Advertise full context rather than just prompt#294696
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Pull request overview
This PR updates the chat “context usage” UI to represent the full context window (input + output) rather than only prompt/input tokens, aligning the displayed usage with a model’s total context capacity.
Changes:
- Removes now-redundant chat agent usage interfaces from
chatAgents.ts. - Updates
ChatContextUsageWidgetto base the displayed percentage on(maxInputTokens + maxOutputTokens). - Updates
ChatContextUsageDetailsto display total context window values, improves token count formatting, and filters very small breakdown rows.
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Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/common/participants/chatAgents.ts |
Removes unused/duplicated usage interfaces. |
src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/widgetHosts/viewPane/chatContextUsageWidget.ts |
Computes context usage against full context window (input + output). |
src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/widgetHosts/viewPane/chatContextUsageDetails.ts |
Updates details UI to match new “full context window” semantics; adds formatting/filtering tweaks. |
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Feb 11, 2026
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Part of https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-internalbacklog/issues/6731