VSCode becomes unresponsive when editing large Rust projects on macOS — anyone else experienced this?

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I’m experiencing a frustrating issue when working with large Rust projects in Visual Studio Code on macOS (M1/M2). After some time, the editor becomes very sluggish — typing gets delayed, files take longer to open or save, and sometimes the entire interface seems to freeze temporarily. It turns simple editing into a nightmare.

I’m not sure what’s causing it — could it be the Rust Analyzer, the Copilot extension, or maybe something else related to indexing or background processes?

Has anyone else faced similar issues on Mac? If so, did you manage to fix or improve the performance? I’d really appreciate any tips or insights.

Thanks in advance!