Always Crash

[donaldnevermore]

he VSCode is completely crashed every time I try to open it, and the CPU, memory and disk usage are extremely high. How to fix it?

• VSCode Version: Code 1.17.2 (b813d12980308015bcd2b3a2f6efa5c810c33ba5, 2017-10-16T13:59:46.104Z)
• OS Version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.15063
• Node.js Version: 8.7.0
• Extensions:

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
vscode-eslint	dba	1.4.3
python	don	0.7.0
tslint	eg2	1.0.14
php-debug	fel	1.11.1
php-intellisense	fel	1.5.4
php-pack	fel	1.0.1
code-runner	for	0.8.3
beautify	Hoo	1.1.1
swift	Kas	0.0.3
cpptools	ms-	0.14.0
vscode-icons	rob	7.17.0
markdown-pdf	yza	0.1.7

(1 theme extensions excluded)

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Steps to Reproduce:

1.Open vscode and it crashes in 5 minutes. 2.Then you have to restart the computer.

Reproduces without extensions: Yes

[bpasero]

I wonder if this issue is being caused by an installed extension. Can you try to run VS Code without extensions? From the command line (NOT the integrated terminal in Code), execute: code --disable-extensions and try your steps again to see if it reproduces. If you see it is an issue with the extension, please file it against the extension repository itself.

[donaldnevermore]

@bpasero I updated vscode to version 1.18 and tried it without extensions, and the bug reproduced. It is NOT an issue with the extensions.

[thomasdarimont]

I have the same problem on ubuntu

$ code -v
1.18.0
dcee2202709a4f223185514b9275aa4229841aa7

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=artful
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 17.10"

starting vscode as root works though.

[thomasdarimont]

FYI a reboot fixed the problem.

[donaldnevermore]

@thomasdarimont It crashed even though I have done nothing, and reboot doesn't help at all on windows10.

[bpasero]

Can you try to reproduce with our nightly insider builds? You can give our preview releases a try from: https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/

[donaldnevermore]

@bpasero OK. I tried. The bug also reproduce in insider version. What should I do?

[bpasero]

Here is a checklist to find out more about the freeze/slow/crash

• [ ] it reproduces with extensions disabled (code --disable-extensions from the command line - NOT the integrated terminal of Code)
  • if it does not reproduce with extensions disabled, you can stop testing and report this!
• [ ] it was not happening in the previous stable release
• [ ] it reproduces in insiders builds (get it from here)
• [ ] there is no suspicious output when running from the command line (code --verbose)
• [ ] there is no suspicious output in the window itself (Help | Toggle Developer Tools | Console)
• [ ] it reproduces on Windows, Linux and Mac
• [ ] it reproduces after deleting <appdata>/User/keybindings.json and <appdata>/User/settings.json (backup first! see below for paths)
• [ ] it reproduces when opening empty (code -n from the command line)
• [ ] it reproduces opening any folder
• [ ] it reproduces opening any file
• [ ] it reproduces when only having a single window open
• [ ] it reproduces by just using Code without external tools running on the same folder
• [ ] it reproduces from a workspace that is not under Git version control
• [ ] it reproduces independently if a file is opened or not after startup
• [ ] it reproduces when running with GPU disabled (code --disable-gpu)
• [ ] it reproduces when being offline
• [ ] it reproduces when disabling the file watching (set files.watcherExclude to "**/**": true)
• [ ] it reproduces after uninstalling and reinstalling
• [ ] it reproduces after deleting the application data directory (backup first! see below for paths)
• [ ] I have not played around with permissions or ran Code as administrator
• [ ] I am seeing a single CPU process spin high (please share the full command line arguments)
• [ ] I am seeing Code consuming lots of memory in a short time

Application Data Directory for VS Code:

• Windows: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Code
• Mac: /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/Code
• Linux: /home/<user>/.config/Code

Application Data Directory for VS Code Insiders:

• Windows: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders
• Mac: /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/Code - Insiders
• Linux: /home/<user>/.config/Code - Insiders

[donaldnevermore]

@bpasero I have finished the tests. Here are the results! True: it reproduces with extensions disabled (code --disable-extensions from the command line - NOT the integrated terminal of Code) if it does not reproduce with extensions disabled, you can stop testing and report this! False, it happened in version 1.17 and after:it was not happening in the previous stable release True: it reproduces in insiders builds (get it from here) False: there is no suspicious output when running from the command line (code --verbose) False: there is no suspicious output in the window itself (Help | Toggle Developer Tools | Console) Unknown: it reproduces on Windows, Linux and Mac True: it reproduces after deleting /User/keybindings.json and /User/settings.json (backup first! see below for paths) True: it reproduces when opening empty (code -n from the command line) True: it reproduces opening any folder True: it reproduces opening any file True: it reproduces when only having a single window open True: it reproduces by just using Code without external tools running on the same folder True: it reproduces from a workspace that is not under Git version control False: it reproduces independently if a file is opened or not after startup True: it reproduces when running with GPU disabled (code --disable-gpu) True: it reproduces when being offline True: it reproduces when disabling the file watching (set files.watcherExclude to "/": true) True: it reproduces after uninstalling and reinstalling True: it reproduces after deleting the application data directory (backup first! see below for paths) True: I have not played around with permissions or ran Code as administrator True: I am seeing a single CPU process spin high (please share the full command line arguments) True: I am seeing Code consuming lots of memory in a short time

# These are suspicious outputs when running from the command line (code --verbose) 
# and in the window itself (Help | Toggle Developer Tools | Console).
# The messy code in the window itself(Help | Toggle Developer Tools | Console) roughly means
# "The command 'XXXXX' appears multiple times in the 'Command' section".

PS C:\Users\luffy> code --verbose

[main 18:58:26] Starting VS Code in verbose mode
[main 18:58:26] from: d:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app
[main 18:58:26] args: { _: [],
  help: false,
  h: false,
  version: false,
  v: false,
  wait: false,
  w: false,
  diff: false,
  d: false,
  add: false,
  a: false,
  goto: false,
  g: false,
  'new-window': false,
  n: false,
  'unity-launch': false,
  'reuse-window': false,
  r: false,
  performance: false,
  p: false,
  'prof-startup': false,
  verbose: true,
  logExtensionHostCommunication: false,
  'disable-extensions': false,
  disableExtensions: false,
  'list-extensions': false,
  'show-versions': false,
  nolazy: false,
  'skip-getting-started': false,
  'sticky-quickopen': false,
  'disable-telemetry': false,
  'disable-updates': false,
  'disable-crash-reporter': false }
[main 18:58:26] Unable to read folders in C:\Users\luffy\AppData\Roaming\Code\Workspaces (Error: ENOENT: no such file or
 directory, scandir 'C:\Users\luffy\AppData\Roaming\Code\Workspaces').
[main 18:58:32] IPC#vscode-machineId
[main 18:58:34] IPC#vscode-workbenchLoaded
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[19092:1110/185836.058:INFO:CONSOLE(9)] "Ctrl+Alt+ keybindings should not be used by default under Windows. Offender: ",
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[19092:1110/185836.058:INFO:CONSOLE(9)] "Ctrl+Alt+ keybindings should not be used by default under Windows. Offender: ",
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[19092:1110/185841.765:INFO:CONSOLE(9)] "%c[Extension Host] %cvscode-icons is active! %c(at activate (C:\Users\luffy\.vs
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crosoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js (9)
[main 18:59:25] Lifecycle#window-before-close 1
[main 18:59:25] Lifecycle#unload() 1
[main 18:59:26] Lifecycle#window-before-close 1
[19092:1110/185926.062:INFO:CONSOLE(9)] "%c[Extension Host] %cdeactivating extension %c(at Object.deactivate (C:\Users\l
uffy\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.cpptools-0.14.2\out\src\LanguageServer\extension.js:283:13))", source: file:///D:/Prog
ram Files (x86)/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js (9)
[main 18:59:26] Lifecycle#window-close 1
[main 18:59:26] Lifecycle#window-all-closed
[main 18:59:26] Lifecycle#before-quit
[main 18:59:26] App#will-quit: disposing resources

[tangorboyz]

It's randomly occur on my ubuntu 16.04. And I always loose the chance to see which process that cause it, as vscode cause the system to unresponsive, so I have to force shutdown.

[bpasero]

Does it reproduce if you disable git? Set "git.enabled": false

[donaldnevermore]

@bpasero It's a little bit strange. I found my git missing because of its update failure, so I reinstalled git and vscode-insider, and the bug disappeared.

[bpasero]

@William-Python-King how about Code stable version?

[donaldnevermore]

@bpasero

• Code 1.19 stable version is OK. I think it's an issues with git.
• It seems that Code couldn't handle the default path where git was installed on windows system like d:\Git\cmd\git.exe.
• It could only seek c:\Git\cmd\git.exe and report error so that you have to manually assign git.path to d:\\Git\\cmd\\git.exe.

[bpasero]

@William-Python-King ok I think in 1.19 we took the auto detection of Git out but we will add it back it seems.

@joaomoreno moving to you

[donaldnevermore]

nice! I'm glad to see that.

[joaomoreno]

I'm happy you could find the source of the problem. Closing this.