Diagnosing and Fixing 'Extension Host Terminated Unexpectedly' in VS Code
Learn how to diagnose and resolve 'Extension Host Terminated Unexpectedly' errors in VS Code using Process Explorer, Extension Bisect, and host logs.
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Learn how to diagnose and resolve 'Extension Host Terminated Unexpectedly' errors in VS Code using Process Explorer, Extension Bisect, and host logs.
Extension Host Recovery Behavior Visual Studio Code utilizes a separate process for the Extension Host to ensure UI stability. When this process terminates unexpectedly, the editor triggers an automatic restart mechanism to restore extension functionality and displays the notification "Extension Host crashed". While the memento API allows extensions to persi