Python code is occasionaly represented wrongly as a string

Type: Bug

In a defnition use a triple-quote doc-string, and sometimes the whole function turns yellow, like a striung.

VS Code version: Code 1.136.1 (a44adf7f53e00964ab890f9f8758a334f1fc15bc, 2026-09-03T05:06:41Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

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Machine model name:
Machine model version:
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gpu_compositing: enabled
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webgl: enabled
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|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 81683f31-0858-47fd-859a-88e38bad65bf|
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