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Completion always times out

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Description

**Describe the bug**
When working in a relatively large xcode workspace, the completion seems to pretty much not work at all, and whenever I check the logs I see that the completion request seems to time out every time, it works instantly in some of the projects though.

If I open the same file by itself the completions work again.

**Versions**
- Copilot for Xcode: 0.40.0
- Xcode: 16.4
- macOS: 15.5

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Open a large xcode workspace
2. Type in a file or trigger completion using the get completion button/shortcut
3. Nothing happens

**Logs**
```
[2025-08-12T07:55:26.491Z] [info] [GitHubCopilot] [31488] window/logMessage: {
"message" : "[getCompletions] Requesting for file: ---redacted--- at 37:14 between \"\\n var descri\" and \"\\n}\\n\".",
"type" : 4
}
[2025-08-12T07:55:26.491Z] [info] [GitHubCopilot] [31488] window/logMessage: {
"type" : 4,
"message" : "[relatedFiles] Fetching related files for file: ---redacted---"
}
[2025-08-12T07:55:26.491Z] [info] [GitHubCopilot] [31488] window/logMessage: {
"message" : "[relatedFiles] `copilot\/related` not supported",
"type" : 4
}
[2025-08-12T07:55:26.491Z] [info] [GitHubCopilot] [31488] window/logMessage: {
"message" : "[relatedFiles] Fetched 0 related files for 'file: ---redacted---' in 0.10320900002261624ms.",
"type" : 4
}
[2025-08-12T07:55:26.491Z] [info] [GitHubCopilot] [31488] window/logMessage: {
"message" : "[relatedFiles] Fetched following traits for 'file:---redacted---",
"type" : 4
}
[2025-08-12T07:55:27.690Z] [info] [GitHubCopilot] [31488] window/logMessage: {
"message" : "[ghostText] Timeout during extractPrompt",
"type" : 4
}
[2025-08-12T07:55:27.690Z] [info] [GitHubCopilot] [31488] window/logMessage: {
"message" : "[getCompletions] No ghostText produced -- abortedBeforeIssued: Timeout",
"type" : 4
}
[2025-08-12T07:55:27.941Z] [info] [GitHubCopilot] [31488] window/logMessage: {
"type" : 4,
"message" : "[relatedFiles] Fetched following traits for 'file:---redacted---'"
}
[2025-08-12T07:55:27.941Z] [info] [GitHubCopilot] [31488] window/logMessage: {
"type" : 4,
"message" : "[relatedFiles] neighborFiles.getNeighborFilesAndTraits 0 related files found for file:---redacted---"
}
```

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