New update results in response disappearing.

[ReedGraff]

• GitHub Copilot: v1.235.0
• GitHub Copilot Chat v0.22.2024100401 (pre-release)
• VS Code Version: 1.94.0
• OS Version: Windows 11
• Logs: See images below

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Request anything in the chat box

   Please help me solve this bug. The info is attached.
   File "C:\Users\range\CodingProjects\RGBZ\Aeri4l\AllofPermitFly\CentralizedAppraiser\src\cleaner.py", line 36, in <module>
   if data["properties"] is not None and "unStructured" in data["properties"].keys() and "kwargs" in data["properties"]["unStructured"].keys():
                                                                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'keys'

2. Wait for it to generate (it will start streaming text)

3. Wait for it to finish, and the text will disappear.

[nanotecheg]

same issue with me

[maitreverge]

Same issue here, Copilot chat doesn't seems to answer any of my question...

[DylanDevelops]

I'm having this same issue!

[sitelicon]

Same problem

[psiete]

Same problem

[MaxOstrowski]

Same problem, probably duplicate of https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-release/issues/1742

Version: 1.94.0 Commit: d78a74bcdfad14d5d3b1b782f87255d802b57511 Date: 2024-10-02T13:08:12.626Z Electron: 30.5.1 ElectronBuildId: 10262041 Chromium: 124.0.6367.243 Node.js: 20.16.0 V8: 12.4.254.20-electron.0 OS: Linux x64 6.8.0-45-generic snap

[roblourens]

Is everyone seeing this using the pre-release version of the Copilot Chat extension? Does it help to switch to the Release version? (Copilot Chat extension, not Copilot)

[celynw]

Yes and yes for me. (I also first made the mistake of downgrading the Copilot extension, not the Copilot Chat extension)

[roblourens]

To fix this, you can switch to the Release version of the Copilot Chat extension, and also click + to start a new chat session.

In general, there's no advantage to using the pre-release version of Copilot Chat with VS Code Stable. This time, a change went out that should have only gone to Insiders. Sorry for the churn!

[roblourens]

To recover your chat session which is now broken due to having responses with bad data, if the newer chat request rows load, you can click the X in the top right corner of the request. Delete all the recent requests that have bad data, and you may have to reload the window, but then you should be able to load the older requests in that chat session normally.

We also have an updated pre-release going out without the bad change. But, I still recommend using Copilot Chat Stable with VS Code Stable.

[ReedGraff]

One other issue I've seen, which is likely related, is not being able to create new chats.

• The dropdown is also greyed-out

Solution rn is just to revert to an older release.

[roblourens]

@ReedGraff that would be a different issue, maybe the extension/extension host process is not starting. You can open a new issue for that.

We've published an update to the pre-release to fix this, so I'm closing this issue, but I'd still recommend not using the pre-release extension if you're using VS Code Stable.

[rzhao271]

@roblourens what are some verification steps for this issue?

[mjbvz]

@rzhao271 Try asking any question that includes a file/symbol link in the response and make sure the full answer is rendered