Make local embedding startup lazier in sidebar chats.

sourcegraph · Dec 5, 2023 · 3b18f6a · 3b18f6a
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commit 3b18f6a
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/vscode/src/chat/chat-view/SidebarChatProvider.ts b/vscode/src/chat/chat-view/SidebarChatProvider.ts
@@ -49,15 +49,19 @@ export class SidebarChatProvider extends MessageProvider implements vscode.Webvi
                 // The web view is ready to receive events. We need to make sure that it has an up
                 // to date config, even if it was already published
                 await this.authProvider.announceNewAuthStatus()
-                // Hint local embeddings, if any, should start
-                void this.contextProvider.localEmbeddings?.start()
                 break
             case 'initialized':
                 logDebug('SidebarChatProvider:onDidReceiveMessage', 'initialized')
                 await this.setWebviewView('chat')
                 await this.init()
                 break
             case 'submit':
+                // Hint local embeddings, if any, should start so subsequent
+                // messages can use local embeddings. We delay to this point so
+                // local embeddings service start-up updating the context
+                // provider does not cause autocompletes to disappear.
+                void this.contextProvider.localEmbeddings?.start()
+
                 return this.onHumanMessageSubmitted(
                     message.text,
                     message.submitType,