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[Bugs] I asked Copilot to check out another engineer's pull request and make changes...

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Description

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**Category:** Bugs

I asked Copilot to check out another engineer's pull request and make changes, but I want to push my changes back on a separate branch/PR.

I requested that Copilot create a PR on a new branch, which it did using the `gh` CLI. When I asked it again to use the built-in tools so the tracking in the app updated to track/display the new PR, it made several tool calls and believed it had updated the state, but nothing appeared to change in the UI.

Ideally, changing the PR or branch a session is tracking would be easy to accomplish via either the UI or a tool call.

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| App version | 0.2.33 |
| OS | macOS 26.4.1 |
| Theme | Selene Selenized |
| Path | /chat |
| Tenure | Week 2 |

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Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start in the /chat experience and reproduce the flow: check out an existing pull request, create a separate branch or PR with the gh CLI, then ask the built-in tools to update the tracked PR. Compare the session state with what the UI displays and verify that changing the tracked branch or PR is reflected in the app.

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Assessment

Tech stack
git, github
Domain
desktop, developer-experience
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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