Visual Studio Code backup mechanics

Question

How does Visual Studio Code recover data after a crash? \"Crash\" includes both sudden power outages and handled exceptions. As examples of what I mean,

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Answer 1

According to https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2016/11/30/hot-exit-in-insiders,

The way hot exit works is to periodically make backups of unsaved files. If VS Code happens to crash, a backup restore will occur the next time the folder is opened.

On Windows, the backup folder is AppData\Roaming\Code\Backups.

As for the period between backups, I haven't found anything.