Quick search (%) is sluggish during typing

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Since Jun 17, 2026.

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Description

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

  • VS Code Version: 1.124.2
  • OS Version: macOS 26.5.1

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open quick search (Ctrl/CMD + P, then type %)
  2. Search for the string foo
  3. You might need to do this a few times, the first 1-2 times it's usually quick

As soon as I type f, the whole application freezes for a short time. I assume this is happening because the search is already running. The following oo then appears after the app became responsive again.

It would be great to either define a debounce or make the search async and not freeze the whole app.

I only started noticing this recently, so maybe this is some regression?

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