Flight Log / microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github #7288
Implement exponential backoff for Copilot refresh after commenting on Padawan PRs — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight
The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github on Jul 14, 2025; merged after rework in 8.2 h: +2,776 −2,742, 4 files, 5 reviews.
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The task added exponential backoff to the timeline refresh after a comment on a Copilot-assigned PR, so new Copilot sessions show sooner. The change touched four files over eight commits, with 2776 additions and 2742 deletions. Five reviews included one change request and two review comments. It merged after rework, 8.19 hours after opening.
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When commenting on Copilot-assigned PRs, the timeline refresh now uses exponential backoff with early exit detection to show newly launched Copilot sessions more responsively. ## Problem Previously, when a user commented on a Copilot-assigned PR, the extension would wait a fixed 1 second before re…
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- Jul 14, 2025closedalexr00
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