GitHub Copilot Commands not working and showing error - github

Question

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.

Answer 1

Click on the bell button on bottom right-corner of the Visual Studio Code Editor
Press 'Agree' button
Thats it!

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

(1) Go to, %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Roaming/Code/CachedExtensionVSIXs
(2) Delete all files and reopen vsCode.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

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.

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

Just log out your github account and re-log-in it in VSCode

Answer 10

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.

Answer 11

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.

Answer 12

Check if you behind a firewall or proxy

Answer 13

Have you got the copilot beta? If not, you cant use it!

Answer 14

Updating Github Copilot helped (for NVim + Vundle I did :BundleUpdate).