Invalid path separators used cause "editing outside the workspace" which is incorrect #285997
Description
Type: Bug
- Copilot Chat Extension Version:
- VS Code Version: v1.107
- OS Version: Windows 11
- Feature (e.g. agent/edit/ask mode): agent
- Selected model (e.g. GPT 4.1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet): different models
- Logs: at_the_start_i_see_the_logs_below__but_do_not_get__logs.chatreplay.json
Description
I quite often get some confusion from Copilot that it thinks it is editing files outside of my workspace, where it is not. I then have to approve every file edit, which is not helpful.
- Even a "reload window" does not help. I think I have seen this behavior now in different models as well.
- Rebooting VS Code does not help when going back to the same session
- Rebooting and starting a new session also does not work
I did notice this on the panel:
Which is odd, since it should be a full windows path: c:\users\RobBos\....
Extension version: 0.35.2
VS Code version: Code 1.107.1 (994fd12, 2025-12-17T14:15:14.850Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:
Logs
Trace: Resolved chat model Trace: [NES][Triggerer][onDidChangeTextDocument] created Trace: [NES][Triggerer][onDidChangeTextDocument] Return: ignored document Debug: [context keys] Window state change. Needs offline check: false, active: false, focused: false. Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch.updateIndexedCommitForAllRepos Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch.updateRepoStateFromEndpoint(file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks). Checking status from endpoint. Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch.getRepoIndexStatusFromEndpoint(file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: GithubCodeSearchService::getRemoteIndexState(rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks). Found indexed commit: 03519039f9eb02100d6714d470a27a9ed2a5b430. Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch.updateRepoStateFromEndpoint(file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks). Updating state to Ready. Trace: ChatStatusWorkspaceIndexingStatus::updateStatusItem(id=20): starting Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch::initialize#21 started Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch::initialize#21 success. Elapsed 0.06880000000819564 Trace: ChatStatusWorkspaceIndexingStatus::_writeStatusItem() Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: refreshing diff for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff::tryGetDiffedIndexedFiles() Got 10 initially changed files for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff::tryGetDiffedIndexedFiles() Returning [object ResourceSet] changes for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: Refreshed diff for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks. New diff count: 10 Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: Refreshed all diffs. New local diffs count: 0 Debug: [context keys] Window state change. Needs offline check: false, active: true, focused: false. Debug: [context keys] Window state change. Needs offline check: false, active: true, focused: true. Debug: [context keys] Window state change. Needs offline check: false, active: true, focused: false. Debug: [context keys] Window state change. Needs offline check: false, active: false, focused: false. Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: refreshing diff for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff::tryGetDiffedIndexedFiles() Got 10 initially changed files for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff::tryGetDiffedIndexedFiles() Returning [object ResourceSet] changes for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: Refreshed diff for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks. New diff count: 10 Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: Refreshed all diffs. New local diffs count: 0 Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: refreshing diff for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff::tryGetDiffedIndexedFiles() Got 10 initially changed files for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff::tryGetDiffedIndexedFiles() Returning [object ResourceSet] changes for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: Refreshed diff for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks. New diff count: 10 Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: Refreshed all diffs. New local diffs count: 0 Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch.updateIndexedCommitForAllRepos Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch.updateRepoStateFromEndpoint(file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks). Checking status from endpoint. Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch.getRepoIndexStatusFromEndpoint(file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: GithubCodeSearchService::getRemoteIndexState(rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks). Found indexed commit: 03519039f9eb02100d6714d470a27a9ed2a5b430. Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch.updateRepoStateFromEndpoint(file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks). Updating state to Ready. Trace: ChatStatusWorkspaceIndexingStatus::updateStatusItem(id=21): starting Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch::initialize#22 started Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch::initialize#22 success. Elapsed 0.12020000000484288 Trace: ChatStatusWorkspaceIndexingStatus::_writeStatusItem() Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: refreshing diff for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff::tryGetDiffedIndexedFiles() Got 10 initially changed files for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff::tryGetDiffedIndexedFiles() Returning [object ResourceSet] changes for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: Refreshed diff for file:///c%3A/Users/RobBos/code/repos/rajbos/actions-marketplace-checks. New diff count: 10 Trace: CodeSearchWorkspaceDiff: Refreshed all diffs. New local diffs count: 0 Debug: [context keys] Window state change. Needs offline check: false, active: false, focused: true. Debug: [context keys] Window state change. Needs offline check: false, active: true, focused: true. Debug: [context keys] Window state change. Needs offline check: false, active: true, focused: false. Debug: [context keys] Window state change. Needs offline check: false, active: true, focused: true.
Request IDs
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System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 265H (16 x 3686) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled 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 webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 31.46GB (6.82GB free) |
| Process Argv | --crash-reporter-id bf40f10f-1530-4e61-bd3c-aa48cc914d2f |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
A/B Experiments
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