Title: Initial user prompt lost when Git setup/snapshot command times out
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Description
Title: Initial user prompt lost when Git setup/snapshot command times out
Body:
A new Copilot app session lost the user’s initial prompt after a Git command timed out after 300 seconds.
Observed behavior:
The UI showed a Git timeout: git command timed out after 300 seconds.
The prompt did not return.
Stuck Git processes remained running, including git worktree add, git reset --hard --no-recurse-submodules, and git add -A.
After recovery, the persisted chat context did not include the original user request.
The earliest stored user message was only the later follow-up: what happened?.
Expected behavior:
The initial prompt should be persisted before or independently of long-running Git setup/snapshot operations, so it can be recovered even if Git times out or child processes remain stuck.
Impact:
Users can lose their original request and cannot recover the intended task without retyping it
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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| App version | 1.0.21 |
| OS | Windows 10.0.26200 |
| Theme | GitHub |
| Path | /chat |
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Research direction
No source files or tests are named in the report. Start by reproducing the Git setup/snapshot timeout flow on the /chat path and trace when the initial prompt is persisted; done means a timed-out or stuck Git operation still leaves the original prompt recoverable, with a regression test covering that recovery.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- git
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100