Setting a send delay for prompts

Type: Feature Request

Allowing the user to set a send delay during which a prompt can be cancled thru the UI or with keys like esc, hitting enter again, or possibly custom keybinds.

VS Code version: Code 1.127.0 (Universal) (4fe60c8b1cdac1c4c174f2fb180d0d758272d713, 2026-06-30T10:52:33+02:00)
OS version: Darwin arm64 25.5.0
Modes:

System Info

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Machine model name: Mac
Machine model version: 15.6
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: enabled_on
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off|
|Load (avg)|2, 2, 2|
|Memory (System)|36.00GB (0.34GB free)|
|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 67bca89c-e27d-4549-b008-621190f7fc4f|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
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