microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Copilot Hover breaks in peek window
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bug
Feature: Copilot Hover
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- TypeScript
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Description
Generating a description for a hover in a peek window seems to fail the first time, and then seems to not be able to gather the needed information to return quality results after that.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing Copilot hover description generation inside a peek window, comparing the first attempt with subsequent attempts. Trace the extension's hover and peek-window handling; done means the description succeeds on the first attempt and continues to return quality results.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100