diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/url/browser/trustedDomains.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/url/browser/trustedDomains.ts
index 16b960b94cc4f..c3310a3bbbfc2 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/url/browser/trustedDomains.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/url/browser/trustedDomains.ts
@@ -144,16 +144,18 @@ export function extractGitHubRemotesFromGitConfig(gitConfig: string): string[] {
 
 async function getRemotes(fileService: IFileService, textFileService: ITextFileService, contextService: IWorkspaceContextService): Promise<string[]> {
 	const workspaceUris = contextService.getWorkspace().folders.map(folder => folder.uri);
-	const domains = await Promise.all<string[]>(workspaceUris.map(async workspaceUri => {
-		const path = workspaceUri.path;
-		const uri = workspaceUri.with({ path: `${path !== '/' ? path : ''}/.git/config` });
-		const exists = await fileService.exists(uri);
-		if (!exists) {
-			return [];
-		}
-		const gitConfig = (await (textFileService.read(uri, { acceptTextOnly: true }).catch(() => ({ value: '' })))).value;
-		return extractGitHubRemotesFromGitConfig(gitConfig);
-	}));
+	const domains = await Promise.race([
+		new Promise<string[][]>(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve([]), 250)),
+		Promise.all<string[]>(workspaceUris.map(async workspaceUri => {
+			const path = workspaceUri.path;
+			const uri = workspaceUri.with({ path: `${path !== '/' ? path : ''}/.git/config` });
+			const exists = await fileService.exists(uri);
+			if (!exists) {
+				return [];
+			}
+			const gitConfig = (await (textFileService.read(uri, { acceptTextOnly: true }).catch(() => ({ value: '' })))).value;
+			return extractGitHubRemotesFromGitConfig(gitConfig);
+		}))]);
 
 	const set = domains.reduce((set, list) => list.reduce((set, item) => set.add(item), set), new Set<string>());
 	return [...set];