Chat is unresponsive

[GloryFlory]

Type: Bug

Hello,

Chat has been unresponsive for hours now. Any message I enter is not being published and no restart works.

After restarting, my previous message appears, but Chat doesn't respond.

I also had numerous network errors despite an active network and strong internet.

Extension version: 0.32.5
VS Code version: Code 1.105.1 (Universal) (7d842fb, 2025-10-14T22:33:36.618Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 25.4.0
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Apple M3 Pro (12 x 2400)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: enabled_on trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	5, 6, 5
Memory (System)	18.00GB (0.30GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id b7847cee-845b-420c-a12b-5abfeffb9e9f
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

A/B Experiments

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[vs-code-engineering]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code; the latest stable release is 1.114.0. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[GloryFlory]

I have updated the chat, but I'm not sure if the upgrade is just far inferior or the settings have completely been bodged?

the chat is not responsive as well as it used to be. It provided summaries of their work, clear structure on where the project stands and suggestions how to move forward.

Right now, it says nothing after work is done. Many times, there's not even an indicator if it's working or not.

EDIT: Claude is just straight up ignoring me. Not responding to any queries and not progressing on any coding. My work has entirely come to a halt causing incredibly frustration and roadblocks right now.

[roblourens]

Can you check for any errors in the Window/Copilot Chat output channels? https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Copilot-Issues#language-model-requests-and-responses