Everything becomes slow in VS Code when Copilot is enabled #10053
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Same issue here starting around days ago. My suspicion is that some recent updates have broken things. Haven't figured it out really. I had to disable the extension temporarily. |
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Same problem in small python project. |
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Same problem in Rust and Python projects. Even saving a file can take up to 7 seconds to complete. It makes the CPU chug very hard for a surprisingly long time even for a couple edits here and there. I can reliably fix this by disabling the copilot extension, and it reliably reoccurs when re-enabling the copilot extension. |
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Same issue and sketches me out a little ngl |
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Was working just fine for weeks, and now all of a sudden on a new Remix project it is slowing to a halt. I'm wondering if its parsing node_modules or something by mistake. |
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I have the same issue here with C++ |
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same here, also with C++ project (on ubuntu and using latest vscode, if that matters). |
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Copilot has been really frustrating the developer experience the past couple of days - going to explore alternatives, as there are other options now. |
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I'm noticing the following pattern while working with Jupyter notebooks: when things get slow, Copilot status icon is spinning. Maybe some API is taking too much to return some answer or some API background service is crashing... |
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Same here. It's so slow that I've had to disable it. Come guys, this is a paid service and it's currently, for all practical purposes, broken |
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Check your activity monitor then maybe you will find out that some process is running with full cpu usage. |
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FYI, I switched to VSCode Insiders edition and this is no longer a problem. Copilot works and doesn't slow anything down. |
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As copilot constantly goes through your code to make sense out of it, it is expected that it'll slow your computer down a bit as it's constantly running on background while you're using vscode. You can minimize the workload by removing unused background tasks or maybe upgrade the computer if needed. |
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I have the same problem. I found that I can improve the speed again by executing "Developer: Reload Window" in VS Code. Then once it becomes slow again, I repeat it. Obviously not a great longterm solution but I'm sure this will be fixed eventually. |
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Any fix for this yet? Autopilot causing my Visual Studio 2023 run slow on my high end machine. |
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I have the same issue. Initially performance is ok, but 5 minutes into my session and the following things take forever: ctrl-click navigation, copilot suggestions/autocomplete. Chat responses sometimes degrade to the point they are no longer useable. Starting a new chat or restarting vscode helps with this last issue. |
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Same issue here VS Code gets too slow when I switch to agentic mode but works fine when I am in ask mode. |
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Same issue here in a Flutter project. Can't get any of the "quick fixes" to load while copilot extension is active. I thought that the copilot extension was supposed to handle this by only trying to understand the file that is in context... There's got to be a way to only activate copilot's background processes when it's actually asked to perform a task - at that point I don't mind if it's a little bit slower. Disappointing this is still an issue! |
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Same issue with a large flask python project. |
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Same issue |
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Same issue with Go proyect |
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closing some of the many files I had open helped copilot go waaaay faster. |
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Same issue, strange thing that it still not fixed! |
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2025 and this is still a thing, even pasting something (ctrl + v) lags. |
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With the latest drop of VSCode Version: 1.104.2 performance fell off the cliff thanks to everything AI. Since the trend seems to be permeate AI thru everything, users be damned, I finally disabled and hid all AI features provided by GitHub CoPilot via settings. Now if I want AI assistance I use alternate means. Now I have back a responsive IDE with lightening fast linting (ruff) and itellisense that is enjoyable and certainly responsive. Granted it would be nice to use AI on demand in the IDE but its current implementation and I suspect follow-on will be more feature bloat to the detriment of performance. No, thank you. |
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I've had to resort to disabling Copilot as it destroys my vs code experience. Hoping to switch to Claude Code soon. |
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How can the vscode devs prioritise copilot over every other things, no doubt AI is helpful, now it is just impending . |
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I'm using Windows 10 with WSL. When I'm using GitHub Copilot Chat on a large project (perhaps 2 million lines of code), after one or two conversations, the entire VSCode system almost inevitably becomes very slow, including switching tabs, typing, and so on. I've also observed that during this period of lag, all my Chromium-based programs will even flash black screens. Gemini tells me that a problem with my graphics card driver or insufficient memory is likely the cause. I tried closing many other software programs and ensuring my computer's memory load is relatively low (<70%), and everything has improved. Copilot works quickly, and VSCode runs smoothly. The above is for reference only. |
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I'd just like to add a voice to the choir: I've just disabled copilot, and the dreadful performance improved somewhat. Like everyone else here, I'm not going to use copilot if it means hamstringing the rest of vscode's features. (Interesting to note: I'm seeing no such problems in the excellent |
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Quick fix for GitHub Copilot Chat in vscode: Open this path in your Explorer: Delete the file: commandEmbeddings.json Restart VSCode or your PC – done! |
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So recently whenever I turn on Copilot, everything in my vscode starts slowing down. Intelligent never resolves, linting errors take forever, and basically all features outside of opening files and typing in them directly take a really long time to resolve.
Interestingly enough it doesn't even seem to help if I disable it for just typescript. It only get's fixed if I disable the extension itself.
Is anyone else having this issue?
is there a good way to peek into what's going on?
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