Restarting copilot uses AI credits
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Description
### Describe the bug
Since a while now using `/restart` or `/resume` (also `/update`) consumes non trivial amount of AI credits.
According to my experience there seem to be a somehow fixed amount of 174 AI credits being consumed (not sure where this number comes from). According to https://docs.github.com/de/copilot/concepts/billing/usage-based-billing-for-individuals an AI credit costs 0.01 $ resulting in an amount of 1,74 $ charged for ... nothing!
### Affected version
_No response_
### Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Do some work in copilot cli
- Use `/restart`
- Exit copilot without doing anything
- You see the session used 174 AI credits even though not a single prompt was submitted
### Expected behavior
I can restart/resume without getting charged until actually work is performed!
### Additional context
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing the /restart, /resume, and /update command paths in the Copilot CLI and compare them with the billing or credit-usage path. Reproduce the reported session with no prompt, then verify that restarting or resuming consumes no AI credits while normal prompt usage remains accounted for.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- cli, payments
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100