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Up arrow to edit a queued message adds duplicate instead of replacing it #2905

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Describe the bug

When the agent is actively processing a response and you have a message queued, pressing Up arrow recalls the queued message for editing. After editing and pressing Enter, the edited message is added to the queue as a new entry rather than replacing the original queued message. This results in both the original and the edited version being queued.

In Claude Code, the same workflow (Up arrow → edit queued message → Enter) correctly replaces the queued message with the edited version.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. Send a prompt that triggers a long-running agent response
  2. While the agent is working, type and submit a follow-up message (it gets queued)
  3. Press Up arrow — the queued message appears in the input for editing
  4. Edit the message and press Enter
  5. Actual: Both the original and edited messages are now queued
  6. Expected: The edited message replaces the original in the queue

Expected behavior

Editing a queued message via Up arrow should replace the original queued message, not add a second one. This matches Claude Code behavior and is the intuitive expectation — the user is correcting what they queued, not adding another message.

Additional context

Claude Code implements this as an edit/replace operation on the pending queue. Copilot CLI treats it as a new submission.

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