IDE fails to launch and C / C++ intellisense stops working frequently in WSL

Hi @mmurty, if you’re using the Anysphere C++ extension, that uses clangd under the hood for the language server. You’ll need to configure the build tool (e.g. CMake) to output a compile_commands.json. Unfortunately, we are unable to support the VSCode Cpp intellisense (which uses the c_cpp_properites.json for configuration), as that is only compatible for VSCode.

Please see this thread: Intellisense disabled in new C++ extension