process.report.getReport is very slow when called in Extension Host, blocks most functionality

[jakebailey]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

Version: 1.97.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: cc14c75
Date: 2025-01-23T10:37:55.126Z
Electron: 32.2.7
ElectronBuildId: 10660205
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Clone https://github.com/jakebailey/vscode-getreport-issue
2. Run the extension
3. Run the "Hello World" command
4. Attempt to do anything with the editor

I discovered this as part of dprint/dprint-vscode#99; for months my editor has been unresponsive at startup, unable to hover or even copy and paste now that there are paste providers, and this particular call is the culprit.

If I run Node directly, or call VS Code "as node", it does not exhibit these problems. My impression is that this has to do with VS Code patching all of the networking calls, since unfortunately getReport calls to the network (even though effectively all users use it to check if libc is musl or not).

Related: nodejs/node#55576

[deepak1556]

Thanks for the concise repro, I will try backporting the upstream fix and see if that helps.

[deepak1556]

If I run Node directly, or call VS Code "as node", it does not exhibit these problems. My impression is that this has to do with VS Code patching all of the networking calls, since unfortunately getReport calls to the network (even though effectively all users use it to check if libc is musl or not).

If you have an open network socket, ex: a http request with keep alive then it should repro with vanilla node as well.

Reading the relevant Node.js issue and the fix, it seems the extension still needs to call process.report.excludeNetwork = true to avoid the expensive dns resolution calls if they are not interested in the info.

I would also need to backport nodejs/node#55602 so that excludeNetwork covers all cases.

But I don't see how we can completely avoid this issue,

1. Track and proactively reach out to extensions making report api calls with network info
2. Flip the default of excludeNetwork in the extension host (this would be a breaking change)

/cc @chrmarti @alexdima