Ctrl key prevents further keyboard or mouse input

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Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.98.2 (ddc367e)
• OS Version: 24H2 (OS Build 26100.3476)

Often when pressing Ctrl to perform hotkey actions, or when Ctrl is tapped independently, VSCode becomes unresponsive to keyboard or mouse input. The app doesn't freeze, since the text caret is still blinking, but it stops reacting to user input. This causes most notibly hotkeys which include the Ctrl key to fail, and makes it difficult to edit documents.

This issue is flaky, occasionally it'll reproduce many times in succession, while other times it'll work fine. Whatever condition is causing this to begin failing is unclear.

While experiencing this issue, opening the Windows Start Menu allows VSCode to continue accepting input, but tapping the Ctrl key afterwards will very often cause the issue to reproduce again.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open Visual Studio Code
2. Open any document
3. Tap the left Ctrl key
4. Notice VSCode ignores further keyboard or mouse input is ignored, but the text caret still blinks.
5. Tap the Windows key to open the Start Menu
6. Notice VSCode again responds to keyboard and mouse input
7. Repeat steps 3 onward to continue reproducing the bug