microsoft / microsoft/vscode-js-debug

ms-vscode.js-debug/.profile folder takes too much space for each vscode workspace

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Since Oct 24, 2025.

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Description

Describe the bug

.config/Code/User/workspaceStorage/<hash>/ms-vscode.js-debug/.profile takes over 100MB for each workspace, and the entire .config/Code could use several GBs of disk storage just because of that.

I only saw this on Linux, but it probably exists on other platforms.

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To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Use JavaScript launch in various workspaces.

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VS Code Version: 1.105.1

Additional context

I have a workflow where I need to use a new workspace at a new location every few days, and end up with a lot of workspaces, most of which are no longer being used.

WasmTtsEngine appears to include versioned folders that likely could be reused.

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