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Stuck stating tools at the beginning of a new session

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
devtools, performance

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reproducing the new-session flow with the reported system prompt on the listed extension and VS Code versions, then trace where the UI remains at “starting tools.” Done means the stuck state is explained and a verified regression test or reproduction check confirms it no longer occurs.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

Type: Performance Issue

so I provide system prompt and it got stuck saying "starting tools" or soemething like that

Extension version: 0.31.0
VS Code version: Code 1.111.0 (ce099c1ed25d9eb3076c11e4a280f3eb52b4fbeb, 2026-03-06T23:06:10Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:

System Info
Item Value
CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100T CPU @ 3.20GHz (4 x 3192)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: enabled
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0x1912 [Intel(R) HD Graphics 530], DRIVER_VENDOR=Intel, DRIVER_VERSION=26.20.100.7156 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
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg) undefined
Memory (System) 7.88GB (1.43GB free)
Process Argv --folder-uri file:///c%3A/code/ForeSight --crash-reporter-id 2c2e99a6-4d7c-471a-a430-b375d217533c
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Process Info 
CPU %	Mem MB	   PID	Process
    0	   107	 21656	code
    0	   126	  4832	   gpu-process
    0	   279	  7192	window [1] (foresight_system_prompt.md - ForeSight - Visual Studio Code)
    0	    77	 11960	   utility-process
    0	    98	 12724	pty-host
    0	     8	 10372	     conpty-agent
    0	    52	 11780	     C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noexit -command "try { . \"c:\Users\howardon\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\ce099c1ed2\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\contrib\terminal\common\scripts\shellIntegration.ps1\" } catch {}"
    0	    85	 17608	file-watcher [1]
    0	    28	 18332	   crashpad-handler
    0	   128	 18764	shared-process
    0	    44	 19620	   utility-network-service
    0	   187	 21920	extension-host [1]
    0	   115	   800	     electron-nodejs (bundle.js)
    0	     8	  7860	     c:\Users\howardon\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.vscode-python-envs-1.22.0-win32-x64\python-env-tools\bin\pet.exe server
    0	     7	 14156	       C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0x4
    0	    88	 20320	     "C:\Users\howardon\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" "c:\Users\howardon\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\ce099c1ed2\resources\app\extensions\markdown-language-features\dist\serverWorkerMain" --node-ipc --clientProcessId=21920
Workspace Info 
|  Window (foresight_system_prompt.md - ForeSight - Visual Studio Code)
|    Folder (ForeSight): 2 files
|      File types: md(2)
|      Conf files:;
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