Glitch

Type: Performance Issue

I have been facing an issue while opening vs code. It always flickers when i try to use, it shows white pixels dominating the screen. I have to always disable the gpu by clicking windows + r. Please fix this issue.

VS Code version: Code 1.134.0 (110a328ea54b42367b803ec53ee0bf52ef26b419, 2026-08-18T18:24:44Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

System Info

|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13450HX (16 x 2611)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: unavailable_software
GPU0: VENDOR= 0xffff [Google Inc. (Microsoft)], DEVICE=0xffff [ANGLE (Microsoft, Microsoft Basic Render Driver (0x0000008C) Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0, D3D11-10.0.26100.8972)], DRIVER_VENDOR=SwANGLE, DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.8972 *ACTIVE*
Machine model name:
Machine model version:
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: disabled_software
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
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: unavailable_software
webgpu: unavailable_software
webnn: unavailable_software|
|Load (avg)|undefined|
|Memory (System)|15.69GB (2.73GB free)|
|Process Argv|--disable-gpu --crash-reporter-id 6804c73a-0053-4e1c-81af-3863be701d93|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|

Process Info

```
CPU % Mem MB PID Process
0 156 10048 code
0 381 6660 window [1] (platformio.ini - Untitled (Workspace) - Visual Studio Code)
0 449 6920 extension-host [1]
0 4 18072 "C:\Users\Arnav Srivastava\.platformio\penv\Scripts\python.exe" -m platformio -c vscode home --port 45997 --host 127.0.0.1 --session-id 42a3b966bffdf1ec4fec08ce6ff8ee6321840973 --shutdown-timeout 3600 --no-open
0 51 24444 "C:\Users\Arnav Srivastava\.platformio\python3\python.exe" -m platformio -c vscode home --port 45997 --host 127.0.0.1 --session-id 42a3b966bffdf1ec4fec08ce6ff8ee6321840973 --shutdown-timeout 3600 --no-open
0 8 24704 C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
0 40 27460 "c:\Users\Arnav Srivastava\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.cpptools-1.33.8-win32-x64\bin\cpptools.exe"
0 7 13280 C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
0 4 14268 "c:\Users\Arnav Srivastava\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.cpptools-1.33.8-win32-x64\bin\cpptools.exe"
0 24 27256 "c:\Users\Arnav Srivastava\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.cpptools-1.33.8-win32-x64/bin/cpptools-srv2.exe" -s {9BD42F1D-D1BA-472A-9D55-15E298E18AC5} -p 27460 -i TagParser
0 7 27204 C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
0 109 27536 "C:\Users\Arnav Srivastava\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" "c:\Users\Arnav Srivastava\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\110a328ea5\resources\app\extensions\json-language-features\server\dist\node\jsonServerMain" --node-ipc --clientProcessId=6920
0 200 14108 shared-process
0 153 20004 agent-host
0 212 26564 electron-nodejs (index.js)
0 55 21808 utility-network-service
0 144 22048 window
0 129 22680 gpu-process
0 34 23500 crashpad-handler
0 122 24020 file-watcher [1]
0 114 26620 window
0 128 26688 pty-host
0 11 26836 "c:\Users\Arnav Srivastava\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\110a328ea5\resources\app\node_modules.asar.unpacked\node-pty\build\Release\conpty\OpenConsole.exe" --headless --width 149 --height 10 --signal 0x554 --server 0x51c
0 114 26876 "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" -noexit -command "try { . \"c:\Users\Arnav Srivastava\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\110a328ea5\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\contrib\terminal\common\scripts\shellIntegration.ps1\" } catch {}"
```

Workspace Info

```
| Window (platformio.ini - Untitled (Workspace) - Visual Studio Code)
| Folder (esp32_learning): 0 files
| File types:
| Conf files:
| Folder (esp32_blink): 116 files
| File types: d(47) o(47) json(5) bin(3) cpp(2) gitignore(1) dblite(1)
| elf(1) map(1) a(1) other(7)
| Conf files: launch.json(1)
| Launch Configs: platformio-debug(3)
| Folder (esp32_currentvoltage): 114 files
| File types: d(47) o(47) json(5) bin(3) gitignore(1) dblite(1) elf(1)
| map(1) a(1) checksum(1) other(6)
| Conf files: launch.json(1)
| Launch Configs: platformio-debug(3);
```

Extensions (19)

Name|Identifier|Author|Version
---|---|---|---
flask-snippets|cstrap.flask-snippets|cstrap|0.1.3
Code Runner|formulahendry.code-runner|formulahendry|0.12.2
HTML Preview|george-alisson.html-preview-vscode|george-alisson|0.2.5
Node.js Modules Intellisense|leizongmin.node-module-intellisense|leizongmin|1.5.0
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|2026.3.1
Python Environments|ms-python.vscode-python-envs|ms-python|1.36.0
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
CMake Tools|ms-vscode.cmake-tools|ms-vscode|1.23.52
C/C++ DevTools|ms-vscode.cpp-devtools|ms-vscode|0.5.14
C/C++|ms-vscode.cpptools|ms-vscode|1.33.8
C/C++ Extension Pack|ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack|ms-vscode|1.5.1
PlatformIO IDE|platformio.platformio-ide|platformio|3.3.4
Wokwi Simulator|wokwi.wokwi-vscode|Wokwi|3.6.0

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sessions_5:31532894
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allow-none:31555437
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unuse_dynamic_mcp:31555281
0d8dfbc3:31566037
0c1h4866:31566224
session-mark-done:31558131
ai4g2856_c:31563074
5b8j3302:31564601
permission_prompt_control:1332567
ccr_pr_nudge_auto_review:1319472

```