Why does Copilot stop generating content when it reaches IP addresses?

[Thomas-McKanna]

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I have noticed that anytime Copilot is generating code that contains an IP address, copilot will generate up until the opening quote, but will never fill in an IP address. I've noticed this when working on Python and Terraform files. Anyone know what's going on here.

For example, when I am making AWS security groups via Terraform, Copilot alway gets stuck on the CIDR blocks:

resource "aws_security_group" "my_group" {
  name        = "my-security-group"
  description = "Allow RDP from somewhere"
  vpc_id      = data.aws_subnet.my_vpc.vpc_id

  ingress {
    description = "RDP from somewhere"
    from_port   = 3389
    to_port     = 3389
    protocol    = "tcp"
    cidr_blocks = ["

If I had to speculate, I'm guessing it is a security precaution, but I'd still be interested to know the official reasoning.

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[martafolf]

This happens to me too when generating router configurations. Seems to not be allowed to print IP addresses of any kind, even internal and even if they are referencing the same addresses used elsewhere in the same file.

I suspect this is some kind of protection against copilot accidentally leaking someone else's "personal" data.

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[sml-zeroeyes]

Can we do something about this please? It would be nice if copilot would at least allow completion of private IP blocks.

It is clear that the tool is parsing the IP address to censor itself, as can easily be demonstrated by prompting it like this:

# here's an example of 4 numbers separated by . characters:
#

Nothing autocompletes after the second # at first. But try typing 3 then 33 then 333. Suddenly, with 333, it autocompletes:

# here's an example of 4 numbers separated by . characters:
# 333.444.555.666

It seems like the moment it sees 333 and knows this can't be an IP address, it goes ahead.

Final proof, try typing 255 - no autocomplete. But 256 gives this:

# here's an example of 4 numbers separated by . characters:
# 256.256.256.256

So, can we please fix this to allow the private IP blocks? Please??