VSCode extension ships with two binaries, wasting disk space
Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Apr 9, 2026 by EtaoinWu Closed Apr 9, 2026
What version of the IDE extension are you using?
vscode 26.406.31024
What subscription do you have?
Edu
Which IDE are you using?
VS Code
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
<img width="500" height="399" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3dee53d8-312d-44f7-bf15-3057e4126319" />
The extension ships with both binaries for *nix and Windows, essentially wasting ~150MiB of disk space for every user, no matter the user's OS
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Install the extension
- Look at the installed extension using something like
du,ncdu, or if on Windows, spacesniffer
What is the expected behavior?
Download the required codex binary only for the platform
Additional information
_No response_
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