microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools

Copilot Hover breaks in peek window

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bug Feature: Copilot Hover Language Service
Dominant language
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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

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