# GitHub Copilot Chat for VS Code — User Demand Report

**Week:** 2026-W15
**Generated:** 2026-04-06
**Issues analyzed:** 22 (20 included)
**Need clusters:** 1

## Top 10 User Needs

| Rank | Need | Issues | Score | Category | Examples |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Fix Copilot Chat reliability and model compatibility issues | 20 | 5.2 | Reliability | [#14169](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-release/issues/14169), [#14168](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-release/issues/14168), [#14165](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-release/issues/14165) |

## Category Breakdown

- **Reliability**: 1 clusters

## All Need Clusters

### 1. Fix Copilot Chat reliability and model compatibility issues

Users are experiencing various reliability issues with GitHub Copilot Chat, including sudden unresponsiveness, hangs, and freezes during operation. Additionally, there are compatibility problems between different models (especially Codex) and the /chat/completions API endpoint, as well as issues with VS Code Insiders compatibility and MCP server functionality. These problems prevent users from having a stable, productive AI-assisted development experience.

- **Volume:** 20 issues (18 open, 2 closed)
- **Demand Score:** 5.2
- **Avg Reactions:** 0.7 | **Avg Comments:** 0.7
- **Example issues:** [#14169](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-release/issues/14169), [#14168](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-release/issues/14168), [#14165](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-release/issues/14165), [#14161](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-release/issues/14161), [#14160](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-release/issues/14160)

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