[General] Seeing higher token consumption for similar tasks between the Github Copilot ...
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**Category:** General
Seeing higher token consumption for similar tasks between the Github Copilot CLI and the desktop Github Copilot app, is this expected or a known issue?
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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| App version | 1.0.13 |
| OS | macOS 26.5.0 |
| Theme | Xotopio |
| Path | /chat |
| Tenure | Week 3 |
Mostly using interactive mode with GPT5.5 with normal context window in High reasoning and default agent. In the CLI I use similar specs.
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Research direction
The report concerns /chat in the desktop app and comparable interactive CLI use; no source file or test is identified. Start by reproducing both flows with GPT5.5, normal context, High reasoning, and the default agent, then compare token accounting; done means the difference is confirmed with evidence and its expected behavior is established.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github
- Domain
- ai, cli, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100