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Code Review panel layout becomes corrupted, and closing tabs can crash the application

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Description

### Short summary

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### Affected version or release

1.0.24

### Installation context

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### What happened?

I've encountered a UI/layout issue in the Copilot App that sometimes leads to an application crash.

After opening a Code Review (or similar review view), the right-hand panel occasionally becomes completely corrupted. Instead of rendering normally, multiple sections overlap each other, making the content unreadable.

The attached screenshot shows the issue clearly:

Headers overlap with issue descriptions.
Multiple review items are rendered on top of each other.
Text from different sections is mixed together.
Scrolling does not restore the layout.

In addition, after this corrupted state occurs, closing certain tabs (such as the Code Review tab or other related tabs) can cause the entire Copilot App to crash unexpectedly.

### Steps to reproduce

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### Expected behavior

The review panel should render each issue in its own layout without overlapping.
Closing tabs should never crash the application.

### Additional context

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in the Copilot App version 1.0.24 after opening a Code Review view, using the attached screenshot as the expected failure state. Investigate the review panel layout and closing the Code Review or related tabs; done means review items render without overlap and closing tabs does not crash the application.

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Assessment

Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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