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/clear drops custom agent system prompt while keeping agent label in UI #3038

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Describe the bug

/clear apears to clear the active agent from behaviour but the UI isn't updated to reflect this

Affected version

GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.39.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. Select a custom agent via /agent
  2. Confirm agent is active — model follows agent-specific workflow instructions
  3. Use /clear to start a new conversation
  4. Note the UI still shows the agent name (e.g. "debug") at the bottom of the chat
  5. Send a message that requires agent-specific behaviour
  6. Note /agent shows the previous custom agent active also but previous behaviour suggests it was reset

Expected behavior

text and /agent menu should reflect active agent. /clear should probably set the agent and the text to default

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    area:agentsSub-agents, fleet, autopilot, plan mode, background agents, and custom agentsarea:context-memoryContext window, memory, compaction, checkpoints, and instruction loading

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