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docs: add memory leak crash issue
Document potential memory leak in shell integration that can cause VSCode to crash and close all windows unexpectedly. Note that it typically only occurs after gigabytes of terminal output. Signed-off-by: Eric Wheeler <[email protected]>
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1. Closing and reopening the terminal
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2. Running the command again
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3. If the problem persists, you may need to manually copy-paste relevant output to Roo Code
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### Memory Leak Leading to VSCode Crashes
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There is a potential memory leak in the upstream shell integration that can cause VSCode to crash unexpectedly. When this occurs, VSCode and all related windows will close completely without warning.
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**Work-around:** there is no known workaround, but I do not hit this problem until gigabytes of terminal output, so it may not affect you.
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## Troubleshooting Resources
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- [VSCode Terminal Output Issue #237208](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/237208): Tracking the incomplete terminal output capture issue (ongoing as of March 8, 2025)

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