Periodic background refresh of PR content (#6807)

Fixes #6739

Author: alexr00

src/github/issueOverview.ts

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class IssueOverviewPanel<TItem extends IssueModel = IssueModel> extends W
 		column: vscode.ViewColumn,
 		title: string,
 		folderRepositoryManager: FolderRepositoryManager,
-		type: string = IssueOverviewPanel._viewType,
+		private readonly type: string = IssueOverviewPanel._viewType,
 		iconSubpath?: {
 			light: string,
 			dark: string,
@@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ export class IssueOverviewPanel<TItem extends IssueModel = IssueModel> extends W
 					});
 				}
 			}));
+		this.pollForUpdates(true);
+	}
+
+	private pollForUpdates(shorterTimeout: boolean = false): void {
+		const webview = shorterTimeout || vscode.window.tabGroups.all.find(group => group.activeTab?.input instanceof vscode.TabInputWebview && group.activeTab.input.viewType.endsWith(this.type));
+		const timeoutDuration = 1000 * 60 * (webview ? 1 : 5);
+		setTimeout(async () => {
+			await this.refreshPanel();
+			this.pollForUpdates();
+		}, timeoutDuration);
 	}
 
 	public async refreshPanel(): Promise<void> {

src/view/reviewManager.ts

@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ export class ReviewManager extends Disposable {
 		if (_gitApi.state === 'initialized') {
 			this.updateState(true);
 		}
-		this.pollForStatusChange();
 	}
 
 	private registerListeners(): void {
@@ -241,15 +240,6 @@ export class ReviewManager extends Disposable {
 		return this._reviewModel;
 	}
 
-	private pollForStatusChange() {
-		setTimeout(async () => {
-			if (!this._validateStatusInProgress && this._folderRepoManager.activePullRequest) {
-				await this.updateComments();
-			}
-			this.pollForStatusChange();
-		}, 1000 * 60 * 5);
-	}
-
 	private get id(): string {
 		return `${ReviewManager.ID}+${this._id}`;
 	}