Can't turn on Chat Session Sync (`chat.sessionSync.enabled`)
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 63/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience
Research direction
Start in the VS Code Settings UI by reproducing the behavior for chat.sessionSync.enabled through the Command Palette and inspecting how its effective value and organizational policy status are displayed. Done means the checkbox and status agree with whether session sync is enabled, and the managed-by-organization notice appears only when an applicable policy exists.
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Description
- Copilot Chat Extension Version: 1.0.209
- VS Code Version: 1.123.0
- OS Version: Windows 11 Pro (10.0.26200)
Steps to Reproduce:
- Open Command Palette
- Type and select "open user settings"
- Type
chat.sessionSync.enabledin the search field - Observe the setting's state (Local Index is enabled)
Actual Behavior:
- The setting displays an "Enabled" status while the checkbox is unchecked
- The checkbox is disabled and cannot be clicked
- The setting displays a "Managed by organization" notice even though I have no such orgs or policies AFAIK
- The session sync feature is not actually enabled
Expected Behavior:
- The "Managed by organization" notice should not appear if no organizational policies apply to my account
- The setting status should not show "Enabled" when the checkbox is unchecked and the feature is actually disabled
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 193k
- Forks
- 42.9k
- PR merge metrics
- PR metrics pending
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