Deleting a session in the app doesn't remove it from session-store.db / VS Code Copilot Chat history (orphaned session)
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Description
### Describe the bug
Deleting a session from the Copilot app UI does not propagate the deletion to the shared ~/.copilot session store. The session row remains fully intact in data.db, session-store.db (including search_index), and vscode.session.metadata.cache.json. Because the VS Code Copilot extension reads this same shared store, the "deleted" session keeps appearing in VS Code's Copilot Chat history panel.
This appears to be the same underlying "delete doesn't prune session-store.db" root cause reported in #3811 (which surfaces via /chronicle insights), just with a different symptom (VS Code history panel). As I'm experiencing it in the App I made it a different bug.
### Affected version
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.69
### Steps to reproduce the behavior
1. Create a new session using the "New session" button on a repo.
2. Set it to local (not worktree) and ask it anything.
3. The session now appears in both the Copilot app and the VS Code Copilot Chat history pane.
4. Delete the session from the app.
5. It remains in the VS Code chat history pane, with full chat history persisting after restarts even.
### Expected behavior
Deleting a session in the app should also remove it from the VS Code Copilot Chat history pane, so it no longer appears (in either the app or VS Code) after deletion.
### Additional context
Operating system: Windows
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the app's session deletion flow and trace how it updates data.db, session-store.db and its search_index, plus vscode.session.metadata.cache.json. Reproduce with a local session, then verify that deletion removes the stored row and that the session no longer appears in the VS Code Copilot Chat history after restarting both apps.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- vscode
- Domain
- cli, desktop-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100