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Escape should cancel the current task and focus the pending queued prompt (not discard it)

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### Describe the bug

When a task is running and I've already typed/queued a follow-up prompt, pressing **Escape** to cancel the current task just stops everything — the pending (queued) prompt is dropped/ignored rather than being picked up. I expected Escape to cancel the *current* task and then hand control to the pending prompt.

### Current behavior

1. Agent is working on task A.
2. While A runs, I queue a follow-up prompt B (or it's sitting in the input as a pending message).
3. I press **Escape** to interrupt A.
4. The session stops A and goes idle — **B is discarded / not surfaced**. There's no transition to B at all.

### Expected behavior

Pressing **Escape** should:
1. Stop/cancel the currently running task (A), then
2. **Focus the pending queued prompt (B)** — i.e. surface it in the input (ready to edit/submit) or run it — rather than throwing it away.

This makes "interrupt the current thing and pivot to what I just typed" a single, natural Escape action, instead of losing the queued prompt and having to retype it.

### Why this matters

A very common flow is: the agent goes down the wrong path, so you type the correction *while it's still working*, then hit Escape to stop it and pivot. Today that correction is lost on Escape, which is exactly when you most want it preserved.

### Related issues

This is distinct from the existing "cancel queued messages without stopping the current task" requests (#2378, #2055, #1857). This is the opposite direction: **stop the current task but preserve/focus the queued prompt.**

### Environment

- Copilot CLI v1.0.60-0
- macOS, Ghostty terminal

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No files or tests are named. Start by tracing the CLI's Escape-key handling and the state that stores queued prompts; reproduce the sequence with a running task and a pending prompt. Done means Escape cancels the current task while preserving and focusing or running the pending prompt, with coverage for that flow.

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cli
Tipo di issue
Bug
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