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Automation is 'running background tasks' for 7+ minutes, no information on what it's doing

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Description

### Short summary

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### Affected version or release

See below

### Installation context

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### What happened?

No idea what it's doing.

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/20a2cb78-2c5f-4868-b49a-1c22f1305258)

System info:

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1b68f6df-e971-4b45-bde2-32a42cd93979)

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9b05a07e-7dea-45e1-b9f1-eb130a240d97)

### Steps to reproduce

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### Expected behavior

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### Additional context

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Research direction

The issue names no source files, tests, or entry points; start by reproducing the automation in the GitHub Copilot app and inspect the background-task status after it has been running. Done means the UI provides useful information about what the automation is doing while it runs.

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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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