Unable to change target branch for Cloud Agent VS Code?

[albertkun]

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Before the 1.0.7 November update, sending a task to the agent would default to the current branch. However, after this update everything defaults to the main branch which is ruining my workflow because I have multiple branches in development and main is for latest stable builds. I am aware of the https://github.com/copilot 's GUI here:

Where I can select the branch and the agent, but this is very inconvenient.

I am so confused as to why in VS Code those critical options don't exist or why this behavior was changed. I tried writing an extension to send the branch I'm working on to the agent during coding sessions, but that still doesn't work.

Did I miss any changes where I make those settings in the latest VS Code? If not, is there any suggestions or am I stuck just using the GUI for agent tasks to target the branch I'm working on?

[towhid-01]

@albertkun bro, thats the issue after the recent update, You didn’t miss any VS Code setting this is a real behavior change in Copilot Cloud / Coding Agents, and right now it’s by design, not a bug you can toggle away.

After the update Cloud Agents do not run inside VS Code workspace anymore.

They run in an isolated GitHub-hosted environment

what you can do is go to the agents page,

1. Go to: https://github.com/copilot .
2. Open Agents.
3. Select your repository.
4. Click the branch icon.
5. Choose your working branch.
6. Assign the task.

let me know if you face any problem.

[albertkun]

@towhid-01 Thank you! Yeah, I figured that would be one way to do it!

I just downgraded VS Code to 1.106 and thankfully the intended behavior of making PRs in the current branch still works.