VS GUI interface is freezing

[AlinCornelius]

Type: Performance Issue

After the last update the GUI is freezing and the overall performance of Visual Studio Code has decreased a lot.
The Chat GPT chat is also performing very poor. Before the update was working very well.

VS Code version: Code 1.134.0 (110a328, 2026-08-18T18:24:44Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1245U (12 x 2496)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0x46a8 [Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics], DRIVER_VENDOR=Intel, DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.101.7085 ACTIVE GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.8875 Machine model name: Machine model version: 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 skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.71GB (4.68GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 49c671a2-d114-4d81-ace7-05c06301b470
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Process Info

CPU %	Mem MB	   PID	Process
    0	   149	 13740	code
    0	   116	  8836	pty-host
    0	    10	 13208	     C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe
    0	    12	 13280	     "c:\Users\araduica\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\110a328ea5\resources\app\node_modules.asar.unpacked\node-pty\build\Release\conpty\OpenConsole.exe" --headless --width 80 --height 30 --signal 0xad0 --server 0xa60
    0	    12	 21492	     "c:\Users\araduica\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\110a328ea5\resources\app\node_modules.asar.unpacked\node-pty\build\Release\conpty\OpenConsole.exe" --headless --inheritcursor --width 166 --height 17 --signal 0xad8 --server 0xaa0
    0	    10	 22160	     C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe
    0	    55	 17932	       "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.OutlookForWindows_1.2026.811.200_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\olkBg.exe" --sync --launch=mail/backgroundsync.html
    0	   101	  7868	         "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\151.0.4129.101\msedgewebview2.exe" --embedded-browser-webview=1 --webview-exe-name=olkBg.exe --webview-exe-version=1.2026.811.200 --user-data-dir="C:\Users\araduica\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Olk\EBWebView" --noerrdialogs --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --disable-features=msEnhancedTrackingPreventionEnabled --enable-aggressive-domstorage-flushing --enable-features=msSingleSignOnOSForPrimaryAccountIsShared,msAbydos,msAbydosHandwritingAttr,msAbydosGestureSupport,msEnhancedTextContrast,DocumentPolicyNetworkEfficiencyGuardrails --mojo-named-platform-channel-pipe=17932.14072.12746356430445441446 /pfhostedapp:eb6c8719f491d4a3aa7e1158803776f7412549d3
    0	     3	  1996	           utility-process
    0	    20	 11772	           utility-network-service
    0	    13	 12492	           crashpad-handler
    0	   102	 15848	           window
    0	    25	 17308	           window
    0	     7	 17316	           gpu-process
    0	   209	  9016	   gpu-process
    0	    30	  9724	   crashpad-handler
    0	   138	 11336	shared-process
    0	   854	 12324	window [1] (filter1_to_filter2_analyzer.py - Git_Workspace - Visual Studio Code)
    0	   103	 18440	agent-host
    0	   110	 15820	     electron-nodejs (index.js)
    0	   690	 21168	extension-host [1]
    0	     9	 15208	     c:\Users\araduica\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.vscode-python-envs-1.36.0-win32-x64\python-env-tools\bin\pet.exe server
    0	     7	  2460	       C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
    0	   534	 19488	     electron-nodejs (bundle.js)
    0	    47	 20044	     c:\Users\araduica\AppData\Local\anaconda3\python.exe c:\Users\araduica\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.autopep8-2026.4.0\bundled\tool\lsp_server.py
    0	     7	  7132	       C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
    0	   140	 21236	file-watcher [1]
    0	    49	 21872	   utility-network-service

Workspace Info

|  Window (filter1_to_filter2_analyzer.py - Git_Workspace - Visual Studio Code)
|    Folder (Git_Workspace): 215 files
|      File types: py(89) pyc(79) csv(14) txt(10) c(6) docx(6) sym(3) h(2)
|                  gitignore(1) json(1) other(4)
|      Conf files: settings.json(1);

Extensions (16)

Name	Identifier	Author	Version
Markdown Preview Mermaid Support	bierner.markdown-mermaid	bierner	1.32.1
Git History	donjayamanne.githistory	donjayamanne	0.6.20
GitLens — Git supercharged	eamodio.gitlens	eamodio	19.0.1
Code Runner	formulahendry.code-runner	formulahendry	0.12.2
Git Graph	mhutchie.git-graph	mhutchie	1.30.0
autopep8	ms-python.autopep8	ms-python	2026.4.0
Python Debugger	ms-python.debugpy	ms-python	2026.6.0
Python	ms-python.python	ms-python	2026.4.0
Pylance	ms-python.vscode-pylance	ms-python	2026.3.1
Python Environments	ms-python.vscode-python-envs	ms-python	1.36.0
CMake Tools	ms-vscode.cmake-tools	ms-vscode	1.23.52
C/C++ DevTools	ms-vscode.cpp-devtools	ms-vscode	0.5.14
C/C++	ms-vscode.cpptools	ms-vscode	1.33.8
C/C++ Extension Pack	ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack	ms-vscode	1.5.1
vscode-pdf	tomoki1207.pdf	tomoki1207	1.2.2
CMake	twxs.cmake	twxs	0.0.17

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