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Description
What version of the IDE extension are you using?
26.901.22334
What subscription do you have?
Pro
Which IDE are you using?
VS Code
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm FROM Windows
What issue are you seeing?
Recent regression that generated images in the chat open to an un-escapable blank chat. Only way to get back to the conversation is to reload the window.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Ask it to generate some image, then click on the thumbnail.
What is the expected behavior?
Should show the image larger and allow that larger image view to be escaped back to return to the chat session.
Additional information
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce this in the VS Code extension by asking for an image and selecting its thumbnail. Trace the image-view interaction from the thumbnail click and verify that the larger image can be dismissed with Escape, returning to the same chat without reloading the window.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- vscode
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100