title: Visual Studio Code took 10.7 GB RAM usage after using it for one hour
body: <p>It happened today when I suddenly noticed processes started getting slow on the computer. So I checked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Task_Manager" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Task Manager</a> to see what causes it.</p>
  
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  <p>I have waited a couple of minutes to see if it changes by keeping Visual Studio Code in <code>idle</code> state and then my computer dumps the memory in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Task_Manager" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BSoD</a> (blue screen of death).</p>
  
  <p>After rebooting, I tried the same way to reproduce the state and within 20~30 minutes, it is up to 5&nbsp;GB.</p>
  
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  <p><code>0    909    4452                 c:\Users\arbaz\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2018.12.1\languageServer.0.1.72\Microsoft.Python.LanguageServer.exe</code></p>
  
  <p>What are the possible reasons causing this and how do I fix it?</p>
  
  <p>Latest version:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>Version:   1.30.0 (system setup)
  Commit:    c6e592b2b5770e40a98cb9c2715a8ef89aec3d74
  Date:      2018-12-11T22:29:11.253Z
  Electron:  2.0.12
  Chrome:    61.0.3163.100
  Node.js:   8.9.3
  V8:        6.1.534.41
  OS:        Windows_NT x64 10.0.17134
  </code></pre>
  
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>Version:          Code 1.30.0 (c6e592b2b5770e40a98cb9c2715a8ef89aec3d74, 2018-12-11T22:29:11.253Z)
  OS Version:       Windows_NT x64 10.0.17134
  CPUs:             AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor   (16 x 3000)
  Memory (System):  15.95 GB (3.87 GB free)
  VM:               40%
  Screen Reader:    no
  Process Argv:     C:\Users\arbaz\AppData\Local\Temp\tasks.py
  GPU Status:       2d_canvas:                    enabled
                    checker_imaging:              disabled_off
                    flash_3d:                     enabled
                    flash_stage3d:                enabled
                    flash_stage3d_baseline:       enabled
                    gpu_compositing:              enabled
                    multiple_raster_threads:      enabled_on
                    native_gpu_memory_buffers:    disabled_software
                    rasterization:                enabled
                    video_decode:                 enabled
                    video_encode:                 enabled
                    webgl:                        enabled
                    webgl2:                       enabled
  
  CPU %   Mem MB     PID  Process
      0       66   14620  code main
      0       84    1092     gpu-process
      0       51    6332     shared-process
      0      199    8312     window (tasks.py - Visual Studio Code)
      0       85   11724       extensionHost
      0     2278    4452         c:\Users\arbaz\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2018.12.1\languageServer.0.1.72\Microsoft.Python.LanguageServer.exe
      0        5   11296           console-window-host (Windows internal process)
      0      187   14320     window (Process Explorer)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Extensions:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>Extension              Author       Version
                         (truncated)
  -------------------------------------------------------
  better-comments        aar          2.0.3
  vscode-django          bat          0.17.0
  unique-lines           bib          1.0.0
  python-extension-pack  don          1.4.0
  permute-lines          ear          0.0.10
  MagicPython            mag          1.1.0
  python                 ms-          2018.12.1
  vscodeintellicode      Vis          1.1.2
  </code></pre>