GPU acceleration issue
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Description
Type: Bug
After use the Visual Studio about 8 hours, the app start to use more than 9Gb of RAM in a small project. The only way to restore the working was "disable gpu hardware acceleration" and reboot the computer
VS Code version: Code 1.137.0 (645f29cc3176500b4b5762ba887cf2a7f0ffdf2c, 2026-09-08T13:43:59-07:00)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:
System Info
|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHz (20 x 3696)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x10de, DEVICE=0x1f06 [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER], DRIVER_VENDOR=NVIDIA, DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.15.9186 *ACTIVE*
GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.19041.5794
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)|15.90GB (9.39GB free)|
|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 41613361-febf-4536-84e7-2f505de345eb|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
Extensions (21)
Name|Identifier|Author|Version
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Claude Code for VS Code|anthropic.claude-code|Anthropic|2.1.268
JSON Crack|aykutsarac.jsoncrack-vscode|AykutSarac|5.1.0
Kivy|battlebas.kivy-vscode|BattleBas|0.5.5
JSON Viewer|ccimage.jsonviewer|ccimage|1.5.2
Rainbow CSV|mechatroner.rainbow-csv|mechatroner|3.24.1
KvLang|monk3ydev.kvlang|Monk3yDev|0.0.6
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
Remote - SSH|ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh|ms-vscode-remote|0.128.0
Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files|ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-edit|ms-vscode-remote|0.87.0
CMake Tools|ms-vscode.cmake-tools|ms-vscode|1.24.42
C/C++ DevTools|ms-vscode.cpp-devtools|ms-vscode|0.6.18
C/C++|ms-vscode.cpptools|ms-vscode|1.34.4
C/C++ Extension Pack|ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack|ms-vscode|1.5.1
Remote Explorer|ms-vscode.remote-explorer|ms-vscode|0.5.0
PlatformIO IDE|platformio.platformio-ide|platformio|3.3.4
Cline|saoudrizwan.claude-dev|saoudrizwan|4.1.17
vscode-pdf|tomoki1207.pdf|tomoki1207|1.2.2
json|zainchen.json|ZainChen|2.0.2
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