TypeScript: VSCode TypeScript types-registry Performance Bug

Type: Performance Issue

VSCode TypeScript keeps running npm install types-registry@latest wether the window is opened or even closed! This process makes 100% CPU all the time on my MacBook Pro M1 Pro 14" 2021. This makes my Mac runs hotter, and drains the battery so much. Please fix this.

VS Code version: Code 1.76.1 (5e805b79fcb6ba4c2d23712967df89a089da575b, 2023-03-08T16:48:08.231Z) OS version: Darwin arm64 22.3.0 Modes: Sandboxed: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Apple M1 Pro (8 x 24)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled metal: disabled_off multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off
Load (avg)	4, 4, 4
Memory (System)	16.00GB (1.57GB free)
Process Argv	. --crash-reporter-id 36f047c5-4fb0-47f5-b14f-86c1a3245f56
Screen Reader	yes
VM	0%

Process Info

CPU %	Mem MB	   PID	Process
   29	   180	  5581	code main
   10	    82	  5584	   gpu-process
    0	    33	  5585	   utility-network-service
   68	   393	  5587	   window (index.jsx — agallio.xyz)
   30	   180	  5588	   shared-process
    0	    66	  5590	     ptyHost
    0	    66	  5593	     fileWatcher
    0	     0	  5678	     /bin/ps -ax -o pid=,ppid=,pcpu=,pmem=,command=
    0	   180	  5589	   utility-process
    0	   147	  5592	     electron-nodejs (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper (Plugin).app/Contents/MacOS/Code Helper (Plugin) --ms-enable-electron-run-as-node --max-old-space-size=3072 /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/node_modules/typescript/lib/tsserver.js --serverMode partialSemantic --useInferredProjectPerProjectRoot --disableAutomaticTypingAcquisition --cancellationPipeName /var/folders/_w/8g5fd_tn1ks7cklkr_c6t_t80000gn/T/vscode-typescript501/b7be7f9d6170981475a5/tscancellation-85b4d4295cb860a931aa.tmp* --locale en --noGetErrOnBackgroundUpdate --validateDefaultNpmLocation --useNodeIpc)
    0	   328	  5594	     electron-nodejs (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper (Plugin).app/Contents/MacOS/Code Helper (Plugin) --ms-enable-electron-run-as-node --max-old-space-size=3072 /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/node_modules/typescript/lib/tsserver.js --useInferredProjectPerProjectRoot --enableTelemetry --cancellationPipeName /var/folders/_w/8g5fd_tn1ks7cklkr_c6t_t80000gn/T/vscode-typescript501/b7be7f9d6170981475a5/tscancellation-d4ab4655c236db7fec79.tmp* --locale en --noGetErrOnBackgroundUpdate --validateDefaultNpmLocation --useNodeIpc)
    0	    98	  5608	       electron-nodejs (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper (Plugin).app/Contents/MacOS/Code Helper (Plugin) --ms-enable-electron-run-as-node /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/node_modules/typescript/lib/typingsInstaller.js --globalTypingsCacheLocation /Users/agalliosamai/Library/Caches/typescript/4.9 --enableTelemetry --typesMapLocation /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/node_modules/typescript/lib/typesMap.json --validateDefaultNpmLocation)
    0	   147	  5610	     electron-nodejs (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper (Plugin).app/Contents/MacOS/Code Helper (Plugin) --ms-enable-electron-run-as-node /Users/agalliosamai/.vscode/extensions/dbaeumer.vscode-eslint-2.4.0/server/out/eslintServer.js --node-ipc --clientProcessId=5589)
    0	    49	  5637	     electron-nodejs (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Frameworks/Code Helper (Plugin).app/Contents/MacOS/Code Helper (Plugin) --ms-enable-electron-run-as-node /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/json-language-features/server/dist/node/jsonServerMain --node-ipc --clientProcessId=5589)
   22	    82	  5676	   issue-reporter

Workspace Info

|  Window (index.jsx — agallio.xyz)
|    Folder (agallio.xyz): 1154 files
|      File types: js(509) json(313) css(73) svg(31) pack(20) jsx(20)
|                  woff2(12) sql(11) png(11) webp(9)
|      Conf files: package.json(3) dockerfile(2) jsconfig.json(2)
|                  settings.json(1);

Extensions (3)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
vscode-eslint	dba	2.4.0
gitlens	eam	13.3.2
prettier-vscode	esb	9.10.4

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About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created a year ago
Comments: 23 (11 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

I think I found the culprit. The TS caches inside the ~/Library/Caches/typescript are broken. I delete them and open VSCode again, and it can re-install the types-registry without hanging. It seems like it’s because the last VSCode version I used (can’t remember the exact version number) doesn’t install the types-registry with npm directly (IIRC though, CMIIW).

agallio on Mar 17, 2023