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Copilot Chat OTel trace User messages are empty and system message is missing #314186

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@vritant24

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While validating the fix for #299932, I noticed a new issue in the Copilot Chat OpenTelemetry traces: the system message is no longer shown, but the user messages are also empty.

In the Aspire dashboard, the trace shows multiple User input messages, but each one displays:

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Steps to Reproduce

  1. Enable OpenTelemetry for VS Code / Copilot Chat and point it at the standalone Aspire dashboard.
  2. Use Copilot Chat with a model such as gpt-5.5.
  3. Perform an operation that sends user messages and tool calls.
  4. Open the generated LLM trace in Aspire.
  5. View the Input & output tab.

Notes

This was observed while testing the behavior fixed for:

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