Why does VSCode fully drain MacBook Pro (M2) battery in 2hrs?

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animuchan · Accepted Answer

I second the "check the extensions" answer, because for me it sure doesn't &mdash; when working from home, I only charge a similar machine (M2 MBP) at night, so it's good for at least 9 hours of work, where work == VS Code + Slack + Zoom.

jotaen · Answer

This is more like an Ask HN, isn&rsquo;t it?https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

FBISurveillance · Answer

I suggest you to check your extensions. Local LLMs, language server bugs, maybe even a compromised extension that mines crypto?

nomilk · Answer

FWIW, I rebooted and VSCode's energy usage is back to normal (less than 1/10th of what it was while it was consuming extremely high amounts of energy).https://imgur.com/rFXkoin

nomilk · Answer

According to 9to5mac [1], my 2023 16" MBP should have around 14 hours of "wireless web battery".
Today it lasted 2 hours flat. I had around 5 smallish files open in vscode and wasn't doing anything at all interesting or intensive (no docker, no automated testing, just writing code, and pretty slowly, frankly).
[1] https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/30/m3-macbook-pro-battery-life/

Why does VSCode fully drain MacBook Pro (M2) battery in 2hrs?

Why does VSCode fully drain MacBook Pro (M2) battery in 2hrs?

I second the "check the extensions" answer, because for me it sure doesn't — when working from home, I only charge a similar machine (M2 MBP) at night, so it's good for at least 9 hours of work, where work == VS Code + Slack + Zoom.

This is more like an Ask HN, isn’t it?
https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

I suggest you to check your extensions. Local LLMs, language server bugs, maybe even a compromised extension that mines crypto?

FWIW, I rebooted and VSCode's energy usage is back to normal (less than 1/10th of what it was while it was consuming extremely high amounts of energy).
https://imgur.com/rFXkoin