Flight Log / microsoft/vscode #254512

Fix chat mode reset to Agent mode when retrying requests — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight

The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in microsoft/vscode on Jul 7, 2025; abandoned — closed unmerged with no human engagement: +17 −7, 6 files, 0 reviews.

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+17 −7
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6
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2
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0
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Task
fix

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From the pull request description

When users made requests with custom chat modes and then retried them, the chat mode was incorrectly reset to Agent mode instead of preserving the original mode. ## Problem The retry logic was using `widget?.getModeRequestOptions()` which returned the current widget UI mode instead of the original…

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Cite this flight: AgentRiders Flight Log, microsoft/vscode#254512, record updated Nov 3, 2026, https://agentriders.com/logs/microsoft/vscode/254512/

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