"searching text for `...` hangs tool context hangs indefinitely

[stauntonjr]

Type: Bug

"searching text for ... hangs tool context hangs indefinitely

Extension version: 0.31.5
VS Code version: Code 1.104.3 (385651c, 2025-10-02T12:30:51.747Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.14.11-2-pve
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.14.11-2-pve

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K (24 x 3187)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	63.74GB (33.44GB free)
Process Argv	-n --crash-reporter-id b9c484e9-c924-4438-915c-fbc99b91681f
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: vpn-srv
OS	Linux x64 6.14.11-2-pve
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz (4 x 4000)
Memory (System)	4.00GB (2.36GB free)
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: proxmox
OS	Linux x64 6.14.11-2-pve
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz (8 x 3999)
Memory (System)	31.23GB (13.23GB free)
VM	0%

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[ayush-j]

Facing the same issue on latest stable 1.105.1.

Version: 1.105.1 (system setup)
Commit: 7d842fb85a0275a4a8e4d7e040d2625abbf7f084
Date: 2025-10-14T22:33:36.618Z
Electron: 37.6.0
ElectronBuildId: 12502201
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.19.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0

I see VS Code is endlessly executing git.exe rev-parse --show-toplevel processes again and again when this happens. I also see this error in Copilot's output window:

2025-10-28 08:02:49.191 [error] [GitServiceImpl][getRepositoryFetchUrls] Failed to read remotes from .git/config: Unable to resolve filesystem provider with relative file path 'untitled:Untitled-1'

But when I see the error, it then seems to fallback to local grep_search instead of using remote workspace index and carries on (not ideal but doesn't hang indefinitely).

I think git.exe processes are not being launched with the correct working directory which might be causing both issues. And #271417 might be related. cc: @mjbvz