Crushes on every other request: The window terminated unexpectedly (reason: 'crashed', code: '5')

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The window terminated unexpectedly (reason: ‘crashed’, code: ‘5’).

My OS is up to date 15.3.1 (24D70). Apple M3 Max. The cursor keeps crushing every other request I make to Sonnet 3.7 ( slow) still evaluating the app. I tried to clear * macOS: /Users//Library/Application Support/Code/User as noted here How to Clear the Cache in VS Code | Built In
However, the issue still exists. I believe it has something to do with the cache because IDE is not responsive once I hit enter to send a request to the composer. Looking at CPU/RAM usage; it barely reacts to any code changes, sitting most of the time at idle. I don’t think it’s the large context that Sonnet now allows to work with, as when I send a simple sentence to correct spelling or structure, it crashes. I have two extensions angular language service and shader support(deleted and reinstalled (both) and the rest as is from pure installation: no custom rules or configs. Never had any crash issues with 0.45, worked ok with slow requests at Sonnet 3.5

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Always crashed after updating today. Mac Air M3.

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I have the same problem! Mac Ari M1.

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Thank you for flagging, I’ve also noticed this on my M1 Max!

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I am getting this as well. Nothing i am doing is solving the issue.

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Yeah same here, ever since the new update today I’m crashing with every request

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So it seems after I increase my Virtual Memory within my system properties all is working well.

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same here - spiked to about 4GB RAM usage

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hey @The_Unknown ! would love to get on a call quickly to debug, i’ll dm you

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How has this not been addressed yet? This is impossible to use! crashes every command. so many people reporting problems and no response. crazy

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same issue on a M2 max, trying really hard not to smash the screen!!!

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same, this comes at a horrible time to crash every time i push submit. is there a way to rollback the version im using? this isnt at all usable

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Same issue here

The window terminated unexpectedly (reason: ‘crashed’, code: ‘5’)

Whats the fix?

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The crashing is so bad! i had to switch back to VS Code

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We’ve noticed that users who always add messages to the same thread have had more performance issues compared to users who occasionally create new chat/composer threads.

Happy to also hop on a call and try to debug with anyone who has been getting the crash issues repeatedly, we’re not able to reproduce the crashes locally and are trying to hunt them down and fix them. Please DM me if you’re open to hopping on a quick google meet to debug.

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seems to be quite a few 1st time posters on this? and also seems like it has something to do with the update and everyones getting the same problem when it crashes.

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is it possible to rollback to the previous version at all? its actually unusable in this state.

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Having the same issue, is it possible to roll back to previous version?

Version: 0.46.8
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: be4f0962469499f009005e66867c8402202ff0b0
Date: 2025-02-28T19:31:35.681Z
Electron: 32.2.6
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.6.0

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Having a similar issue. Started after a pretty heavy session in chat with agent. now crashing ever couple minutes. Happy to chat with devs to show whats happening if helpful.

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This problem is in my opinion related to memory usage. I made more memory available and cursor haven’t chrashed in two hours now. Before it charshed every 5 minutes.