Problemsby GlyphTrouble with VS Code chat
2 posts from 2 people2d activeSteady, +1 this weekunverified
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Add a "Chat: Run Automation..." action
THere's an automation I sometimes want to run manually with reasonable frequency, and today I need to switch into the automations tab, find the automation, and hit "run" on it. It would be nice if there was a quickpick-driven flow to run an automation from the command palette.
Default model choice in VS Code chat after a first message has been sent is very misleading
...is a very unusual default and the old harness certainly didn't have that, so this can be annoying for those who update and aren't aware of this bug. If I select Luna at the beginning of the conversation, I want that choice to remain the same until I change it myself..
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2 posts from 2 people in 2 places, about 1 a week over 11 days. Mostly on r/GithubCopilot, microsoft/vscode. Tools named alongside: GitHub Copilot.
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Posts about VS Code with no known issue, sharing the word "chat". First post Oct 16, 2026, latest Oct 26, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
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