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Rovo Dev agent crashes on new chat

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Rovo Dev
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Description

# Bug report

## Background context

I work in University College London as a software engineer. We use Jira to manage all our work items. I am working in React (we are building a framework). I am interested in AI-driven workflows. We use:
- GitHub for source control
- VSCode for local development
- WSL (Ubuntu) on work-issued Windows 11 laptops

The Rovo chat inside Jira's web app is pretty good, I've been finding it useful, and I'd like to connect to more context.

## Description of bug

Rovo Dev crashes when a new chat is started, and when the extension is first initialised, when VSCode starts.

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## My system

- WSL2 environment (running inside Windows 11)
- Linux distro: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat)
- Linux kernel: 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Architecture: x86_64
- VS Code environment: Remote – WSL
- Hosting OS: Windows 11 (work laptop)

## Additional notes

ChatGPT 5.1 believes this is caused by the use of commas between arguments in the Shell command, which is not accepted in a Linux environment.

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Research direction

The payload names no source file or test; start at the VS Code extension's initialization and new-chat entry points and reproduce under Remote–WSL on Ubuntu 24.04.2. Trace the shell command arguments implicated in the report; done when the extension initializes in VS Code and starting a new Rovo Dev chat no longer crashes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, ubuntu, vscode
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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