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Extension enters rapid refresh loop, causing high API usage and rate limiting #7816

@JoeyZio

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@JoeyZio

When viewing a pull request's description, the extension enters a rapid refresh loop, making dozens of GraphQL API calls per minute -- sometimes multiple calls per second. This happens just by sitting with the panel open and not clicking on anything.

This behavior quickly exhausts the hourly GraphQL API rate limit (5,000 points). The logs show that operations like PullRequestComments (costing 20 points) and Fetch timeline events are being called repeatedly in a loop.

Disabling and re-enabling the extension seems to temporarily fix this, but it eventually enters the same loop again after some use. I'm having trouble figuring out what specific action may be causing it. I am using GitHub Copilot Coding Agent for this PR which may have something to do with it.

  • Extension version: 0.118.1
  • VS Code version: Code 1.104.0 (f220831ea2d946c0dcb0f3eaa480eb435a2c1260, 2025-09-10T06:46:18.035Z)
  • OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

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