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Since Jun 24, 2026.

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Description

Type: Bug

My webstorage cache was taking up 450GB on my computer.

VS Code version: Code 1.125.1 (fcf604774b9f2674b473065736ee75077e256353, 2026-06-19T08:39:34Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info
Item Value
CPUs 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700H (20 x 2918)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: enabled
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0xa7a0 [Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics], DRIVER_VENDOR=Intel, DRIVER_VERSION=31.0.101.5333 ACTIVE
GPU1: VENDOR= 0x10de, DEVICE=0x28e0 [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU], DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.15.6614
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) 47.73GB (21.19GB free)
Process Argv --crash-reporter-id de8ea950-ae27-46fe-a2e4-ed301cbd4625
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Item Value
Remote WSL: Ubuntu
OS Linux x64 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700H (20 x 0)
Memory (System) 23.34GB (21.60GB free)
VM 0%
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YAML redhat.vscode-yaml redhat 1.23.0
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Remote - SSH ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh ms-vscode-remote 0.124.0
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WSL ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl ms-vscode-remote 0.104.3
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Remote Explorer ms-vscode.remote-explorer ms-vscode 0.5.0
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