{SSH} clicking on a large file causes entire connection to hang

[JacksonKearl]

1. Click a large file (~50 MB zip, for instance) by accident in the explorer. Close the editor while it's still loading.
2. Attempt to open a different file. It will hang for many seconds, presumably until earlier file completes transfer.

Ideally the transfer could be cancelled when I close the editor.

[dcheung2]

Similar problem on opening a large JSON file (~400MB)

Steps to reproduce

• Limited network speed (I think it is 1MB/s)
• Launch remote vscode with SSH
• Open a large/400MB JSON file (generated stats.json by webpack)
• Close the editor

Expected behavior
A) show partial content while it loading
B) say something about difficulty to handle large file
C) Terminal still can work
D) get back to normal as soon as I close the editor

Actual behavior

• editor keep loading; nothing loaded
• Prompt to reconnect on ssh on every ~20 seconds
• All terminals freeze
• Reconnect doesn't help
• Close the editor doesn't help
• SSH reconnect even after editor closed

Workaround

1. Close the editor
2. Reload window
3. open ssh terminal
4. happy vim

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note: the json file is around 30~35 after gzip.

[bpasero]

Duplicate of #57585 and microsoft/vscode-remote-release#6517