Vscode is getting black every few minutes

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#317,790 opened on May 21, 2026 0 comments 1 reaction 1 assignee View on GitHub

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Since May 21, 2026.

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Description

Type: Bug

Well, I don't know how can I explain it, every few minutes my vscode is getting black less the buttons of the screen(minimize, maximize and close), to fix it every time I change the mode between maximize and restore, but it doesn't matter, it's a continuos problem

VS Code version: Code 1.121.0 (f6cfa2ea2403534de03f069bdf160d06451ed282, 2026-05-19T11:51:53+02:00)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12450H (12 x 2496)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0x46a3 [Intel(R) UHD Graphics], DRIVER_VENDOR=Intel, DRIVER_VERSION=31.0.101.4502 ACTIVE GPU1: VENDOR= 0x10de, DEVICE=0x25a2 [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU], DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.15.8183 GPU2: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.8328 Machine model name: Machine model version: 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 trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.68GB (5.43GB free)
Process Argv	. --crash-reporter-id 7798c04c-648e-47dc-81e2-3ed55501c740
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (28)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
better-comments	aar	3.0.2
dark-synthwave-vscode	Aar	1.0.3
codesnap	adp	1.3.4
Bookmarks	ale	14.1.1
markdown-checkbox	bie	0.4.0
markdown-emoji	bie	0.3.1
npm-intellisense	chr	1.4.5
path-intellisense	chr	2.10.0
vscode-markdownlint	Dav	0.61.2
vscode-eslint	dba	3.0.24
prettier-vscode	esb	12.4.0
vscode-firefox-debug	fir	2.15.0
terminal-in-status-bar	fly	0.2.0
backticks	fra	1.7.0
activitusbar	Gru	0.0.47
todo-tree	Gru	0.0.226
javascript-essentials	Gyd	0.3.0
vsc-essentials-core	Gyd	0.5.0
vscode-peacock	joh	4.2.2
symbols	mig	0.0.25
indent-rainbow	ode	8.3.1
prisma	Pri	31.11.0
vscode-autohide	sir	1.0.10
autoimport	ste	1.5.4
vscode-status-bar-format-toggle	tom	3.2.0
errorlens	use	3.28.0
JavaScriptSnippets	xab	1.8.0
markdown-all-in-one	yzh	3.6.3

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