From 4c5b4edf925039b45a565ee7176f68ec8298c673 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Pasero <benjamin.pasero@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:07:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix - update agent messages for clarity

---
 .../vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts         | 4 ++--
 .../chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts b/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts
index 8e3fb465c0..2d54a63412 100644
--- a/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts
+++ b/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ export class CopilotCLIChatSessionParticipant extends Disposable {
 				});
 		}
 
-		stream.markdown(vscode.l10n.t('{0} has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the Agents View.', 'Background Agent'));
+		stream.markdown(vscode.l10n.t('A backround agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the sessions list.'));
 
 		return {};
 	}
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ export class CopilotCLIChatSessionParticipant extends Disposable {
 		session.addUserMessage(userPrompt);
 
 		// Add assistant message event with embedded PR metadata
-		const assistantMessage = `Cloud Agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the associated chat and pull request.\n<pr_metadata uri="${prInfo.uri.toString()}" title="${escapeXml(prInfo.title)}" description="${escapeXml(prInfo.description)}" author="${escapeXml(prInfo.author)}" linkTag="${escapeXml(prInfo.linkTag)}"/>`;
+		const assistantMessage = `A cloud agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the associated chat and pull request.\n<pr_metadata uri="${prInfo.uri.toString()}" title="${escapeXml(prInfo.title)}" description="${escapeXml(prInfo.description)}" author="${escapeXml(prInfo.author)}" linkTag="${escapeXml(prInfo.linkTag)}"/>`;
 		session.addUserAssistantMessage(assistantMessage);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts b/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts
index 97bed33dca..a307c3730d 100644
--- a/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts
+++ b/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ export class CopilotCloudSessionsProvider extends Disposable implements vscode.C
 		} else {
 			// Delegated flow
 			// NOTE: VS Code will now close the parent/source chat in most cases.
-			stream.markdown(vscode.l10n.t('Cloud Agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the Agents View and associated pull request.'));
+			stream.markdown(vscode.l10n.t('A cloud agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the sessions list and associated pull request.'));
 		}
 
 		// Return this for external callers, eg: CLI

From 2db2cc21c09e6dd2cda7c54740956f1cdb8abf9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Trogh <nicktrog@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:09:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix typo

---
 .../vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts           | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts b/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts
index 2d54a63412..587ce97c58 100644
--- a/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts
+++ b/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ export class CopilotCLIChatSessionParticipant extends Disposable {
 				});
 		}
 
-		stream.markdown(vscode.l10n.t('A backround agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the sessions list.'));
+		stream.markdown(vscode.l10n.t('A background agent has begun working on your request. Follow its progress in the sessions list.'));
 
 		return {};
 	}