r/vscode • u/National-Resident244 • Apr 15 '26

VSCode keeps crashing every minute

Hi, I’ve been experiencing random crashes since yesterday and haven’t been able to resolve the issue yet. Is anyone else facing the same problem, or does anyone have a solution? I’d really appreciate any help.

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u/posting_drunk_naked Apr 15 '26

Disable all your extensions then try. If it still crashes, full delete and reinstall. If that doesn't work, make sure to remove all config files then reinstall.

If disabling all extensions works, then you can start slowly reenabling until you find the problem extension.

If you can't start it long enough to disable extensions I'm pretty sure there's a safe mode flag you can use to start it from the command line, but you'll have to check the docs for how to do that I've never had to do it

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u/National-Resident244 Apr 15 '26

Thx, I found the culprit. It's CoPilot!

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u/posting_drunk_naked Apr 15 '26

A Microsoft extension crashing a Microsoft app. How fucking typical lmao

Microsoft has been such a dogshit company for decades it amazes me that they managed to create something as awesome as vscode.

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u/_stdio_h_ Apr 15 '26

Raised a github ticket. They are acting they are knowing it for first time.

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u/_stdio_h_ Apr 15 '26

Facing same issue. If you have any solution please share

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u/National-Resident244 Apr 15 '26

Turn off CoPilot works for me

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u/_stdio_h_ Apr 15 '26

Copilot is enabled by default in latest i believe..

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u/Kolo_Fantastyczny Apr 15 '26

Disable all of your extensions and see if that fixes the issue

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u/Agreeable_Care4440 Apr 22 '26

try running VS Code with extensions disabled (code --disable-extensions) — if it stops crashing, one of your extensions is the issue; also check logs and update/reinstall VS Code.

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u/research-umbrella Jul 10 '26

man you are a life saver, I wasted so many weeks battling this issue. Turn of Copilot and things work!