This fixes a memory leak related to context keys. In contextkeys.ts there is this function:

this._register(Event.runAndSubscribe(onDidRegisterWindow, ({ window, disposables }) => disposables.add(addDisposableListener(window, EventType.FOCUS_IN, () => this.updateInputContextKeys(window.document, disposables), true)), { window: mainWindow, disposables: this._store }));

When a new window is registered, for each window it adds a focusin event listener for updating the context keys.

The memory leak problem seems to be that it passes the disposables of this window to the updateInputContextKeys function.

private updateInputContextKeys(ownerDocument: Document, disposables: DisposableStore): void {

 /* ... */

if (isInputFocused) {
	const tracker = disposables.add(trackFocus(ownerDocument.activeElement as HTMLElement));
	Event.once(tracker.onDidBlur)(() => {

	  /* ... */

		tracker.dispose();
	}, undefined, disposables);
}

Here the FocusTracker disposable is added to disposables each time an input element in the window is being focused, making disposables grow each time.

For example:

1. A window is open
2. The quickpick is being opened
3. The quickpick input is being focused
4. A focus tracker is created and added to the disposables array of this window
5. Close the quickpick
6. Repeat the steps 2-5. Each time a FocusTracker is being added to the disposables array

Fix

The fix uses a MutableDisposable to dispose and overwrite the previous focus trackers.

private updateInputContextKeys(ownerDocument: Document, mutableDisposable: MutableDisposable<any>): void {

 /* ... */

const store = new DisposableStore();
mutableDisposable.value = store;

if (isInputFocused) {
	const tracker = store.add(trackFocus(ownerDocument.activeElement as HTMLElement));
	Event.once(tracker.onDidBlur)(() => {

	  /* ... */

		tracker.dispose();
	}, undefined, store);
}

This way when an input element in the window is focused, the previous FocusTracker will be unreferenced by setting mutableDisposable.value with the new DisposableStore.

Before

When showing and hiding the quickpick 31 times, the number of FocusTracker instances increases each time from 63 to 125:

After

When showing and hiding the quickpick 31 times, the number of FocusTracker stays constant at 63: