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Copilot Stuck Working

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Description

Describe the bug

Seeing an issue where the agent still shows a "working" icon, despite it not actively doing any work (Screenshot below) its been like this for 25 minutes, and refuses to start work on the queued prompt.

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Affected version

GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.81-9

Steps to reproduce the behavior

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Expected behavior

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the queued-prompt scenario with GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.81-9, where the agent remains marked as working despite no activity. Trace the working-state and queued-prompt behavior; done means the working indicator clears and the queued prompt starts. No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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