Diff viewer render issue

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Since Jun 23, 2026.

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Description

Type: Bug

Multi file diff viewer renders repeats a lot the file headers and becomes unusable

VS Code version: Code 1.125.1 (fcf604774b9f2674b473065736ee75077e256353, 2026-06-19T08:39:34Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 25.1.0
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 7.0.3-arch1-2

System Info
Item Value
CPUs Apple M1 Pro (8 x 2400)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: disabled_software
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x0000, DEVICE=0x0000
Machine model name:
Machine model version:
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: disabled_software
multiple_raster_threads: disabled_off
opengl: disabled_off
rasterization: disabled_software
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: disabled_software
video_encode: disabled_software
webgl: disabled_off
webgpu: disabled_off
webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg) 8, 6, 5
Memory (System) 16.00GB (0.06GB free)
Process Argv --crash-reporter-id 52e4b73e-394c-40ab-9a6c-622595f53faa
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Item Value
Remote SSH: franco-pc
OS Linux x64 7.0.3-arch1-2
CPUs 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13600KF (20 x 4745)
Memory (System) 62.62GB (10.66GB free)
VM 0%
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