VS Code Error Exceeding 128 Tools In QueryDiscussion Category
Performance Issue
I've encountered a peculiar performance issue in Visual Studio Code recently, specifically when it seems I'm using a large number of "tools" within the queryDiscussion
category. It's been happening for the past couple of days, and I'm not entirely sure how to accurately measure the number of tools I'm using. I've tried the usual troubleshooting steps – rebooting my PC, restarting VS Code, keeping my PC off for a while, and even clearing the cache – but the error persists. Strangely, it started working again yesterday, but I'm unsure why. It seems like there might be a limit on the number of tools that can be used simultaneously in this category, and exceeding that limit triggers the error. This is quite frustrating, as it disrupts my workflow and makes it difficult to work efficiently. It's crucial to identify the root cause of this issue and find a solution to prevent it from recurring. Understanding the limitations of the queryDiscussion
category and the resources it consumes would be beneficial in optimizing my usage and avoiding performance bottlenecks. Further investigation into the specific tools being used and their interactions within the VS Code environment is necessary to pinpoint the exact cause of the problem.
Extension version: 0.29.1 VS Code version: Code 1.102.3 (488a1f239235055e34e673291fb8d8c810886f81, 2025-07-29T03:00:23.339Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100 Modes:
System Info
Item | Value |
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CPUs | 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1195G7 @ 2.90GHz (8 x 2918) |
GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on 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 video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled_off |
Load (avg) | undefined |
Memory (System) | 15.65GB (1.60GB free) |
Process Argv | --crash-reporter-id 8c2ce373-69ab-4229-b875-05eadf18b7a8 |
Screen Reader | no |
VM | 0% |
Process Info
CPU % Mem MB PID Process
0 149 18344 code
0 68 4288 file-watcher [1]
1 294 4328 gpu-process
0 37 4976 utility-network-service
1 272 6260 window [1] (weather - Visual Studio Code)
1 607 6460 extension-host [1]
0 41 5280 electron-nodejs (eslintServer.js )
0 7 9928 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c ""c:\Users\and3r\.vscode\extensions\vscjava.vscode-gradle-3.16.4\lib\gradle-server.bat" "--port=58252" "--startBuildServer=true" "--languageServerPipePath=\\.\\pipe\\d63b46a34d4a3b56c8471091eadcbada-sock" "--pipeName=\\.\\pipe\\3f23bf997ca6e55b1864350758ee36cc-sock" "--bundleDir=c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\vscjava.vscode-gradle-3.16.4\\server"""
0 6 8388 C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
0 117 18568 "c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\redhat.java-1.43.1-win32-x64\\jre\\21.0.7-win32-x86_64/bin/java.exe" "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8" --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED -classpath "c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\vscjava.vscode-gradle-3.16.4\\lib\\gradle-server.jar" com.github.badsyntax.gradle.GradleServer "--port=58252" "--startBuildServer=true" "--languageServerPipePath=\\.\\pipe\\d63b46a34d4a3b56c8471091eadcbada-sock" "--pipeName=\\.\\pipe\\3f23bf997ca6e55b1864350758ee36cc-sock" "--bundleDir=c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\vscjava.vscode-gradle-3.16.4\\server"
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0 391 13812 c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\jre\\21.0.7-win32-x86_64.tar\\bin\\java -jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\server\\sonarlint-ls.jar -stdio -analyzers c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\analyzers\\sonargo.jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\analyzers\\sonarjava.jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\analyzers\\sonarjavasymbolicexecution.jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\analyzers\\sonarjs.jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\analyzers\\sonarphp.jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\analyzers\\sonarpython.jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\analyzers\\sonarhtml.jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\analyzers\\sonarxml.jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\analyzers\\sonartext.jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\analyzers\\sonariac.jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint-vscode-4.27.0-win32-x64\\analyzers\\sonarlintomnisharp.jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\sonarsource.sonarlint_ondemand-analyzers\\sonar-cfamily-plugin\\6.68.0.85760\\sonarcfamily.jar
0 6 18540 C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
0 70 23680 electron-nodejs (server.js )
0 103 24828 C:\Users\and3r\AppData\Local\snyk\vscode-cli\snyk-win.exe language-server -l info
0 6 20324 C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
0 871 25676 c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\redhat.java-1.43.1-win32-x64\\jre\\21.0.7-win32-x86_64/bin/java --add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.fs=ALL-UNNAMED -Declipse.application=org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.id1 -Dosgi.bundles.defaultStartLevel=4 -Declipse.product=org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.product -Djava.import.generatesMetadataFilesAtProjectRoot=false -DDetectVMInstallationsJob.disabled=true -Dfile.encoding=utf8 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90 -Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -Xmx2G -Xms100m -Xlog:disable -javaagent:c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\redhat.java-1.43.1-win32-x64\\lombok\\lombok-1.18.39-4050.jar -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=c:\\Users\\and3r\\AppData\\Roaming\\Code\\User\\workspaceStorage\\abd4b5e7373bc9a88c3fd3f6104291a9\\redhat.java -Daether.dependencyCollector.impl=bf -jar c:\\Users\\and3r\\.vscode\\extensions\\redhat.java-1.43.1-win32-x64\\server\\plugins\\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.7.0.v20250519-0528.jar -configuration c:\\Users\\and3r\\AppData\\Roaming\\Code\\User\\globalStorage\\redhat.java\\1.43.1\\config_win -data c:\\Users\\and3r\\AppData\\Roaming\\Code\\User\\workspaceStorage\\abd4b5e7373bc9a88c3fd3f6104291a9\\redhat.java\\jdt_ws --pipe=\\.\\pipe\\lsp-6f56250f7f2c0fd8bb8eb06d2bdab393-sock
0 738 15992 C:\Java\jdk-21\bin\java.exe --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.prefs/java.util.prefs=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.xml/javax.xml.namespace=ALL-UNNAMED -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED -Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.country=US -Duser.language=en -Duser.variant -cp C:\\Users\\and3r\\.gradle\\wrapper\\dists\\gradle-8.13-all\\54h0s9kvb6g2sinako7ub77ku\\gradle-8.13\\lib\\gradle-daemon-main-8.13.jar -javaagent:C:\\Users\\and3r\\.gradle\\wrapper\\dists\\gradle-8.13-all\\54h0s9kvb6g2sinako7ub77ku\\gradle-8.13\\lib\\agents\\gradle-instrumentation-agent-8.13.jar org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.GradleDaemon 8.13
0 50 28344 "C:\\Users\\and3r\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe" "c:\\Users\\and3r\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\resources\\app\\extensions\\json-language-features\\server\\dist\\node\\jsonServerMain" --node-ipc --clientProcessId=6460
0 82 10140 pty-host
0 90 12508 C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noexit -command "try { . \"c:\\Users\\and3r\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\resources\\app\\out\\vs\\workbench\\contrib\\terminal\\common\\scripts\\shellIntegration.ps1\" } catch {}"
0 8 14920 conpty-agent
0 86 21844 C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noexit -command "try { . \"c:\\Users\\and3r\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\resources\\app\\out\\vs\\workbench\\contrib\\terminal\\common\\scripts\\shellIntegration.ps1\" } catch {}"
0 8 27304 conpty-agent
0 18 12764 crashpad-handler
0 106 26868 shared-process
Workspace Info
| Window (weather - Visual Studio Code)
| Folder (weather): 1534 files
| File types: xml(158) json(145) flat(143) png(53) tsx(52) ts(47) jar(31)
| js(30) bin(26) properties(17)
| Conf files: github-actions(2) settings.json(1) tasks.json(1)
| package.json(1) tsconfig.json(1);
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