Unable to load schema / Problems loading reference warnings in JSON files

[Systemcluster]

VSCode reports warnings about Unable to load schema and Problems loading reference when opening JSON files like package.json or the built-in settings.json.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.80.1
• OS Version: Windows 11 22H2

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a node project with npm init
2. Open package.json in VSCode
3. Restart VSCode with package.json open
4. Click into the editor as soon as it opens

This issue does not reproduce reliably, but occurs most of the time in larger projects. In an empty node project it occurs much more rarely, but does appear after a couple restarts. It also reproduces more often when another large JSON is open in a second view:

Additional context:

• I don't have any proxy settings configured on the system (Reference / schema loading problem behind kerberos authenticated proxy #81001 doesn't apply)
• It occurs with or without json.schemaDownload.enable ([json] improve (or remove) warning when schema download is disabed #170163 doesn't apply)
• It also occurs with completely empty user settings and without extensions enabled
• The warning temporarily disappears after making any change in the editor
• Lots of recent reports of this issue are mentioned in the comments of other closed issues (e.g. in Problems loading settings schemas #177142 it was closed as fixed for 1.80.0, but comments still reported issues in that version.)

A similar issue was recently closed as duplicate in #185533 but there is no related open issue for this problem.

Please let me know if I can somehow help debug this issue.

[sandy081]

/duplicate

#177142

[vscodenpa]

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