VS crash (VS15.9.4)

[tamlin-mike]

I'm not sure if this can be solved in VS-Macros, or if VS (or even .NET/CLR) itself is broken beyond repair, but here goes...

I had mapped playback to a repeatable key combination, and held down that playback shortcut. After less than ten repetitions the editor messed up, editing in a location it should not, and then froze. Trying to get it to wake up I got a complete VS crash (including the inevitable and obvious Data Loss, so this should be easy to escalate if required), where an !analyze -v of the crashdump revealed the following:

STACK_TEXT:  
2d9af4dc 689f857e System_Core_ni!System.IO.Pipes.PipeStream.CheckReadOperations+0x2cc326
2d9af4e8 6872af9a System_Core_ni!System.IO.Pipes.PipeStream.Read+0x8e
2d9af504 6a7eb942 mscorlib_ni!System.IO.BinaryReader.ReadBytes+0x42
2d9af51c 6a7e07c8 mscorlib_ni!System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.SerializationHeaderRecord.Read+0x18
2d9af530 6a7e0773 mscorlib_ni!System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.__BinaryParser.ReadSerializationHeaderRecord+0x23
2d9af540 6a7e0307 mscorlib_ni!System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.__BinaryParser.Run+0x27
2d9af570 6a7e020f mscorlib_ni!System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.Deserialize+0x7f
2d9af598 6a7dffdb mscorlib_ni!System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize+0xbb
2d9af5c0 06ca71e7 UNKNOWN!VSMacros.Pipes.Server.WaitForMessage+0x87
2d9af5e8 6a7c60fd mscorlib_ni!System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context+0x9d
2d9af5f4 6a7f29a5 mscorlib_ni!System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal+0xe5
2d9af660 6a7f28b6 mscorlib_ni!System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run+0x16
2d9af674 6a7f2871 mscorlib_ni!System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run+0x41
2d9af68c 6a7c6058 mscorlib_ni!System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart+0x44

(I think this might have been the reason I stopped using this extension a few years back)

Edit: Upon running VS under another VS as debugger (as the crash is 100% repeatable within mere seconds), it told me a bit more:

System.InvalidOperationException
  HResult=0x80131509
  Message=Pipe hasn't been connected yet.
  Source=System.Core
  StackTrace:
   at System.IO.Pipes.PipeStream.CheckReadOperations()
   at System.IO.Pipes.PipeStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
   at System.IO.BinaryReader.ReadBytes(Int32 count) in f:\dd\ndp\clr\src\BCL\system\io\binaryreader.cs:line 536
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.SerializationHeaderRecord.Read(__BinaryParser input) in f:\dd\ndp\clr\src\BCL\system\runtime\serialization\formatters\binary\binarycommonclasses.cs:line 471
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.__BinaryParser.ReadSerializationHeaderRecord() in f:\dd\ndp\clr\src\BCL\system\runtime\serialization\formatters\binary\binaryparser.cs:line 386
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.__BinaryParser.Run() in f:\dd\ndp\clr\src\BCL\system\runtime\serialization\formatters\binary\binaryparser.cs:line 111
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.Deserialize(HeaderHandler handler, __BinaryParser serParser, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage) in f:\dd\ndp\clr\src\BCL\system\runtime\serialization\formatters\binary\binaryobjectreader.cs:line 172
   at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream, HeaderHandler handler, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage) in f:\dd\ndp\clr\src\BCL\system\runtime\serialization\formatters\binary\binaryformatter.cs:line 197
   at VSMacros.Pipes.Server.WaitForMessage()
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state) in f:\dd\ndp\clr\src\BCL\system\threading\thread.cs:line 68
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) in f:\dd\ndp\clr\src\BCL\system\threading\executioncontext.cs:line 954
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) in f:\dd\ndp\clr\src\BCL\system\threading\executioncontext.cs:line 901
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state) in f:\dd\ndp\clr\src\BCL\system\threading\executioncontext.cs:line 890
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart() in f:\dd\ndp\clr\src\BCL\system\threading\thread.cs:line 105

++luck;