From 37551e028b07aa2a0b7eb18545649ea4e77ccc91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Baeumer <dirkb@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:22:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Wait maximum 3 seconds for the Copilot chat extension to
 activate.

---
 Extension/src/LanguageServer/copilotProviders.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/copilotProviders.ts b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/copilotProviders.ts
index 31cf21f3e..c402afec8 100644
--- a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/copilotProviders.ts
+++ b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/copilotProviders.ts
@@ -159,7 +159,14 @@ export async function getCopilotChatApi(): Promise<CopilotContextProviderAPI | u
     let exports: CopilotChatApi | undefined;
     if (!copilotExtension.isActive) {
         try {
-            exports = await copilotExtension.activate();
+            exports = await Promise.race([
+                copilotExtension.activate(),
+                new Promise<undefined>(resolve => {
+                    setTimeout(() => {
+                        resolve(undefined);
+                    }, 3000);
+                })
+            ]);
         } catch {
             return undefined;
         }