GitHub Copilot could not connect to server. Extension activation failed: "Timed out waiting for authentication provider to register"

[Taraldinn]

hey, I am just getting this error for few days ! I am trying to login in my copilot account but it says "GitHub Copilot could not connect to server. Extension activation failed: "Timed out waiting for authentication provider to register"" .. can anyone help me ?

[Taraldinn]

no I am not ! I have just installed Vs Code Insider and I have successfully installed copilot on that !

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[Kong12384abc]

now u can solve this problem ?

[PaNDanese]

I had the identical error message.
Simply running the uninstaller for VS Code and then re-installing it didn't work (I got the same error message when trying to activate Copilot).

The only thing that worked for me was a full uninstall of VS Code (https://superuser.com/questions/1380208/how-to-completely-uninstall-visual-studio-code-from-windows-10) and then a reinstall.

After that, I was able to activate Copilot.

Also, probably goes without saying, but you probably want to save a copy of your settings + list of extensions before you do the full uninstall.

[ajonno]

what a joke nice one MS

[oneplusiota]

@ajonno agree. I have been facing the issue for almost a month. I tried uninstalling the Copilot extension, but it doesn't seem to work. I think this is just another bug that MS needs to fix so that their services run for another month or so until they encounter this same issue again.

This keeps happening every time I log in, even though I'm signed into VS code with my MS account.

[LCristinaM]

Hi, how did VS Code Insiders work for you, I had the same error and I managed to fix it by uninstalling VSC and downloading the Insiders version.

[fedevigo]

You probably have GitHub Authentication disabled.
GitHub Authentication is an extension that is bundled with Visual Studio Code.

Go to File -> Preferences -> Profiles -> Show Contents

In the left panel, in the "Extensions" group, click in "GitHub Authentication" and enable the extension.

[JoeZhou2]

You save my whole day!

[cjauvin]

As of December 21 2024, on a Mac, just after the announcement of the new free Copilot offer, this is the only thing that worked for me, after a long search and of lot of frustration, many thanks!

[caldiver07]

Solved mine too.. THANKS.....

[SujeetAtwe789]

thanks its works for me ( thanks a lots )

[HFTrader]

Holy shit. I had been chasing this for hours! How did it get disabled though? I dont remember ever doing that!

[dkozar]

As @Cmolosa said, your GitHub Authentication extension is probably disabled (by default). Confirming it solved the problem for me.

[lumos42]

I'm on macOS, and getting the same error message. How do I fix?

[shorifulce]

Click on Show Contents, and enable GitHub globally. Then try to log in. For me it worked.

[bellerofonte]

You probably have GitHub Authentication disabled. GitHub Authentication is an extension that is bundled with Visual Studio Code.

@fedevigo any ideas how to enable GitHub Authentication inside a Remote-SSH connection? There is no such extension in the Profile tab and I cannot find one (vscode.github-authentication) in the marketplace.

[longxiaotian799]

me too

[ViniNathan]

Have you guys already tried this?
Open your VS Code, press CTRL+SHIFT+P, type Developer: Restart Extension Host, then press Enter

[mateusfg7]

@ViniNathan yes, the error persists.

[longxiaotian799]

I suggest you can download vscode insiders edition not the original edition and configure it，because I cannnot find another solution

[mateusfg7]

I started codespaces again after a while and now it works. I don't know why, I didn't do anything.

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[skanderKhabou]

I had the same issue after viewing and reading comments , i figure out the problem , if in your preferrence you can't find the git hub auth extension it's normal , what you should do is sign out from github inside the vs code ( left accounts and click sign out ) after this you should reload vs code clicking on F1 and go to developer reload window , after this you should sign in again .. you can find those steps here :
https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/troubleshooting-github-copilot/troubleshooting-issues-with-github-copilot-chat-in-ides

After this , you may have the same issue , what you should do is sync your settings in the same left account button , check also in the config button under the account if there is any thing to enable exemple profile setting etc .
No need to uninstall and reinstall vs code just sign out from github in vs code and follow the waves it will work . Good Luck

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[iam11332]

hi @Taraldinn , why I cannot find the Github Authentication in my vscode?

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