If visual code opinionates about what you are typing, and you want it to stop, then perhaps you are looking for this setting:

"editor.acceptSuggestionOnCommitCharacter": false

Don't forget to backup your configuration file ~/.config/Code/User/setttings.json to be able to load it from backup later!

And while I have your attention, let's talk about configuring this text editor.

This is a non-obvious error I've observed in my docker containers running symfony on debian 11.

Found the solution on stack overflow. Re-installing the gpg key solved it:

wget https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg 
apt-key add apt.gpg