Visual Studio Code Intellisense is very slow - Is there anything I can do?

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Edit: Pylance seems to be much better at this and has so far resolved all problems with the previous Python language server from Microsoft.

I\'m using VS Code an

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My answer's for c++ but still kinda related.

I'm using the C/C++ extension from Microsoft, and when I switched its Intelli Sense Engine setting from Default, with "context-aware results", to Tag Parser, with "'fuzzy' results that are not context-aware", it immediately started showing IntelliSense options instead of delaying for 5+ seconds.

So maybe check the particular options of your language's or environment's extension(s).