From 8419cd47009bebbbb2745d9f76f0dd63f07bdf71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Chen <54879025+justschen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 14:50:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] past tense for optimizing tool selection (#313989)

---
 .../src/extension/prompt/node/defaultIntentRequestHandler.ts   | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/extensions/copilot/src/extension/prompt/node/defaultIntentRequestHandler.ts b/extensions/copilot/src/extension/prompt/node/defaultIntentRequestHandler.ts
index 57800f49d1d..b2179532381 100644
--- a/extensions/copilot/src/extension/prompt/node/defaultIntentRequestHandler.ts
+++ b/extensions/copilot/src/extension/prompt/node/defaultIntentRequestHandler.ts
@@ -794,8 +794,9 @@ class DefaultToolCallingLoop extends ToolCallingLoop<IDefaultToolLoopOptions> {
 
 		const computePromise = this.toolGrouping.compute(this.options.request.prompt, token);		// Show progress if this takes a moment...
 		const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
-			outputStream?.progress(l10n.t('Optimizing tool selection...'), async () => {
+			outputStream?.progress(l10n.t('Optimizing tool selection'), async () => {
 				await computePromise;
+				return l10n.t('Optimized tool selection');
 			});
 		}, 1000);