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[Bugs] Feature Request: PR state awareness in active sessions

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Feature Request: PR state awareness in active sessions

When working in a project session, the agent has no awareness of GitHub events (PR merges, reviews, comment activity) on the PR it just created — even when the merge happens from within the Copilot app itself using the merge button in the top nav. The agent only knows the PR state if the user explicitly tells it or it queries via CLI.

What I'd expect: if I merge a PR from inside the Copilot app while in the session that created it, the agent should be notified — similar to how it gets notified when a background agent completes. At minimum, the session's tracked PR status should refresh so the agent knows it's merged without me having to tell it.

Why it matters: it breaks the conversational flow — the agent is still talking about a PR being "ready for review" after I've already merged it from the same app window.

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| App version | 1.0.10 |
| OS | macOS 26.5.1 |
| Theme | GitHub |
| Path | /chat |
| Tenure | Week 4 |

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Research direction

Start in the /chat session flow and trace how a session tracks the PR it created, then compare that with the top-nav merge-button flow and existing CLI-based status checks. Done means a session reflects a PR merge from within the app and the agent no longer reports the merged PR as ready for review.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

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

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