Extensions in VS Code are running in a node.js process. When we update to version 8.x of node.js, the node module "natives" is no longer supported by node.js. It actually never was officially supported but with node.js 8.x using this module can result in a crash that brings down the entire extension host.

As such, VS Code will prevent loading this module.

If you see an extension failing due to this, please reach out to the extension author and ask to update the dependencies so that the "natives" module is no longer required. You can find the contact details of an extension in the right sidebar of the marketplace: