vscode ignoring jsconfig.json file

Question

I have just added the jsconfig.json file to my node and react project. It is at the top level of the project.

here is what is in it:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "baseUrl": "./src"
  }
}

It is having no effect. I have reload the vscode window. I have restarted my app.

I even tried to add errors to the file like so :

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "baseUrl": "./src"
  }
}s;ldfkjs;al

It has no effect. So VScode is simply ignoring the file.

EDITED: The project is a node module that is imported by my React APP