VS Code + SSH FS lagging

If you're using VS Code and the SSH FS plugin to connect to Artemis/Odin and you've recently noticed significant lag while opening and saving files, you're not alone. The issue seems to have started with recent updates to either VS Code or the SSH FS plugin version. There's a GitHub issue for SSH FS that discusses this. Here's a link to the thread, and here's a link to a comment in the thread referencing installing specific versions to avoid the issue.

The easiest way for me to resolve this was to rollback to previous versions of both VS Code and SSH FS. So far on Windows 10 and 11, VS Code version 1.76.2 and SSH FS version 1.25.0 have been fast and stable. You'll most likely want to use the User download link for Windows rather than the System download link. The main difference is User installs to your account's AppData folder and does not need admin rights, while System installs to your Program Files directory and may need admin rights.

To roll back to a previous version of SSH FS, find it in the Extensions tab on VS Code and click the arrow next to Uninstall, then choose Install Another Version and choose 1.25.0:

You may also want to turn off automatic updates for VS Code. In File > Preferences > Settings, type update in the Search bar and change the method to none or manual.

Maybe once the semester's over, I'll go back to the latest versions of these and see if the issue has been fixed. But in the last few weeks of busyness, waiting > 20 seconds to view a folder's content, open a file, or save changes is just too much to bear.