Merge pull request #3660 from microsoft/sandy081/impossible-landfowl

Show warning message for known issues in specific VS Code versions

Author: sandy081

package-lock.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "copilot-chat",
 	"displayName": "GitHub Copilot Chat",
 	"description": "AI chat features powered by Copilot",
-	"version": "0.37.4",
+	"version": "0.37.5",
 	"build": "1",
 	"internalAIKey": "1058ec22-3c95-4951-8443-f26c1f325911",
 	"completionsCoreVersion": "1.378.1799",

package.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import * as l10n from '@vscode/l10n';
-import { commands, env, ExtensionContext, ExtensionMode, l10n as vscodeL10n } from 'vscode';
+import { commands, env, ExtensionContext, ExtensionMode, l10n as vscodeL10n, version as vscodeVersion, window } from 'vscode';
 import { isScenarioAutomation } from '../../../platform/env/common/envService';
 import { isProduction } from '../../../platform/env/common/packagejson';
 import { IIgnoreService } from '../../../platform/ignore/common/ignoreService';
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ export async function baseActivate(configuration: IExtensionActivationConfigurat
 		commands.executeCommand('setContext', showSwitchToReleaseViewCtxKey, undefined);
 	}
 
+	const problematicVersions = ['1.109.0', '1.109.1'];
+	if (problematicVersions.some(v => vscodeVersion.startsWith(v))) {
+		const message = l10n.t("This version of VS Code ({0}) has known issues with GitHub Copilot. Please update VS Code and restart.", vscodeVersion);
+		window.showWarningMessage(message, { modal: true });
+		return context;
+	}
+
 	if (vscodeL10n.bundle) {
 		l10n.config({ contents: vscodeL10n.bundle });
 	}