chat: add a pause button for agent mode #238735
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There is a new `ChatParticipant.onDidChangePauseState` event that allows the editor to signal requests should be paused or unpaused. In agentic mode, a "pause" button is visible in the editor that surfaces to this event. It's up to the LM to respect it. When paused, actions go to their "idle" state, so new messages can be written which implicitly cancel the previous request, following PR earlier today.  This solves Kai's request of wanting to pause and see what the model is doing before continuing, as well as my desire to be able to interrupt and hint to the model when it gets off track, although that might ideally evolve to some other 'hint' vs a cancelled and new request. PR for copilot coming later this evening.
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There is a new
ChatParticipant.onDidChangePauseStateevent that allowsthe editor to signal requests should be paused or unpaused.
In agentic mode, a "pause" button is visible in the editor that surfaces
to this event. It's up to the LM to respect it. When paused, actions go
to their "idle" state, so new messages can be written which implicitly
cancel the previous request, following PR earlier today.
This solves Kai's request of wanting to pause and see what the model is
doing before continuing, as well as my desire to be able to interrupt
and hint to the model when it gets off track, although that might
ideally evolve to some other 'hint' vs a cancelled and new request.
PR for copilot coming later this evening.