Cody extension fails to preserve markdown formatting in responses

[AlfredoSandovalx]

Type: Bug

Extension Information

• Cody Version: 1.53.1734972437
• VS Code Version: 1.96.2
• Extension Host: desktop

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open a project in VS Code with the Cody AI extension enabled.
2. Create or open a Markdown file with code blocks, headings, or list syntax.
3. View the output in Cody’s preview/response window.

Expected Behaviour

• Markdown should render correctly, preserving headings, code blocks, lists, and spacing.

Actual Behaviour

• Certain Markdown formatting (e.g., code blocks, headings) breaks or doesn’t display properly in Cody’s window.

Logs

(Attach any relevant log output here)

Extension version: 1.53.1734972437
VS Code version: Code 1.96.2 (fabdb6a30b49f79a7aba0f2ad9df9b399473380f, 2024-12-19T10:22:47.216Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13950HX (32 x 2419)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	63.76GB (41.11GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id cf5f6ea1-7412-4295-b444-0ccb15194787
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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BUGS-1024 Cody extension fails to preserve markdown formatting in responses

[PriNova]

Hey @AlfredoSandovalx

Thank you for reporting this issue. The team will have a look at it.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

[dlaliberte]

One workaround is to ask the AI, via Cody, to not embed code blocks, but instead just reference separate files for each such block. It will then properly format the separate pieces. Then I still have to copy-paste the pieces back into the main content, wrapping each piece with the embedded code block quoting. An annoying a waste of time...

[AlfredoSandovalx]

1 month later and no fix. Back to massive context dumps into o1 Pro.

Less agents more basics.