Migrating to or off GitHub Copilot is slow and risky

Data engineering2 posts from 2 people2d active+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)Unverified

Posts per day2 posts, Oct 7 to Oct 21

The posts behind it

2, newest first

GitHub issuesOct 16 Copilot harness: slow per-turn checkpointing in an existing chat, even after switching from a multi-root workspace to a single folder## Description Since switching from the Local harness to the Copilot harness, I have experienced long delays before chat starts responding, including on simple follow-up messages that require no tools. This chat originally ran in a large multi-root workspace. Opening just one...microsoft/vscode · DavidRobson2 reactionsOpen ↗GitHub issuesOct 7 BYOK Support for Copilot Agent Host HarnessEnvironments ## Status - 🟢 Local - Local agent host supports BYOK models from in-built and extension contributed models using a proxy from the agent host - 🔴 Remote ### Invariants 1. Multi Surface must work (VS Code and any other Copilot SDK consumer) 2. Multi device should...microsoft/vscode · vritant241 reactions, 3 repliesOpen ↗

Companies and products named

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Evidence

2 posts from 2 people in 1 place, about 1 a week over 10 days. Mostly on microsoft/vscode. Tools named alongside: VS Code, Harness, Model Context Protocol, Observe.

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How it was grouped

Posts that state a pain and match the "migration" rule about GitHub Copilot. First post Oct 7, 2026, latest Oct 16, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method

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History

AddedOct 21, 2026Migrating to or off GitHub Copilot is slow and risky (2 posts)