Question

A developer at a financial firm reports that Copilot is still suggesting completions inside a sensitive `payment-keys.ts` file, even though an administrator recently added a content exclusion rule targeting that file in the organization's settings. The administrator confirms the YAML rule is syntactically valid and correctly scoped to the file path. What is the MOST likely reason the exclusion is not yet taking effect for this developer?

Accepted Answer

The exclusion rules can take a short time to propagate, and the developer may need to wait or reload the editor before the change is enforced.

Answer

Content exclusions only apply to Copilot Chat, so inline completions in the file will never be blocked.

Answer

Content exclusions must be duplicated in each developer's personal Copilot settings before they take effect.

Answer

The file must be committed and pushed to the default branch before any content exclusion rule can match it.