Streaming feature in the newest release makes the cursor jumpy #286632
Description
Type: Bug
- Start a session in chat (ctrl+alt+i).
- Prompt that will fill the accessible view with content and that will take some time.
- Press alt + f2 and notice the behavior of the cursor.
What is happening:
The cursor appears to jump. If I arrow down and knew content comes in then the cursor returns to the top of the content.
Expected behavior:
The cursor should not move from my current point in the accessible view unless I move it myself.
VS Code version: Code 1.108.0 (94e8ae2, 2026-01-08T13:53:10.781Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | AMD Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface (R) Edition (12 x 2196) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 7.45GB (0.63GB free) |
| Process Argv | --crash-reporter-id ed6840bd-5b4d-47b4-a45f-49a49a5a6151 |
| Screen Reader | yes |
| VM | 0% |
Extensions (47)
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Bookmarks | ale | 14.0.0 |
| numbered-bookmarks | ale | 9.0.0 |
| project-manager | ale | 13.0.1 |
| promptboost | chr | 0.8.0 |
| auto-profile-switcher | cre | 0.1.3 |
| docker | doc | 0.18.0 |
| githistory | don | 0.6.20 |
| xml | Dot | 2.5.1 |
| filter-lines | ear | 1.1.0 |
| macros | ged | 1.2.1 |
| codespaces | Git | 1.18.4 |
| copilot-chat | Git | 0.35.3 |
| remotehub | Git | 0.64.0 |
| vscode-github-actions | git | 0.29.1 |
| vscode-pull-request-github | Git | 0.124.1 |
| huggingface-vscode-chat | Hug | 0.2.0 |
| azure-dev | ms- | 0.10.0 |
| vscode-azureappservice | ms- | 0.26.4 |
| vscode-azurecontainerapps | ms- | 0.10.0 |
| vscode-azurefunctions | ms- | 1.20.3 |
| vscode-azureresourcegroups | ms- | 0.11.7 |
| vscode-azurestaticwebapps | ms- | 0.13.2 |
| vscode-azurevirtualmachines | ms- | 0.6.10 |
| vscode-containers | ms- | 2.3.0 |
| vscode-cosmosdb | ms- | 0.30.1 |
| playwright | ms- | 1.1.17 |
| remote-ssh | ms- | 0.123.2025121615 |
| remote-ssh-edit | ms- | 0.87.0 |
| remote-wsl | ms- | 0.104.3 |
| vscode-remote-extensionpack | ms- | 0.26.0 |
| powershell | ms- | 2025.4.0 |
| remote-explorer | ms- | 0.6.2025081809 |
| remote-repositories | ms- | 0.43.2025081801 |
| remote-server | ms- | 1.6.2025102109 |
| vscode-node-azure-pack | ms- | 1.8.0 |
| vscode-speech | ms- | 0.16.0 |
| vscode-websearchforcopilot | ms- | 0.1.4 |
| vsliveshare | ms- | 1.0.5959 |
| windows-ai-studio | ms- | 0.28.0 |
| code-spell-checker | str | 4.4.0 |
| vscode-ai-foundry | Tea | 0.12.5 |
| awesome-copilot | tim | 0.1.40 |
| context7-mcp | Ups | 1.0.1 |
| github-copilot-ultimate-extension-pack | vs- | 0.0.7 |
| gitdoc | vsl | 0.2.3 |
| local-history | xyz | 1.8.1 |
| markdown-all-in-one | yzh | 3.6.3 |
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