Github copilot agent modifies PR description after each small commit.

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When Copilot Agent is working on a PullRequest it ends with setting the PR description. Not sure if I like that feature, but ok, let's say it's usefull even though you've set one yourself to start with. But then everytime you do a review and ask for changes/fixes, it updates the PR description and title with only those new changes, that sure is very annoying.

I've tried to set instructions on what to place in the description (eg the orignal prompt + checkmarks for completed tasks in that description) and the agent perfectly sets the correct description. However, on completing the work, something else triggers modifying the description, outside of the main worker-task (?). You can see the edit-history that it was modified twice in the same minute .

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[linhr]

+1 This is indeed quite annoying. Could we prioritize the fix for it, or is there a workaround?

[linhr]

From the user's perspective, it seems that there is a race condition here. There are two PR description updates involved for each commit:

1. A list of checkboxes for tasks for that commit. (This is useful for tracking the progress for the current Copilot session.)
2. An updated high-level description for the PR. (This is useful for the PR in general, and should be preserved.)

The order for these two updates seems non-deterministic. I have seen some PRs where the first update is added later (undesired), while for other PRs, the update order seems good.

[zleigh-digistorm]

Yes, and then being able to view but not restore a previous version of the PR description with styling makes it even more frustrating.

[linhr]

This may be related: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/189633