Why does pasting text into VS Code take several seconds to complete?

Question

I’m experiencing a significant delay whenever I paste text into Visual Studio Code. It can take multiple seconds before the pasted text appears, making editing almost unusable.

I have captured a short GIF to illustrate the behavior:

What I've tried so far

1. Reset all my settings
2. Removed AI extensionsGitHub Copilot).

Despite these attempts, the delay persists.

Additional details

• VS Code version: 1.96.2
• Operating system: windows 11 with wsl

Question

• Has anyone experienced this issue or found a way to fix it?
• Are there known conflicts with certain extensions or specific VS Code settings that cause paste delays?

Answer 1

Here is a workaround that removes the delay. Set this in the user settings:

"typescript.updateImportsOnPaste.enabled": false

I found it here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/235959#issuecomment-2539548324