IAR Build Utility starts automatically and uses 100% processor

[JanWielgus]

I have a problem with the newest version (v1.20.3). When I open the IAR project in VS Code and click on the IAR icon on the left panel, in about 10 seconds this extension opens ~30 IAR Build Utility processes out of nowhere, that uses in total 100% of the processor. I waited for about 30 minutes, but nothing happens and PC is barely usable.
In Task Manager it looks like this:

I have IAR Embedded Workbench 8.3
Everything works on version 1.20.2 and 1.20.1 (those versions I tested)

Thank you for your help!

[jlonnberg]

@JanWielgus Can you please describe your project structure, e.g., number of .ewp files in the opened folder, number of configurations and number of files in the project? I suspect that this is part of the system that handles underlying information which basically runs a series to builds to gather enough information, so if the folder contains many ewp-files and/or projects with many files we might have a problem there.

[JanWielgus]

@jlonnberg In opened folder I have indeed about 200 .ewp files, each of them have at least two configurations and many have four. Many projects are quite big.
Can something be done with this?

[HampusAdolfsson]

Hi, I just answered someone else with the same problem in another issue. See my reply here:
#49 (comment)

[jlonnberg]

Closing as duplicate of #49