roo code completely locked up

[VincentJGeisler]

App Version

3.23.19 Published

API Provider

DeepSeek

Model Used

any

Roo Code Task Links (Optional)

🔁 Steps to Reproduce

start visual studio code, attempt to start roo coder,

all you get is a scrolling bar on the top, plugin is completly unresponsive.

💥 Outcome Summary

expected it to start up, got a blank screen

📄 Relevant Logs or Errors (Optional)

[roomote]

Hi @VincentJGeisler! I'm here to help out the maintainers and am going to investigate this issue where Roo Code is completely locking up with a scrolling bar. I'll look into what might be causing the plugin to become unresponsive on startup and work on a fix. Thanks for reporting this!

[roomote]

Hi @VincentJGeisler,

I have created a pull request to fix this issue: #6235

The fix includes:

• A proper loading screen that displays immediately when the webview starts, preventing the blank screen
• Retry logic to handle cases where the extension is slow to respond
• A timeout message to inform users when loading takes longer than expected

This should resolve the complete lockup you were experiencing on startup. The PR is currently going through CI checks, and once merged, the fix will be available in the next release.

Thank you for reporting this issue!

[speech-figure]

I have the same issue. Here is the output from Extension Host (without call stack included):

2025-07-26 12:52:28.976 [info] Extension host terminating: renderer closed the MessagePort
2025-07-26 12:52:28.994 [info] Extension host with pid 30248 exiting with code 0
2025-07-26 12:52:30.563 [info] Extension host with pid 30263 started
2025-07-26 12:52:30.601 [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension vscode.emmet, startup: false, activationEvent: 'onLanguage'
2025-07-26 12:52:30.608 [info] ExtensionService#_doActivateExtension RooVeterinaryInc.roo-cline, startup: false, activationEvent: 'onLanguage'
2025-07-26 12:52:32.316 [error] Activating extension RooVeterinaryInc.roo-cline failed due to an error:
2025-07-26 12:52:32.316 [error] TypeError: (0 , tNn.getDefaultHighWaterMark) is not a function

I am using VS Code Version: 1.85.2 on a mac os 10.15

[hannesrudolph]

Could you please update your VS Code to the latest version? We officially only support the most recent releases and can’t guarantee compatibility with older versions.