A comment mentioning @copilot on the existing pull request provides the direct continuation mechanism. GitHub documents that this can start a new agent session and, by default, push additional commits to the pull request's branch. The comment should explicitly identify the latest repository guidance and the work that remains, correcting the context that produced the outdated proposal.
This approach preserves the existing branch, accumulated changes, review discussion, and relationship to the original issue. It also gives the agent a clear instruction tied to the artifact that must be updated. The commenter must have the required repository write access.
Creating another issue would establish a separate assignment and could duplicate work. Approve and run workflows authorizes GitHub Actions validation; it does not itself resume the coding agent's implementation session. Closing and reopening the issue is likewise not the direct pull-request continuation control.
The useful recovery action therefore combines a new execution trigger with an explicit statement of current intent. Restarting without correcting the outdated requirement could reproduce the same drift.
Relevant curriculum topics are resuming execution, restoring task context, and maintaining continuity without discarding prior work.
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