What version of VS Code are you using?
v1.109.5
What version of Tailwind CSS IntelliSense are you using?
v0.14.29
What version of Tailwind CSS are you using?
v4.1.17
What package manager are you using?
npm
What operating system are you using?
Ubuntu 25.10
Describe your issue
When working in a project with Tailwind CSS, the Tailwind CSS IntelliSense extension spawns a large number of helper processes. In the system monitor they appear as multiple code processes, each consuming around ~19–20 MB of resident memory.
In total, these processes accumulate to approximately 3–4 GB of RAM usage.
From the process details, they appear to be related to the extension helper:
bradlc.vscode-tailwindcss/dist/oxide-helper.js
Example command line from the system monitor:
/snap/code/.../extensions/bradlc.vscode-tailwindcss-0.14.29/dist/oxide-helper.js
Observed behavior:
- Opening a workspace with Tailwind enabled spawns dozens of helper processes
- Each process uses ~20 MB of memory
- Memory usage grows to several gigabytes
- The processes remain running even when editing a single file
Environment details:
- VS Code installed via Snap
- GNOME System Monitor shows the processes under
snap.code.code
- Many processes are waiting on
ep_poll
Expected behavior:
The extension should ideally use a small number of worker processes instead of spawning dozens of separate processes that collectively consume several gigabytes of RAM.
What version of VS Code are you using?
v1.109.5
What version of Tailwind CSS IntelliSense are you using?
v0.14.29
What version of Tailwind CSS are you using?
v4.1.17
What package manager are you using?
npm
What operating system are you using?
Ubuntu 25.10
Describe your issue
When working in a project with Tailwind CSS, the Tailwind CSS IntelliSense extension spawns a large number of helper processes. In the system monitor they appear as multiple
codeprocesses, each consuming around ~19–20 MB of resident memory.In total, these processes accumulate to approximately 3–4 GB of RAM usage.
From the process details, they appear to be related to the extension helper:
Example command line from the system monitor:
Observed behavior:
Environment details:
snap.code.codeep_pollExpected behavior:
The extension should ideally use a small number of worker processes instead of spawning dozens of separate processes that collectively consume several gigabytes of RAM.