Merge pull request microsoft#202621 from microsoft/merogge/workspace-updates

announce workspace progress updates to SR users

Author: meganrogge

src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/chatListRenderer.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import * as dom from 'vs/base/browser/dom';
 import { IActionViewItemOptions } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionViewItems';
-import { AriaRole } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/aria/aria';
+import { AriaRole, alert } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/aria/aria';
 import { Button } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/button/button';
 import { renderIcon } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/iconLabel/iconLabels';
 import { IListRenderer, IListVirtualDelegate } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/list/list';
@@ -833,6 +833,10 @@ export class ChatListItemRenderer extends Disposable implements ITreeRenderer<Ch
 	}
 
 	private renderProgressMessage(progress: IChatProgressMessage, showSpinner: boolean): IMarkdownRenderResult {
+		if (showSpinner) {
+			// this step is in progress, communicate it to SR users
+			alert(progress.content.value);
+		}
 		const codicon = showSpinner ? ThemeIcon.modify(Codicon.sync, 'spin').id : Codicon.check.id;
 		const markdown = new MarkdownString(`$(${codicon}) ${progress.content.value}`, {
 			supportThemeIcons: true