microsoft / microsoft/vscode

unresponsiveness Windows UI Task Bar freeze keyboard input delay mouse lag

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Description

I Searches existing issues to avoid creating duplicate, but they were all closed unsolved, best described by @Newcool1230
- #146276
- #119152

The same happened on the latest Insiders build.

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

- VS Code Version: 1.131.0
- OS Version: 25H2 26200.8973
```ts

Version: 1.131.0 (system setup)
Commit: e4c7e7b1d6d060162f4aa7f8225271b67ce1df75
Datum: 2026-07-28T10:51:25Z
Electron: 42.7.0
ElectronBuildId: 14710161
Chromium: 148.0.7778.280
Node.js: 24.18.0
V8: 14.8.178.38-electron.0
Betriebssystem: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
```

Steps to Reproduce:

On a fresh profile:

1. start vscode in a git workspace such as cloned: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/
2. open CTRL+SHIFT+G (git version control sideview)
3. try to input by move mouse or keyboard is made impossible due to input delay
4. try quit VSCode by alt+f4 and see for minutes the following screen:

vscode

2nd Steps to Reproduce:

On a fresh profile:

1. start vscode in a git workspace such as cloned: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/
2. open CTRL+SHIFT+I GitHub copilot panel session
3. try to input by move mouse or keyboard is made impossible due to input delay
4. try quit VSCode by alt+f4 and see for minutes the delaying closing screen

3nd Steps to Reproduce:

On a fresh profile:

1. start vscode in a git workspace such as cloned: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/
2. open CTRL+SHIFT+I GitHub create new copilot panel session and start agent, after a while
3. try to input by move mouse or keyboard is made impossible due to input delay
4. try quit VSCode by alt+f4 and see for minutes the delaying closing screen

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While this issue happens, whole windows UI is unresponsive::
the mouse movement is completely delayed by multiple seconds, even without touching mouse, the cursor still performed the delayed movement by up to 15 seconds.
For example, when scrolling, the screen is unable to keep up with the mouse wheel, and it will keep scrolling for a while after I stop the mouse wheel
Keyboard input is delayed that much, that you can watch your letter by letter typing hands-free.
Windows task bar freezes, noticeable also the clock is freezes and windows systray time does no longer count up.

All unresponsiveness remains until quit vscode.

Meanwhile, the entire time CPU and ram usage was low.

The only Workaround is:
`c:/Windows/System32/taskkill.exe /F /T /IM "Code.exe"`
or
`c:/Windows/System32/taskkill.exe /F /T /IM "Code Insiders.exe"`

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