The editor.stickyScroll.enabled setting introduced in February 2024 (version 1.87) should be set to false.

If you want to disable the same behavior on tree views, there is a separate setting available since January 2024 (version 1.86), where you need to set workbench.tree.enableStickyScroll to false.

• User and Workspace Settings - VSCode Docs
• How to open Visual Studio Code's settings.json file - StackOverflow answer
• VSCode 1.86 line of code started following me in split at top of screen as I scroll. Why? - StackOverflow answer: It's not an answer aimed at turning it off, but it might be useful regarding the topic.