aws / aws/aws-toolkit-vscode

Improve file registry performance and consistency

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feature-request performance sam technical-debt
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Description

## Problem
Our `WatchedFiles` (in `src/shared/fs/watchedFiles.ts`) implementation has two major problems:
* It consumes a lot of system resources on extension activation
* File detection is unreliable, introducing race conditions and caching bugs
* example #3045)

### Related

- #1546
- #2623


## Expected behavior
The Toolkit should defer expensive operations until they are needed. Lazy evaluation should be favored over file watching.

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Research direction

Start with src/shared/fs/watchedFiles.ts and review related issues #1546, #2623, and example #3045 to understand the resource, race-condition, and caching problems. Define how lazy evaluation should replace or reduce file watching, then verify that extension activation defers expensive work and file detection remains consistent.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
performance, tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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