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Plan indicator leaks across conversations after headless session switches #4249

Description

@nonemec-havok

Describe the bug

When the IDE switches one headless Copilot CLI process between two conversations that share the same repository, worktree, and branch, the plan indicator/path can remain bound to the previously active conversation.

Observed result:

  • Conversation A had a physical per-session plan.md.
  • Conversation B had no plan.md and an empty per-session task database.
  • While B was active, the IDE displayed A's session-specific ...\A\plan.md beside B.
  • The UI for A simultaneously claimed that A did not have a plan.
  • Nothing had moved on disk: A's plan remained under A's session-state directory and B's directory had no plan.

The CLI/backend session state was correctly isolated; the visible conversation-to-plan association was reversed/stale.

Affected version

Copilot IDE 1.12.1
Copilot CLI backend 1.0.71
VS Code 1.130.0
Windows x64

Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. Open two IDE conversations for the same repository/worktree/branch.
  2. In conversation A, enter plan mode and create/update plan.md.
  3. Leave conversation B without a plan.
  4. Switch repeatedly between A and B so the IDE resumes both through the same headless CLI process.
  5. Observe the plan indicator/path after B becomes active.

In the affected run, sanitized debug logs showed the same process repeatedly alternating:

resume A -> Workspace initialized A
resume B -> Workspace initialized B
resume A -> Workspace initialized A
resume B -> Workspace initialized B

After the final Workspace initialized B, B displayed A's plan path. The local IDE metadata cache contained A but had no entry for B.

Expected behavior

Plan state must be keyed and rendered strictly by conversation/session ID:

  • Activating B must clear A's plan indicator before B is rendered.
  • A conversation without plan.md must never inherit a plan based on shared cwd, repository, branch, process, or prior active state.
  • Session resume/switch should atomically update conversation content, plan state, task state, and metadata-cache ownership.
  • If the active session lacks a cache entry, the UI should query that session or show no plan rather than retaining the previous session's plan.

Additional context

The backend evidence rules out a filesystem move or shared SQL state: each conversation retained its own session directory/database, and the active session's injected context pointed at the correct session folder. This appears to be stale IDE/session-controller state during rapid headless session switching.

The IDE package points to a separate private repository that is not accessible to either configured GitHub identity, so this is filed against the CLI/session tracker for routing. No private logs or conversation content are attached.

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    area:non-interactiveNon-interactive mode (-p), CI/CD, ACP protocol, and headless automationarea:sessionsSession management, resume, history, session picker, and session state

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