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Github Copilot Desktop is too broken for production use.

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Domain
desktop

Research direction

The issue reports two high-level problems: viewing PR contents and creating remote agents. No specific files, tests, or entry points are mentioned. Start by reproducing the issues on Windows with the given app version. Examine the desktop app's code for PR rendering and agent creation flows. 'Done' would be a fix that allows viewing PRs and creating remote agents reliably.

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Description

Github Copilot Desktop is too broken for production use. I can't see the contents of PRs and I can't create remote agents in github. This is simply one big disappointment.

Field Value
App version 1.1.23
OS Windows 10.0.26200
Theme Fox
Path /
Tenure Day 1
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