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[critical] Copilot Chat Agent mode scans entire disk instead of project folder
Type: Bug
Copilot Chat (Agent mode) scanned over 3,000 files when only 1 file was opened in the editor. Message: 3321 files and 0 cells to analyze
Expected behavior: Agent mode should only scan relevant project files. Observed behavior: It appears to be scanning far beyond the project folder — possibly even the entire disk. There are nowhere near that many files in the working folder, even with .venv included. This behavior is not acceptable and looks like a serious bug in how the agent determines scope.
Bug can be reproduced only with Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Extension version: 0.27.2025050603 VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.100.0-insider (47ea00afe6b2b1cb01492d7e7d466989f5727894, 2025-05-02T05:04:33.911Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100 Modes: Agent
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 8-Core Processor (16 x 2994) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on 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 video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 31.92GB (6.39GB free) |
| Process Argv | D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DayZServer\tgbot\bot.py --crash-reporter-id e3c738c3-b5cc-4562-a6fd-0a47bf4a174d |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
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Most likely it's searching other files to help with your request, try a simple question, like can you see this message.
(I am not a Microsoft employee, or github, just a member wanting to help =)
Only 1 file was opened. And which directories were scanned? The whole disc? The bot folder doesn't contain any files other than bot.py.
Most likely, that's it's pycache, but yeah, it's looking at the whole disk. I thought you meant in the chat section when you're in ask mode.
it is not acceptable behavior to scan entire .venv :) what is it for? It's just a bug. and i can say more, it's not just scan .venv, it has become like a whole disk scan...
it is not acceptable behavior to scan entire .venv :) what is it for? It's just a bug. and i can say more, it's not just scan .venv, it has become like a whole disk scan...
It has to do either a local index, or an online index depending on project size. It's prob also including its own (smaller) training files, and caching you can't see.
I think it is a UI bug, we are probably mis-calculating number to report. if you believe it actually causing perf issue (not just UI), can you provide us some logs as described in the troubleshooting guide? that will help us to see what is going on.
