I have been using copilot for a while now, and one fine day on opening VSCode this error appeared.
"[ERROR] [default] [2022-04-09T08:38:10.995Z] GitHub Copilot could not connect to server. Extension activation failed: "certificate has expired"
I looked up for it everywhere and found nothing, it'd be a great help if someone could fix this for me!
[here's the error and how the extension looks like on the status bar]
Three common causes:
An out of date IDE. Solution: make sure your IDE is up to date
If you're not properly signed in to GitHub CoPilot. Solution: make sure you're signed in to GitHub CoPilot
E.g. In VSCode look on the bottom left, if you see this, you might not be signed in:
Click the icon, and follow the prompts to sign in, then CoPilot should work.
Try closing and reopening your IDE (e.g. vscode), that may also help.
I know its a bit late. But I encountered this problem today. If disabling and restarting doesn't help, you could try:
At uninstall, select Install another version, and select the version before the latest
Reload vscode
After doing this, my copilot started working again.
Two things you should check:
1=> Update VSCode to the latest version
2=> Update GitHub Copilot latest version
From the Menubar, go to View -> Output;
Choose GitHub Copilot from the pulldown on the left to see the log of what is going on in the background.
Go to your Github account and check if you have paid the bill, In my case that was the problem.
In Visual Studio, if you are the one that disabled the Copilot before you can enable the following way.
Either search for "Copilot".
Or go to Tools>>Options>>GitHub>>Copilot
Go to Enable Globally and change from false to True.
Given that GitHub Copilot is so fresh and well-liked, updates are made often. When encountering this kind of problem, I would advise entirely purging and reinstalling.
Installation of GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code
The documentation lists extensions for Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Neovim, and the JetBrains suite as IDEs that GitHub Copilot supports.
The installation consists of three main steps:
Create a GitHub account (if you don’t have one already).
Go to GitHub Copilot and click on “Start my free trial”. Follow the sign-up steps and make sure to cancel before your 60-day free trial is up (if you don’t want to continue using the tool).
Install the VSCode extension by searching for “GitHub Copilot” on the extensions tab. You’ll be asked to sign in to GitHub, authorize the extension, and then Copilot will be set up.
If you would like a more thorough explanation, my colleague Rafael wrote a great article based on his time with Copilot and VSCode: https://www.scalablepath.com/full-stack/ai-pair-programming-github-copilot-review
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GitHub Copilot stopped working after it asked to restart vscode for the last update I installed, right now it doesn't even show the icon and there are no suggestions either, it's as if it wasn't installed.
I unistalled everything, even the vscode itself, deleting all the files and configuringicon in case there was a conflict or error, but the extension still does not work.
If anyone knows how to fix it or what is causing the error, I would be very grateful.
Rolling back to the previous version (1.63.7601) fixed it for me.
Click on extensions icon on left menu bar
Search for Copilot
Click the settings cog > Install another version
Select 1.63.7601
Reload VSCode
Today I tried to use the copilot, but suddenly this error start appearing:
[INFO] [fetch] [2022-05-19T21:00:55.452Z] Please upgrade your Copilot extension to continue using this service.
I tried to uninstall and install again and reload, but nothing happens, anyone have any idea how to solve this problem?
There's an error description in the image below:
This can be resolved by upgrading VSCode itself: Help → Check for Updates / Install Available Updates.
You may or may not need to re-install the extension and re-authenticate with git.
Reference: https://github.com/github/feedback/discussions/15684
In my case (on a mac) I had to do the following:
Move Visual Studio Code from Downloads to Applications
Restart
Update Visual Studio Code
Sign into Github
Open extensions and locate Github CoPilot
Click "Reload Required"
As #emragins suggested, go to Help and check for updates/restart to update
Once you are back on VS Code check if the Co-pilot is activated.
If it is not activated/still gives the same error.
Search for co-pilot in VS Code extensions search
Click on co-pilot extension in the search results, you should see restart/reload required.
Reload and it should be working now. If not try closing VS Code and opening it now.
You should uninstall the extension and download the latest version from this page in the form of VSIX file. After that you can install the extension from that VSIX file.
I think it is because there is some API changes and the latest version of the extension. However, it is still marked as preview. When we click on install from the built-in extension browser, it just install the latest stable version.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot
if you are on a linux device, update your vscode first then update your co pilot extension it will work.
I'm noticing this repeatedly with VS2022. Everything starts off well but eventually it seems to lose my authorization on my Azure DevOps project.
I open a solution and VS 2022 connects to Azure Devops. Maybe I make a commit or two and type the little hashtag ('#') symbol in the comment box and sure enough, the list of available work-items appears for me to associate with the checkin. Things are great.
But eventually, that stops working. Nothing appears when I hit the hashtag. So I go to the Team Explorer window and I see this message at the top:
TF30063: You are not authorized to access dev.azure.com/<mycompanyname>.
I try reconnecting through Team Explorer but it doesn't do anything. But if I restart Visual Studio, I'm all connected again. For a while until it happens again.
Anyone have this or know how to fix it? It does not happen to me with VS2019
Experienced the same problem was well. By accident I switched VS 2022 from the embeded to the system browser (Options->Accounts) and after restarting VS 2022 it worked well, however it can be a coincidence:
Just to put a bookend on this, Dan Schulte of Microsoft has officially responded in this thread (see his Dec 14 reply) that they've found the root cause of this problem and have created a fix for it but that the fix won't be released until January.
Apparently it was pretty low level and very hairy and affected not just VS2022 but also previous version. It was something that none of the lists workarounds could truly fix. So I wouldn't bother running repair on your VS install or any of that. It won't fix it.
I had same problem and solved by following this:
restart OS;
open Visual Studio Installer;
on Visual Studio 2022 item, click "Other" button, then "Repair".
that's all.
after updating the version to 17.0.5 its problem was solved.
None of the other methods above worked for me. I tried this in visual studio 2022 and it worked.
Open the Developer PowerShell (View > Terminal) and type in the following:
TF vc permission
This will bring up a login screen and allow you to log in. After that you should have permission, after restarting Visual Studio.
The preferred answer (Andreas Schneider) almost worked for me. I needed the additional step to reenter my credentials under the Azure Service Authentication. Underneath the 'Choose an account' button there was a clickable warning symbol prompting me to re-enter my credentials. After doing that and restarting Visual Studio, I was able to access out azure package resources again.
I have installed GitHub Copilot just for the sake of testing. However, none of the commands work.
For example if I try CTRL + Enter I get this error message:
command 'github.copilot.generate' not found
I am trying it with JS file.
I have latest Visual Studio Code and Copilot installed.
Click on the bell button on bottom right-corner of the Visual Studio Code Editor
Press 'Agree' button
Thats it!
I had already signed up for the Technical preview and also accepted the invite for the same. Even after being signed in to VS Code using the same account, I had this error. This solution worked for me:
Sign out of my account from the Accounts section of the left
sidebar on VS Code
Sign in again using the same account in which invite was received
NOTE: There is a thread on the official Copilot discussion board on this issue here.
I have access to Github Copilot as well but get the error:
command 'github.copilot.generate' not found
Tried reloading and reinstalling it as well through vscodes ui.
Went in and manually went through the process of completely deleting it explained here.
Afterward, I logged out of my Github account attempted to install Copilot then logged back in when the prompt was displayed, again no luck.
Tested running both CTRL+ENTER and Alt+\ , neither of them did anything.
After I tried:
Developer: Reload Window
But that didn't do anything.
Checked the discussion forums and they had a solution for:
command 'github.copilot.toggleCopilot' not found
Which was to simply uninstall then reinstall copilot then run CTRL+R (Developer: Reload Window), this too didn't work out.
There's a good chance that all you'd have to do is retrigger the authentication flow considering that the developer tools console reports that copilot is "missing an auth token" (but no one knows how to retrigger it).
In addition to the above, I tried running CTRL+SHIFT+P then ran "Open Copilot", which resulted in the error
Command 'Open Copilot' resulted in an error (command 'github.copilot.generate' not found)
From this discussion post on another forum with a similar issue, apparently, this is an issue with command registration.
This specific comment seemed most relevant
Uninstall Python extension (if you have pylance uninstall it first).
Close all instances of VS Code.
Go to,%USERPROFILE%/.vscode/extensions (on windows) or
~/.vscode/extensions on Linux/Mac.
Delete any folder with the name starting with ms-python.python*
Start VS Code, and install Python extension (also pylance if you
uninstalled it in step 1).
Of course, you'd have to apply this to Copilot so...
Uninstall Copilot
Close all instances of vscode
Go to, %USERPROFILE%/.vscode/extensions (on windows) or ~/.vscode/extensions on Linux/Mac.
Delete all instances of Copilot
Go to, %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Roaming/Code/CachedExtensionVSIXs
Delete all instances of Copilot
Start and install Copilot
This too didn't work.
If I were to guess this would be solvable via retriggering the authentication flow.
(1) Go to, %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Roaming/Code/CachedExtensionVSIXs
(2) Delete all files and reopen vsCode.
This happens when you have failed to authenticate Copilot with Visual Studio Code.
If you had a missed authentication flow the flow can be re-triggered by clicking the VSCode Notifications icon on the status bar and clicking on the Sign in to Github notification.
If you have lost the authentication flow notification from the notifications panel, re-installing the Copilot helps.
TIP: To make it easier to sign in, make sure you are already authenticated on github.com on the default browser.
You can open the extensions tab or press ctrl + shift + x to look at the copilot extension.
you may reload it if you have authenticated with your GitHub account before.
Step 1:
First you need to login with same Github account you use for copilot beta signup, in your default browser.
If you mistakenly did something wrong here, just uninstall the extension and reload it, and then repeat step 1.
I don't know how this ties in but maybe it will help.
I have several times gotten a page saying that Copilot installed but wasn't done yet, and that I could finish the process by pasting an auth code into the "sign on to Github" link found in the VSCode status bar.
No such sign-on link ever showed up in my status bar but the auth code looked like this:
vscode-insiders://vscode.github-authentication/did-authenticate?windowid=1&code=65....
but I have found no place I can run that where it produces the desired result. At best I end up back at the waitlist sign on page.
Just log out your github account and re-log-in it in VSCode
In OSX this worked:
On a previous try, I had logged in to the wrong GitHub account. Be sure to be logged in with the correct GitHub account in the browser. Delete the extension from VSCode. Then open the Keychain Access -app and delete GitHub keys from there. After that install the extension and now it gets the correct authorization.
I found that the reason was because my account never prompted me to allow the access as one of the top answers shows. It may have something to do with a firewall or other permissions (or bugs) on your machine. If you have access to another computer you can try to use Co-Pilot and see what happens. For me, everything worked on the second computer. Then you could compare and see what is different. In my case, it was my work's VPN that didn't allow. Once I disconnected from the VPN or tried another device, it worked fine.
Check if you behind a firewall or proxy
Have you got the copilot beta? If not, you cant use it!
Updating Github Copilot helped (for NVim + Vundle I did :BundleUpdate).
I installed GoLand (2019.3) via JetBrains Toolbox and I have an Ultimate account and I activated it.
I found that right click on a source code line didn't give me "Open on GitHub" button. I tried to search "Open on GitHub" action I found it is disabled (please see the two screenshots for demo). I don't know why? And I don't know how to enable it.
Can someone help? Also I am using GitHub Enterprise.
For the action to work you need two conditions:
configure the custom GitHub Enterprise account in the IDE via Settings/Preferences | Version Control | GitHub
have a file opened in the IDE for the action to show up
Then, this should work as expected.