[linkdd]

I don't have a lot of extensions actually, my VS Code is pretty much vanilla.

I'm on the latest version (1.97.2).

I can try the other memory settings indeed, but I think the culprit is the builtin file watcher. I've stumbled across some similar issues on Github, open for 5 years without a solution :(

Isn't IntelliJ IDEA for Java/Kotlin? I have a project which is cross-languages: Go+Rust on the backend, Typescript/React on the frontend, Hurl and Python (Robot Framework) for the test suite. And I'd rather not have one IDE per language (which is IIRC what Jetbrains do).

[codingdave]

The underlying spirit of marshughes comment sounds on the right track, though - something changed on your system. Maybe it was VS Code, maybe it was something else, but if this is a recent change, you should troubleshoot what actually changed. If it really is VS code, then yes - find a new editor. But I'm not seeing much about what troubleshooting you've done?

Maybe you've already done this, but if I were you, I'd take note of everything that has been installed and updated in the last month. Walk back installs and updates until your problem goes away, and then you'd know exactly what is causing the problem behavior.