From 99a23db522946479c084f01e3e7eac653cddbf39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: UncleBats Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:24:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add information where logs from the devcontainer are stored --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cc9f81c..c7e70f4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The dashboard provides insights into your prompting patterns and helps you optim - The numbers are based on the amount of text in the chat sessions, not the actual tokens used. This is an estimation and may not be 100% accurate. We use an average character-to-token ratio for each model to estimate the token count, which is visible in the detail panel when you click on the status bar item. - Same for the information on amount of trees that are needed to compensate your usage. -- When debugging in a Dev Container, the session log files cannot be found (they live outside the container). Token tracking will not work inside the container; however, you can still use the devcontainer to run AI in YOLO. +- Dev Containers: Copilot Chat session logs are written to the host machine's user profile (outside the container). On Linux, this is typically under `~/.config/Code/` (or the editor variant) within the host, not the container. The extension currently does not read from host paths, so token tracking will not work inside a devcontainer. If needed, run VS Code locally (outside the container) or mount the host user data directories into the container at the expected locations. PRs to add native host-path support are welcome. > **⚠️ Warning** > From 9b0ed1d2a62b845534db663f45fc41c2a139f876 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erick Segaar <33801297+UncleBats@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:27:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update README.md Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c7e70f4..4563ee6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The dashboard provides insights into your prompting patterns and helps you optim - The numbers are based on the amount of text in the chat sessions, not the actual tokens used. This is an estimation and may not be 100% accurate. We use an average character-to-token ratio for each model to estimate the token count, which is visible in the detail panel when you click on the status bar item. - Same for the information on amount of trees that are needed to compensate your usage. -- Dev Containers: Copilot Chat session logs are written to the host machine's user profile (outside the container). On Linux, this is typically under `~/.config/Code/` (or the editor variant) within the host, not the container. The extension currently does not read from host paths, so token tracking will not work inside a devcontainer. If needed, run VS Code locally (outside the container) or mount the host user data directories into the container at the expected locations. PRs to add native host-path support are welcome. +- Dev Containers: Copilot Chat session logs are written to the host machine's user profile (outside the container). On Linux, this is typically under `~/.config/Code/` (or the editor variant) within the host, not the container. The extension currently does not read from host paths, so token tracking will not work inside a Dev Container. If needed, run VS Code locally (outside the container) or mount the host user data directories into the container at the expected locations. PRs to add native host-path support are welcome. > **⚠️ Warning** >