links|tch|0.8.0 html-preview-vscode|tht|0.2.5 simple-rst|tro|1.5.4 cmake|twx|0.0.17 errorlens|use|3.16.0 intellicode-api-usage-examples|Vis|0.2.8 vscodeintellicode|Vis|1.2.30 vscode-gradle|vsc|3.13.5 vscode-java-debug|vsc|0.55.0 vscode-java-dependency|vsc|0.23.3 vscode-java-pack|vsc|0.25.15 vscode-java-test|vsc|0.40.1 vscode-maven|vsc|0.43.0 volar|Vue|1.8.27 jinja|who|0.0.8 FilterText|yhi|0.0.15 markdown-all-in-one|yzh|3.6.2 vscode-open-in-github|ziy|1.3.6 (7 theme extensions excluded)

A/B Experiments

``` vsliv368cf:30146710 vspor879:30202332 vspor708:30202333 vspor363:30204092 vswsl492cf:30256860 vscoreces:30445986 vscod805cf:30301675 binariesv615:30325510 vsaa593:30376534 py29gd2263:30899288 vsclangdf:30486550 c4g48928:30535728 azure-dev_surveyone:30548225 a9j8j154:30646983 962ge761:30933248 pythongtdpath:30769146 i26e3531:30792625 welcomedialog:30910333 pythonidxpt:30866567 pythonnoceb:30805159 asynctok:30898717 pythontestfixt:30902429 pythonregdiag2:30936856 pyreplss1:30897532 pythonmypyd1:30879173 pythoncet0:30885854 pythontbext0:30879054 dsvsc016:30899300 dsvsc017:30899301 dsvsc018:30899302 dsvsc019acf:30933242 ```

microsoft / vscode

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