An anonymous background process is running in the Task Manager.

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Since Jun 16, 2026.

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Type: Performance Issue

When I open VS Code, it shows 0% usage CPU in Task Manager. However, a new program also runs with the name 'Visual Studio Code' and consumes 60% to 90% CPU at times. Similarly, there is a process named 're.exe' that also consumes high CPU performance. I'm also noticing the same behavior with 'Antigravity'. Could you please check and fix this issue?

VS Code version: Code 1.124.2 (6928394f91b684055b873eecb8bc281365131f1c, 2026-06-12T00:12:36Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

System Info
Item Value
CPUs AMD Ryzen 7 250 w/ Radeon 780M Graphics (16 x 3294)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: enabled
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x10de, DEVICE=0x2dd8 [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU], DRIVER_VENDOR=NVIDIA, DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.16.1047 ACTIVE
GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1002, DEVICE=0x1900 [AMD Radeon 780M Graphics], DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.21030.11004
GPU2: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.8521
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
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg) undefined
Memory (System) 23.31GB (7.94GB free)
Process Argv --crash-reporter-id 1dd84626-ed8a-4c0b-84f4-3afe57518843
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Process Info
CPU %	Mem MB	   PID	Process
    0	   148	 32596	code
    1	   382	  8436	window [1] (scan_devices_screen.dart - pvc_v2 - Visual Studio Code)
    0	    53	 20032	   utility-network-service
    0	    35	 21380	   crashpad-handler
    0	   148	 22212	shared-process
    1	   252	 30796	   gpu-process
    0	   117	 30884	file-watcher [1]
    0	   142	 31960	pty-host
    0	   111	 12520	     "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" -noexit -command "try { . \"d:\Users\hvkio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\6928394f91\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\contrib\terminal\common\scripts\shellIntegration.ps1\" } catch {}"
    0	    13	 28244	     "d:\Users\hvkio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\6928394f91\resources\app\node_modules\node-pty\build\Release\conpty\OpenConsole.exe" --headless --inheritcursor --width 103 --height 16 --signal 0x570 --server 0x564
    0	    13	 30940	     "d:\Users\hvkio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\6928394f91\resources\app\node_modules\node-pty\build\Release\conpty\OpenConsole.exe" --headless --inheritcursor --width 103 --height 16 --signal 0x564 --server 0x544
    0	   106	 31096	     "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" -noexit -command "try { . \"d:\Users\hvkio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\6928394f91\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\contrib\terminal\common\scripts\shellIntegration.ps1\" } catch {}"
    0	    13	 33816	     "d:\Users\hvkio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\6928394f91\resources\app\node_modules\node-pty\build\Release\conpty\OpenConsole.exe" --headless --width 80 --height 30 --signal 0x5e8 --server 0x5fc
    0	   111	 33912	     "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" -noexit -command "try { . \"d:\Users\hvkio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\6928394f91\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\contrib\terminal\common\scripts\shellIntegration.ps1\" } catch {}"
    0	    13	 34684	     "d:\Users\hvkio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\6928394f91\resources\app\node_modules\node-pty\build\Release\conpty\OpenConsole.exe" --headless --width 80 --height 30 --signal 0x6ac --server 0x6a4
    0	   107	 35068	     "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" -noexit -command "try { . \"d:\Users\hvkio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\6928394f91\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\contrib\terminal\common\scripts\shellIntegration.ps1\" } catch {}"
    0	   593	 32756	extension-host [1]
    0	    38	  1912	     c:\Users\hvkio\.vscode\extensions\openai.chatgpt-26.609.30741-win32-x64\bin\windows-x86_64\codex.exe app-server --analytics-default-enabled
    0	     8	 31256	       C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
    1	   491	 19324	     electron-nodejs (bundle.js)
    0	     9	 22728	     C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c ""c:\Users\hvkio\.vscode\extensions\vscjava.vscode-gradle-3.17.3\lib\gradle-server.bat" "--port=59096" "--startBuildServer=false" "--languageServerPipePath=\\.\pipe\24bb844cf21b446db54044ee828b15cf-sock""
    0	    99	 33984	       "D:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr/bin/java.exe"  "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"  --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED  -classpath "c:\Users\hvkio\.vscode\extensions\vscjava.vscode-gradle-3.17.3\lib\gradle-server.jar" com.github.badsyntax.gradle.GradleServer "--port=59096" "--startBuildServer=false" "--languageServerPipePath=\\.\pipe\24bb844cf21b446db54044ee828b15cf-sock"
    0	     8	 34808	       C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
    0	    64	 28952	     C:\Python314\python.exe c:\Users\hvkio\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.black-formatter-2026.6.0\bundled\tool\lsp_server.py
    0	     8	 31116	       C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
   48	    10	 32116	     "d:\Users\hvkio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\6928394f91\resources\app\node_modules\@vscode\ripgrep-universal\bin\win32-x64\rg.exe" --files --hidden --case-sensitive --no-require-git -g /lib/screens/scan_devices_screen.dart -g !**/.git -g !**/.svn -g !**/.hg -g !**/.DS_Store -g !**/Thumbs.db -g !**/flutter/ephemeral -g !**/Flutter/ephemeral -g !**/.symlinks -g !**/.plugin_symlinks -g !/{**/node_modules,**/bower_components,**/*.code-search,**/.dart_tool,**/build,**/.git,**/.svn,**/.hg,**/.DS_Store,**/Thumbs.db,**/flutter/ephemeral,**/Flutter/ephemeral,**/.symlinks,**/.plugin_symlinks,**/*.class,**/*.log,**/*.pyc,**/*.swp,**/.DS_Store,**/.atom/**,**/.build/**,**/.buildlog/**,**/.history,**/.svn/**,**/.swiftpm/**,**/migrate_working_dir/**,**/*.iml,**/*.ipr,**/*.iws,**/.idea/**,**/*.g.dart,**/.metadata,**/**/doc/api/**,**/**/ios/Flutter/.last_build_id,**/.dart_tool/**,**/.flutter-plugins-dependencies,**/.pub-cache/**,**/.pub/**,build/**,coverage/**,**/app.*.symbols,**/app.*.map.json,android/app/debug,android/app/profile,android/app/release} --no-ignore --follow --no-config --no-ignore-global
    0	     8	 28920	       C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
    0	    51	 32388	     D:\scr\flutter\bin\cache\dart-sdk\bin\dart.exe tooling-daemon --machine
    0	     8	 35576	       C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
    0	    54	 33660	     D:\scr\flutter\bin\cache\dart-sdk\bin\dart.exe devtools --machine --allow-embedding --dtd-uri ws://127.0.0.1:57797/mbA54h6CXvw=
    0	     8	 33236	       C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
    0	     9	 33884	     c:\Users\hvkio\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.vscode-python-envs-1.34.0-win32-x64\python-env-tools\bin\pet.exe server
    0	     8	 32948	       C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
    1	   435	 34108	     D:\scr\flutter\bin\cache\dart-sdk\bin\dart.exe language-server --protocol=lsp --client-id=VS-Code --client-version=3.136.1
    0	     8	  9212	       C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
    0	     9	 35248	     C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c ""D:\scr\flutter\bin\flutter.bat" "daemon""
    0	    12	 33620	       "D:\scr\flutter\bin\cache\dart-sdk\bin\dart.exe"  --packages="D:\scr\flutter\packages\flutter_tools\.dart_tool\package_config.json"  "D:\scr\flutter\bin\cache\flutter_tools.snapshot" "daemon" 
    0	   111	  9124	         D:\scr\flutter\bin\cache\dart-sdk\bin\dartvm.exe --resolved_executable_name=D:\scr\flutter\bin\cache\dart-sdk\bin\dart.exe --executable_name=D:\scr\flutter\bin\cache\dart-sdk\bin\dart.exe --packages=D:\scr\flutter\packages\flutter_tools\.dart_tool\package_config.json D:\scr\flutter\bin\cache\flutter_tools.snapshot daemon
    0	     8	 34932	       C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
   38	    70	 35412	     "d:\Users\hvkio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\6928394f91\resources\app\node_modules\@vscode\ripgrep-universal\bin\win32-x64\rg.exe" --files --hidden --case-sensitive --no-require-git -g !**/.git -g !**/.svn -g !**/.hg -g !**/.DS_Store -g !**/Thumbs.db -g !**/flutter/ephemeral -g !**/Flutter/ephemeral -g !**/.symlinks -g !**/.plugin_symlinks -g !**/node_modules -g !**/bower_components -g !**/*.code-search -g !**/.dart_tool -g !**/build --no-ignore-parent --follow --no-config --no-ignore-global
    0	     8	  5592	       C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
Workspace Info
|  Window (scan_devices_screen.dart - pvc_v2 - Visual Studio Code)
|    Folder (pvc_v2): 5549 files
|      File types: xml(1623) flat(1173) json(913) png(380) txt(183) class(176)
|                  jar(131) bin(118) dex(113) len(66) other(673)
|      Conf files: cmake(24);
Extensions (28)
Name Identifier Author Version
Claude Code for VS Code anthropic.claude-code Anthropic 2.1.178
Office Viewer cweijan.vscode-office cweijan 4.0.2
Dart dart-code.dart-code Dart-Code 3.136.1
Flutter dart-code.flutter Dart-Code 3.136.0
Python Indent kevinrose.vsc-python-indent KevinRose 1.21.0
Black Formatter ms-python.black-formatter ms-python 2026.6.0
Python Debugger ms-python.debugpy ms-python 2026.6.0
Python ms-python.python ms-python 2026.4.0
Pylance ms-python.vscode-pylance ms-python 2026.2.1
Python Environments ms-python.vscode-python-envs ms-python 1.34.0
Jupyter ms-toolsai.jupyter ms-toolsai 2025.9.1
Jupyter Keymap ms-toolsai.jupyter-keymap ms-toolsai 1.1.2
Jupyter Notebook Renderers ms-toolsai.jupyter-renderers ms-toolsai 1.3.0
Jupyter Cell Tags ms-toolsai.vscode-jupyter-cell-tags ms-toolsai 0.1.9
Jupyter Slide Show ms-toolsai.vscode-jupyter-slideshow ms-toolsai 0.1.6
Remote - SSH ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh ms-vscode-remote 0.124.0
Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-edit ms-vscode-remote 0.87.0
CMake Tools ms-vscode.cmake-tools ms-vscode 1.23.52
C/C++ DevTools ms-vscode.cpp-devtools ms-vscode 0.5.13
C/C++ ms-vscode.cpptools ms-vscode 1.32.2
C/C++ Extension Pack ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack ms-vscode 1.5.1
Remote Explorer ms-vscode.remote-explorer ms-vscode 0.5.0
HTML formatter nikolaosgeorgiou.html-fmt-vscode NikolaosGeorgiou 0.9.3
Codex – OpenAI’s coding agent openai.chatgpt openai 26.609.30741
MicroPico paulober.pico-w-go paulober 4.3.4
Live Server ritwickdey.liveserver ritwickdey 5.7.10
opencode sst-dev.opencode sst-dev 0.0.13
Gradle for Java vscjava.vscode-gradle vscjava 3.17.3
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