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Dynamically registered extension slash commands show `unknown command` even when they execute successfully

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## Summary

When an extension adds a slash command dynamically after session startup, Copilot CLI can show an `unknown command` error in the UI even though the command still executes successfully in the extension.

This looks like the local slash-command validation path is out of sync with the dynamically registered command list.

## Environment

- Copilot CLI: 1.0.25
- OS: Windows

## Reproduction

I reproduced this with a Telegram bridge extension that:

1. joins the session with `joinSession(...)`
2. then registers `/telegram` afterward via a follow-up `session.resume` request with a `commands` payload
3. handles the command through the extension command event path

Relevant pattern in the extension:

```js
await sess.connection.sendRequest("session.resume", {
sessionId: sess.sessionId,
commands: [{ name: "telegram", description: "Telegram bridge" }],
hooks: true,
});

sess.on("command.execute", (event) => {
const { requestId, commandName, args } = event.data;
if (commandName !== "telegram") return;
// handle command...
});
```

Then in Copilot CLI:

1. start the CLI with the extension loaded
2. run `/telegram`

## Actual behavior

Copilot CLI displays an `unknown command` style error, but the extension still receives and executes the command correctly.

So the command both:
- appears unknown in the UI
- and still works as intended

## Expected behavior

One of these should happen consistently:

1. the command is recognized normally with no error, or
2. if dynamically added commands are not supported in this way, the command should not execute either

## Notes

This seems related to extension commands being added after startup rather than being available in the initial command set.

In this case, the extension uses `session.resume` because `joinSession(...)` does not expose a direct way to provide slash commands up front.

That makes this look like either:
- a bug in Copilot CLI command discovery/validation for extension-added commands, or
- a gap in the extension API contract around dynamic slash-command registration.

If helpful, I can provide a reduced repro extension.

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Rechercherichtung

Keine Quelldatei und kein Test sind angegeben. Beginne damit, die lokale Validierung von slash-command der CLI nachzuverfolgen und zu untersuchen, wie die Payload session.resume commands die registrierte Befehlsliste aktualisiert; reproduziere anschließend das Problem mit dem Telegram-Bridge-Muster. Als erledigt gilt die Aufgabe, wenn dynamisch registrierte Befehle entweder ohne UI-Fehler erkannt oder konsistent mit ihrem Ausführungsverhalten abgelehnt werden.

Vom Indexierungsmodell aus dem Issue-Text verfasst.

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Tech-Stack
javascript, shell
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api, cli, developer-experience
Issue-Typ
Bug
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Geschätzter Aufwand
3-5 Tage
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Ruhig
Klarheit
Größtenteils klar
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