Chat: Shows welcome message on empty chat only

vscode/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ This is a log of all notable changes to Cody for VS Code. [Unreleased] changes a
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Chat: Welcome message is only shown on new chat panel. [pull/3341](https://github.com/sourcegraph/cody/pull/3341)
+
 ## [1.8.1]
 
 ### Added

vscode/webviews/Chat.tsx

@@ -743,7 +743,8 @@ export const Chat: React.FunctionComponent<React.PropsWithChildren<ChatboxProps>
         <div className={classNames(styles.innerContainer)}>
             {
                 <Transcript
-                    transcript={transcriptWithWelcome}
+                    // Remove welcome message after the first message is submitted
+                    transcript={transcript.length ? transcript : transcriptWithWelcome}
                     messageInProgress={messageInProgress}
                     messageBeingEdited={messageBeingEdited}
                     setMessageBeingEdited={setEditMessageState}