Error reporter cannot send data directly to GitHub

[peterkos]

• VSCode Version: 1.46.0
• OS Version: macOS 10.15.4

Attempting to send any somewhat-detailed bug report gives this error:

There is too much data to send to GitHub directly. The data will be copied to the clipboard, please paste it into the GitHub issue page that is opened.

I tried to send the following message:

1. Search for an extension (e.g., "Custom CSS and JS Loader")
2. Attempt to copy the config information to put in settings.json via Cmd+C
3. Notice that it doesn't work (Cmd+V does not yield those contents)
4. Select that text and use Edit>Copy (in menu bar) to copy
5. Notice that your clipboard now has those contents

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Two main concerns here.

First, this is around 319 bytes of UTF-8 for "Steps to Reproduce". Is this a GitHub API limitation of some sort? This is very strange and I've never seen an application do this.

Second, I think this is really bad UX:

• The "Steps to Reproduce" area takes up a large portion of the screen, of which I've filled not even half.
  
• The "include system information" and "include my enabled extensions" both still remain checked, which is not indicative of the current state (clipboard only contains "steps to reproduce")
• The "opened for you" GitHub issue does not include any issue template information in the clipboard (VSCode version, OS version).
• The user, after filling out two select fields, two text fields, and two check boxes, must redo that work on GitHub.

[peterkos]

I see in this issue (#73921) that it is performance-related, however I don't think this adresses the UX issues that are present (issue template info, system info, etc.)

Apologies if this is too close to that issue!

[peterkos]

And also, here is the list of extensions I have:

[RMacfarlane]

Hey @peterkos, here's an explanation of why dialog appears: #97171 (comment) The limit is based on number of characters, not bytes, and is unfortunately pretty easy to hit with just system info/extensions.

I'm not seeing what you describe with that information not being copied when you click "OK" in the dialog - all of the diagnostic information should be copied to the clipboard at that time. What version of VS Code are you using?

[peterkos]

Thanks for the info! That makes a bit more sense. I'm using VSCode version 1.46.0; also updated my original post.

Also I think that was my fault; I tried again (a few times to make sure) and it does indeed copy all info. I must have copied the steps to reproduce myself, overwriting the clipboard 😅

[RMacfarlane]

I'm going to go ahead and close this, since the copy to clipboard functionality is working

[peterkos]

This still seems like a usability issue to force the user to copy&paste, even though I understand the technical limitation there.

(For anyone browsing, to save some digging, see #95165 for discussion on bypassing the limitation.)