slow start up

[Lalithallu]

Type: Performance Issue

when i installed a new update of vs code 1.86 then onwards the my vs code is opening slowly in previous version it works very well and opens very fast. Please retify the bug ASAP

VS Code version: Code 1.86.0 (0504748, 2024-01-31T10:28:19.990Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12500H (16 x 3110)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on 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 video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.63GB (7.93GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 0d6eb380-2e85-4fb9-abe6-8f5cb6750682
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Process Info

CPU %	Mem MB	   PID	Process
    0	   109	 12328	code main
    0	   152	   328	window [1] (Welcome - git - Visual Studio Code)
    0	    49	  6900	   utility-network-service
    0	   131	  7596	extensionHost [1]
    0	    91	 15496	shared-process
    0	    28	 17336	   crashpad-handler
    0	    97	 18028	window [2] (Issue Reporter)
    0	    83	 18876	fileWatcher [1]
    0	    92	 21996	ptyHost
    0	     7	 19000	     conpty-agent
    0	    65	 19812	     C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noexit -command "try { . \"c:\Users\allul\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\contrib\terminal\browser\media\shellIntegration.ps1\" } catch {}"
    0	   167	 23652	   gpu-process

Workspace Info

|  Window (Welcome - git - Visual Studio Code)
|    Folder (git): 2 files
|      File types: txt(1)
|      Conf files:;

Extensions (15)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
prettier-vscode	esb	10.1.0
code-runner	for	0.12.1
debugpy	ms-	2024.0.0
python	ms-	2024.0.0
vscode-pylance	ms-	2023.12.1
live-server	ms-	0.4.13
java	red	1.27.0
intellicode-api-usage-examples	Vis	0.2.8
vscodeintellicode	Vis	1.2.30
vscode-java-debug	vsc	0.56.0
vscode-java-dependency	vsc	0.23.4
vscode-java-pack	vsc	0.25.15
vscode-java-test	vsc	0.40.1
vscode-maven	vsc	0.44.0
vscode-icons	vsc	12.7.0

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[gjsjohnmurray]

/confirmPlease

[vscodenpa]

Please diagnose the root cause of the issue by running the command F1 > Help: Troubleshoot Issue and following the instructions. Once you have done that, please update the issue with the results.

Happy Coding!

[BLuedtke]

Just to chime in - When I'm using F1 > Help: Troubleshoot Issue, that reloads the window just fine. But it is unclear if I'm allowed to completely close the VS Code application and the Troubleshoot mode will still be active. Anyway, it seems to remain active on a restart.

In the two scenarios the Troubleshooting presented (all Extensions disabled & Extension bisection), I could still reproduce the issue. When starting the Application, the VS Code window opens, but it is all grey. It takes several seconds longer than expected for the editors and the left hand explorer to appear (15+ seconds). VS Code (or Plasma?) prompts me that VS Code is unresponsive in the meantime: "The Windows is not responding. You can reopen or close the window to keep waiting [...]".
I'm on Kubuntu 22.04. I would love to provide journal logs etc.; will add once I can convince my system to show me the log, there seems to be some unrelated issue with that at the moment.

Sometimes, this lockup/window freeze also happens sometime during normal VS Code operation, but I haven't yet found a pattern.

Edit: I have downgraded to 1.85.2 and can confirm that the long startup (/startup freeze) is no longer present.

[eddy147]

Since a couple of days I noticed also a slow(er) startup.
this is my Startup Performance:
startup_performance.txt

[pktiuk]

I have similar problem on Linux

[qdrop17]

I am experiencing the same issue on Fedora 39.

I've completely uninstalled and reinstalled Visual Studio Code, including its configuration files, by executing the following commands:

sudo dnf erase code
rm -r .vscode
rm -r .config/Code
sudo dnf install code

Unfortunately, this didn't resolve the problem. I'm unable to launch a fresh installation of Visual Studio Code without encountering an error message:

The issue also occurs with Visual Studio Code Insiders. When I select "Keep waiting", the application eventually starts. However, it intermittently freezes for several seconds while in use.

I'm currently running Fedora 39 on Wayland, and all my packages are up to date.

In addition, I've attached the startup diagnostics data for your reference: vscode-startup.log

Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

[TheRealAgentK]

This helped me:

#193188 (comment)

[qdrop17]

This helped me:

#193188 (comment)

Confirmed, this fixes (or works around) the issue :-) Thank you so much! I suggest to leave the issue open for the contributors to close.

[qdrop17]

Ok, I can narrow down the issue further: When I use https://github.com/bayasdev/envycontrol to disable my Nvidia dGPU inside my laptop, the start of VScode is very, very slow and the app stutters from time to time.

When the dGPU is active though, VScode behaves as expected. Since I use the Nvidia dGPU only with a dualbooted windows for gaming, I would appreciate it if VScode handles this properly (like every single other app on my Fedora 39).

[pktiuk]

@Lalithallu

Why you marked this issue as completed?
There is a workaround, but this issue still exists. Vscode should handle this case by default. (just as @qdrop17 said)

Could you please reopen this issue? (and edit title to something more verbose like slow startup when dGPU is disabled)

[Lalithallu]

yeah ok

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[BLuedtke]

Happy to provide traces/logs if needed by the VS Code dev team, though as far as I can see, there were some already provided in the other issue linked/mentioned.

This seems to be a chromium issue, as was noted in the other issue. Could mean that VS Code devs can't really do anything about it. I wonder if it is related to this Chromium Bugtracker Entry at all: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40283032 As that was created roundabout the same timeframe as this issue.

In fact, I can confirm that that same workaround works for google-chrome-stable on Linux. Without --disable-gpu --disable-software-rasterizer, it takes quite a while to start. With the options, it starts quickly. So I think this is on Chromium, not VS Code, and I doubt that the VS Code team can do anything about this.

[tguvdamm]

Hi
just wanted to chime in and report that I've also had issues with slow startups.
I get the same error screen and passing --disable-gpu resolves the issue.