"'pdflatex' needed too many passes" error with large latex project

[vkakerbeck]

Preliminary questions [Required]

When I compile my latex project in VSCode I receive this error:
Latexmk: Failure in processing file 'c:/Users/vkakerbeck/Dropbox/PhD/Thesis/603cdce2dccc676c0d14bf59/main':
'pdflatex' needed too many passes

Can I somehow increase the number of passes that will be performed? The error disappears when I comment out small parts of my code (doesn't matter which parts, just as long there is less to compile) and the project compiles without errors in overleaf so it doesn't seem to be an error in the code but rather the size of the project.

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You can compile a TeX document manually?: Yes, running "latexmk main.tex -pdf" in the terminal works

Describe the bug [Required]

Compiling the latex project in VSCode with Latex Workshop fails when the project size goes over a certain threshold. Maybe somewhere the number of passes needs to be increased? There are no compile errors in the project when compiling in Overleaf or the terminal.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Make a large latex project with many references and tikz figures
2. compile the project in VSCode with the Latex Workshop extension
3. See error

Expected behavior

Perform more passes when the project gets larger such that compilation can finish. Maybe I am overlooking a setting somewhere.

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Log is very, very long (cut down some repetitive elements to fit in here)

Rc files read:
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 },
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 },
 {
  "name": "Compile Jnw files",
  "tools": [
   "jnw2tex",
   "latexmk"
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 },
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]
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 },
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 },
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  "env": {}
 },
 {
  "name": "tectonic",
  "command": "tectonic",
  "args": [
   "--synctex",
   "--keep-logs",
   "%DOC%.tex"
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  "env": {}
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]
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[09:51:25] Set $LATEXWORKSHOP_DOCKER_LATEX: ""
[09:51:27] [Server] Creating LaTeX Workshop http and websocket server.
[09:51:27] LaTeX Workshop initialized.
[09:51:27] Trigger characters for intellisense of LaTeX documents: ["\\",",","{"]
[09:51:27] Bibtex format config: {"tab":"  ","case":"lowercase","left":"{","right":"}","trailingComma":false,"sort":["key"],"alignOnEqual":true,"sortFields":false,"fieldsOrder":[]}
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[...]
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Run number 5 of rule 'pdflatex'
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Running 'pdflatex  -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error -recorder -output-directory="c:/path"  "c:\path\main.tex"'
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Latexmk: Found input bbl file 'main.bbl'
Latexmk: Found input bbl file 'main1-blx.bbl'
Latexmk: Log file says output to 'main.pdf'
Latexmk: Found bibliography file(s) [Bibliography.bib Self_Publications.bib main-blx.bib]
Latexmk: Found bibliography file(s) [Self_Publications.bib main-blx.bib]
Rule 'pdflatex': File changes, etc:
   Changed files, or newly in use since previous run(s):
      'main.run.xml'
Latexmk: Maximum runs of pdflatex reached without getting stable files
----------------------
This message may duplicate earlier message.
Latexmk: Failure in processing file 'c:/path/main':
   'pdflatex' needed too many passes
----------------------
Latexmk: Use the -f option to force complete processing,
 unless error was exceeding maximum runs, or warnings treated as errors.
C:\texlive\2020\bin\win32\runscript.tlu:915: command failed with exit code 12:
perl.exe c:\texlive\2020\texmf-dist\scripts\latexmk\latexmk.pl -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error -pdf -outdir=c:/path c:/path/main
.
[09:56:48] The environment variable $PATH: undefined
[09:56:48] The environment variable $SHELL: undefined
[09:56:48] Clean glob matched files: {"globs":["*.aux","*.bbl","*.blg","*.idx","*.ind","*.lof","*.lot","*.out","*.toc","*.acn","*.acr","*.alg","*.glg","*.glo","*.gls","*.fls","*.log","*.fdb_latexmk","*.snm","*.synctex(busy)","*.synctex.gz(busy)","*.nav"],"outdir":"c:\\path"}
[...](cleaning files)
[09:56:48] Cleaning file: c:\path\main.fdb_latexmk
[09:59:25] LOG command invoked: compiler
[10:13:34] LOG command invoked: default

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• OS: Windows 10
• VS Code version: 1.59.0
• Extension version: 8.20.2
• TeX distribution version: pdfTeX 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.21 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX)

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