Sessions: New session initial send just opens up latest session

[demyte]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: N/A

Version: 1.112.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: 07ff9d6
Date: 2026-03-17T18:09:23Z
Electron: 39.8.0
ElectronBuildId: 13470701
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Press New Session
2. Enter some text
3. Press Send

Recording.2026-03-18.150238.mp4

[demyte]

FYI.. Just updated into this version and the issue is still there.

Version: 1.113.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: 145c1854e758de327fc307453ee05e3d46edd9b9
Date: 2026-03-18T15:54:11+11:00
Electron: 39.8.2
ElectronBuildId: 13563792
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

[demyte]

This is making sessions un-usable and un-testable for me, is there anyway it can be looked at soon?

I recognize that if others are not having this issue it maybe something on my end, but I can not image what it is - happy to help diagnose as needed.

Ping out to @lszomoru @bpasero as I can see you have both been working on this feature in the commit log, no sure who the PM is for it, is it @bamurtaugh ?

[demyte]

I think I have found the cause of this.

I had these setting turned on in my config file:
"github.copilot.chat.cli.sessionController.enabled": true
"github.copilot.chat.cli.planExitMode.enabled": true

And even though by default in the settings UI it says they are enabled

For some reason when they were also on in my settings file it was causing this issue.

Hope this helps the diagnosis a bit more.

[sandy081]

Thanks for reporting the issue - I can reproduce it with these settings enabled. Will take a look.

[sandy081]

It is because of enabling this setting - github.copilot.chat.cli.sessionController.enabled

[sandy081]

This seems to be a general VS Code Copilot CLI session bug which I can reproduce also in VS Code

To repro in VS Code folder window

• enable setting github.copilot.chat.cli.sessionController.enabled
• reload window
• start copilot cli session and you get above error

[DonJayamanne]

Should be fixed,