GitHub Copilot CLI session state management failure - ENOENT error when trying to update plan.md file
- Lingua principale
- Shell
- Stelle
- 11.2k
- Fork
- 1.9k
- Merge medio
- 14h 16m
- PR unite (30g)
- 6
Descrizione
### Describe the bug
# π Bug Report / π Issue Summary
**Brief Description:**
GitHub Copilot CLI session state management failure - ENOENT error when trying to update plan.md file
# π Environment Information
- **Operating System:** Linux
- **Software Version:** GitHub Copilot CLI v0.0.394 (Commit: 3d79feb)
- **Browser/Runtime:** Terminal/CLI environment
- **Additional Environment Details:**
- Session ID: [session-id-redacted]
# π Steps to Reproduce
1. Start GitHub Copilot CLI development session
2. Complete development tasks successfully
3. Copilot CLI triggers context window compaction/summarization
4. Context window update completed
5. Copilot CLI attempts to update session state plan.md file
6. Error occurs when trying to edit the plan.md file
# π Expected Behavior
Copilot CLI should successfully update its internal session state files (plan.md) after completing development phases, allowing the workflow to continue smoothly.
# β Actual Behavior
Copilot CLI fails to update the plan.md file with an ENOENT (file not found) error, interrupting the development workflow despite successful completion of the actual development tasks.
# π Error Logs
```
β Edit .github/copilot/session-state/52770d1f-ed4c-4567-82b1-48948bed0ba4/plan.md
Unhandled error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open
'/path/to/project/.github/copilot/session-state/[session-id]/plan.md'
```
**Session Context:**
```
β Create backend/container/internal/trace/context_test.go
Path not absolute
β Development tasks completed successfully
β Summarizing conversation to fit within context window.
Compaction completed
β press ctrl+o to view summary
β Conversation summary finished and context window updated.
β Edit .github/copilot/session-state/[session-id]/plan.md
Unhandled error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory
```
# πΌοΈ Screenshots/Additional Evidence
**Session State Directory Structure Issue:**
- Expected path: `~/.copilot/session-state/[session-id]/plan.md`
- Actual attempted path: `/path/to/project/.github/copilot/session-state/[session-id]/plan.md`
**Timeline:**
- β
Development tasks completed successfully
- π Context window compaction/summarization triggered
- β
Context window update completed
- β Session state update failed immediately after
# π§ Possible Solution
1. **Context Window Operation Issue:** The error occurred immediately after a context window compaction/summarization operation, suggesting the context update process may have corrupted session state management
2. **File Path Resolution Issue:** Copilot CLI might be incorrectly constructing the path to session state files after context updates
3. **Session State Persistence Bug:** Context window updates might not properly preserve session state file references
**Suggested Fixes:**
- Ensure session state file references are properly preserved during context window operations
- Validate and restore session state paths after context compaction
- Add proper error handling for session state file operations post-context updates
# π Additional Context
This error occurred during a development session where all actual development tasks completed successfully. The issue is specifically with Copilot CLI's internal session state management after a context window compaction operation, suggesting the context summarization process may interfere with session state file tracking.
The error suggests a mismatch between where Copilot CLI expects to find session state files and where it's actually looking for them.
---
### π Checklist
- [x] I have searched existing issues to confirm this is not a duplicate
- [x] I have provided complete error logs
- [x] I have provided reproduction steps
- [x] I have described the expected behavior
### π·οΈ Labels
**Suggested Labels:** `bug`, `cli`, `session-management`, `file-system`, `copilot-cli`, `context-window`
### Affected version
0.0.394 Commit: 3d79feb
### Steps to reproduce the behavior
_No response_
### Expected behavior
_No response_
### Additional context
_No response_
Guida per i contributori
Apri la guida per i contributori
Valutazione
Questa issue non Γ¨ ancora stata valutata.