VS Code deletes Jupyter Notebooks in the background

[zmbc]

Type: Bug

Unfortunately, I don't know how to reproduce this consistently. It has only happened to me once, on an SSH remote that I use to edit notebooks on a near-daily basis. I was struck by the fact that someone else has reported this before: #128774 which makes me think I'm not crazy.

What I did:

1. Create a Jupyter Notebook in VS Code.
2. Write a bunch of code across many cells.
3. Leave VS Code open for a while (on the order of days).
4. Return to find your Notebook completely wiped clean with all your work erased. Zero cells will exist in the Notebook.

VS Code version: Code 1.96.2 (fabdb6a, 2024-12-19T10:22:47.216Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.4.0-200-generic
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.4.0-200-generic

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10610U CPU @ 1.80GHz (8 x 2304)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.73GB (1.37GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 4a7284cf-79ee-4f92-8211-7126cbf28d7e
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: slurm
OS	Linux x64 5.4.0-200-generic
CPUs	Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz (56 x 1205)
Memory (System)	1007.66GB (971.52GB free)
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	SSH: slurm
OS	Linux x64 5.4.0-200-generic
CPUs	Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz (56 x 1200)
Memory (System)	1007.66GB (971.52GB free)
VM	0%

Extensions (34)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
jupyter-keymap	ms-	1.1.2
remote-containers	ms-	0.394.0
remote-ssh	ms-	0.117.2025010715
remote-ssh-edit	ms-	0.87.0
remote-wsl	ms-	0.88.5
vscode-remote-extensionpack	ms-	0.26.0
remote-explorer	ms-	0.5.2024121609
remote-server	ms-	1.5.2
snakemake-lang	sna	0.1.8
dot	Ste	0.0.1
markdown-mermaid	bie	1.27.0
gitlens	eam	16.1.1
graphviz-markdown-preview	gee	0.0.8
copilot	Git	1.256.0
copilot-chat	Git	0.23.2
restructuredtext	lex	190.4.5
restructuredtext-pack	lex	1.0.3
rainbow-csv	mec	3.13.0
vscode-docker	ms-	1.29.3
debugpy	ms-	2024.14.0
python	ms-	2024.22.2
vscode-pylance	ms-	2024.12.1
jupyter	ms-	2024.11.0
jupyter-keymap	ms-	1.1.2
jupyter-renderers	ms-	1.0.21
vscode-jupyter-cell-tags	ms-	0.1.9
vscode-jupyter-slideshow	ms-	0.1.6
cmake-tools	ms-	1.19.52
cpptools	ms-	1.22.11
cpptools-extension-pack	ms-	1.3.0
vscode-data-preview	Ran	2.3.0
esbonio	swy	0.11.0
simple-rst	tro	1.5.4
cmake	twx	0.0.17

(2 theme extensions excluded)

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