Extensions keep reinstalling every time I load VS Code Desktop

[alessandro-newzoo]

Bug description

There are several extensions that, for some reason, get reinstalled every single time I create/open a Gitpod workspace.
The extensions are not in my VS Code profile. I think they are extensions I have installed (and removed) a long time ago, probably when I was trialling Gitpod (and then decided to ditch it for this exact problem, which I forgot about until I tried it again today).

This is incredibly annoying and it's making it impossible for my team to use Gitpod.

Steps to reproduce

• Open VS Code
• Notice how the extension vscode-twigcs is not installed:
  
• Command pallette → Settings Sync: Sync now
• Create a Gitpod workspace that opens in VS Code Desktop
• Notice how vscode-twigcs is now installed in the new workspace (why??):
  
• Uninstall the extension while the workspace is open
• Reload the VS Code window
• The extension has been reinstalled again 😩

The same thing happens if I close the workspace, uninstall the extension, and create a new workspace.
The same thing happens with many other extensions, and it's driving me insane.
The extensions in question are not in my .gitpod.yml

vscode:
  extensions:
    - ms-azuretools.vscode-docker
    - mrmlnc.vscode-apache
    - ihatetomatoes.gsap3-snippets
    - donjayamanne.jquerysnippets
    - usernamehw.commands
    - vunguyentuan.vscode-css-variables
    - mrmlnc.vscode-less
    - bmewburn.vscode-intelephense-client
    - vunguyentuan.vscode-postcss
    - aswinkumar863.smarty-template-support
    - bradlc.vscode-tailwindcss
    - jdcreations.timber-snippets
    - mrmlnc.vscode-duplicate
    - gruntfuggly.todo-tree
    - xdebug.php-debug

How do I prevent this? Where is Gitpod getting this list of extensions from?

Thank you.

Workspace affected

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Expected behavior

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Example repository

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Anything else?

VS Code 1.93.1 on macOS

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