Chat, Inline suggestions and completions stop working intermittently

[gitgud5000]

Description

Inline Suggetions / Compleations and Chat stop working after a while.

No logs are producced in the extension logs. no apparent error or warning.

Issue Details

Item	Value
Issue Category	Bug
Target	Visual Studio Code
VS Code Version	Code 1.126.0 (7e7950d, 2026-06-23T01:46:13Z)
OS Version	Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Additional Issue Data

Issue Data

System Info

Item	Value
VS Code Version	Code 1.126.0 (7e7950d, 2026-06-23T01:46:13Z)
OS Version	Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
CPUs	11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz (16 x 2304)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled GPU0: VENDOR= 0x10de, DEVICE=0x2520 [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU], DRIVER_VENDOR=NVIDIA, DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.15.9144 ACTIVE GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.8737 Machine model name: Machine model version: 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: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)
Memory (System)	63.82GB (40.83GB free)
Process Argv	--file-uri vscode-remote://ssh-remote%2Bdocs/home/azureuser/cloudfiles/code/Users/xxxx/WS-template.code-workspace --crash-reporter-id 4bc4f2e7-3851-49a4-805e-6f4508f9ea40
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%
Remote	SSH: nz-docs
Remote OS	Linux x64 6.8.0-1044-azure
Remote CPUs	AMD EPYC 9V74 80-Core Processor (16 x 0)
Remote Memory (System)	62.80GB (49.90GB free)
Remote VM	0%
User Agent	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Code/1.126.0 Chrome/148.0.7778.97 Electron/42.2.0 Safari/537.36
Installation pure	true

Extensions (64)

Name	Identifier	Author	Version
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Log File Highlighter	emilast.logfilehighlighter	emilast	3.5.1
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Better Shell Syntax	jeff-hykin.better-shellscript-syntax	jeff-hykin	1.10.0
Jupyter Keymap	ms-toolsai.jupyter-keymap	ms-toolsai	1.1.2
Azure Machine Learning - Remote	ms-toolsai.vscode-ai-remote	ms-toolsai	1.4.8
Dev Containers	ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers	ms-vscode-remote	0.462.0
Remote - SSH	ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh	ms-vscode-remote	0.124.0
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WSL	ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl	ms-vscode-remote	0.104.3
Remote Explorer	ms-vscode.remote-explorer	ms-vscode	0.5.0
VS Code Speech	ms-vscode.vscode-speech	ms-vscode	0.16.0
shellman	remisa.shellman	Remisa	5.7.0
vscode-pdf	tomoki1207.pdf	tomoki1207	1.2.2
Vira Theme	vira.vsc-vira-theme	vira	2026.6.2
TODO Highlight	wayou.vscode-todo-highlight	wayou	1.0.5
Ruff	charliermarsh.ruff	charliermarsh	2026.56.0
Docker DX	docker.docker	docker	0.18.0
GitLens — Git supercharged	eamodio.gitlens	eamodio	18.2.0
hadolint	exiasr.hadolint	exiasr	1.1.2
Code Runner	formulahendry.code-runner	formulahendry	0.12.2
shell-format	foxundermoon.shell-format	foxundermoon	7.2.8
ANSI Colors	iliazeus.vscode-ansi	iliazeus	1.1.7
Path Autocomplete	ionutvmi.path-autocomplete	ionutvmi	1.25.0
Batch Rename	jannisx11.batch-rename-extension	JannisX11	0.0.6
Better DockerFile Syntax	jeff-hykin.better-dockerfile-syntax	jeff-hykin	1.0.2
Better Shell Syntax	jeff-hykin.better-shellscript-syntax	jeff-hykin	1.10.0
Bash IDE	mads-hartmann.bash-ide-vscode	mads-hartmann	1.43.0
Rainbow CSV	mechatroner.rainbow-csv	mechatroner	3.24.1
Manpages	meronz.manpages	meronz	0.2.0
Git Graph	mhutchie.git-graph	mhutchie	1.30.0
GitHub Copilot for Azure	ms-azuretools.vscode-azure-github-copilot	ms-azuretools	1.0.209
Azure MCP Server	ms-azuretools.vscode-azure-mcp-server	ms-azuretools	2.0.45
Azure Resources	ms-azuretools.vscode-azureresourcegroups	ms-azuretools	0.12.7
Container Tools	ms-azuretools.vscode-containers	ms-azuretools	2.4.5
Docker	ms-azuretools.vscode-docker	ms-azuretools	2.0.0
Python Debugger	ms-python.debugpy	ms-python	2026.6.0
Pylint	ms-python.pylint	ms-python	2026.6.0
Python	ms-python.python	ms-python	2026.4.0
Pylance	ms-python.vscode-pylance	ms-python	2026.2.1
Python Environments	ms-python.vscode-python-envs	ms-python	1.36.0
Data Wrangler	ms-toolsai.datawrangler	ms-toolsai	1.24.2
Jupyter	ms-toolsai.jupyter	ms-toolsai	2025.9.1
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Jupyter Notebook Renderers	ms-toolsai.jupyter-renderers	ms-toolsai	1.3.0
Azure Machine Learning	ms-toolsai.vscode-ai	ms-toolsai	1.4.1
Azure Machine Learning - Remote	ms-toolsai.vscode-ai-remote	ms-toolsai	1.4.8
Jupyter Cell Tags	ms-toolsai.vscode-jupyter-cell-tags	ms-toolsai	0.1.9
Jupyter Slide Show	ms-toolsai.vscode-jupyter-slideshow	ms-toolsai	0.1.6
Web Search for Copilot	ms-vscode.vscode-websearchforcopilot	ms-vscode	0.1.4
indent-rainbow	oderwat.indent-rainbow	oderwat	8.3.1
Explorer Exclude	peterschmalfeldt.explorer-exclude	PeterSchmalfeldt	1.3.2
shellman	remisa.shellman	Remisa	5.7.0
Scope to This	rhalaly.scope-to-this	rhalaly	0.2.1
Command Variable	rioj7.command-variable	rioj7	1.71.0
Bash Debug	rogalmic.bash-debug	rogalmic	0.3.9
Edit with Shell Command	ryu1kn.edit-with-shell	ryu1kn	1.3.0
Partial Diff	ryu1kn.partial-diff	ryu1kn	1.4.6
Task Buttons	spencerwmiles.vscode-task-buttons	spencerwmiles	1.4.2
Even Better TOML	tamasfe.even-better-toml	tamasfe	0.21.2
Shell Script Command Completion	tetradresearch.vscode-h2o	tetradresearch	0.2.15
ShellCheck	timonwong.shellcheck	timonwong	0.39.5
Shell script IDE	woozy-masta.shell-script-ide	woozy-masta	0.0.3
Txt Syntax	xshrim.txt-syntax	xshrim	0.2.4

Theme extensions: 9

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[gitgud5000]

Possibly related to

• Extension host is unresponsive. #321901
• GitHub Copilot Chat in WSL experiences 40-80 second startup delays due to CopilotCLIChatSessionContentProvider.listSessions github/copilot-cli#3652

[vs-code-engineering]

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[lramos15]

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