I'm facing exactly this problem since yesterday sunday, suddenly the cpu usage went up to 100%. I'm using version 1.79.2, when I don't type anything from VSCode the CPU is idle again. I'm here wondering what might be happening, and still the problem persists! :( Below image showing high usage of VSCode.enter image description here
I researched about the problem I found, even here I came across a report of this problem with some tips that supposedly would work, however, they did not. The link VS Code uses 100% CPU even if it is closed