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Clipboard access doesn't work in vscode -> terminal (WSL) -> screen/tmux #4191

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When running the Copilot CLI from withing a tmux/screen in WSL2 in a terminal in VS Code, copying text to the clipboard doesn't work. When running the the CLI in the WSL2 terminal in VS Code (i.e. not in tmux/screen), copying does work well.

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Windows 11, VS Code 1.126.0, WSL2 (Ubuntu 24.04), built-in VS Code terminal, bash, tmux 3.4, screen 4.09.01.

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