Error while starting Settings Sync: No authentication provider 'github' is currently registered

[RMacfarlane]

On Mac, when I try to sync settings, which requires login first, I get this error: Error while starting Settings Sync: No authentication provider 'github' is currently registered. Which is quite similar to this one. expect @carlocardella seems already get the Github logged in.

Both of the auto-redirect and manually copy paste generated token did not work.
I've already checked Keychain access, seems like there is nothing related to vscode.
Any idea on how to solve this? please.

Originally posted by @PulsGarney in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issue_comments/705649913

[yusufdeepwork]

I have the same issue at Linux

[yusufdeepwork]

I have the same issue at Linux

I have solved .I have created token via my github profile and I have copied its and pasted to vs code's token area

[renkun-ken]

Same here.

I also got

[swd543]

I have this issue on Clear Linux with Visual Studio Code stable.

[smartmark-pro]

I have the same issue at windows 10, but I tried a few more times, and It's done by itself. maybe it was a problem with the previous link redirection

[owenthereal]

I have this issue on Fedora with 1.50.1

[jyeray]

I had the same issue with Ubuntu after install vscode via snap. Copy the token and remove the trailing white space at start and final from before use it worked for me.

[PulsGarney]

Same here.

I also got

had never seen this before, could be another issue

[PulsGarney]

Somehow I manage to login with the latest release now, with the exact procedure I did before.
I think it is fixed on Mac now. 👍

[RMacfarlane]

Can others who are seeing this issue (specifically, "No authentication provider 'github' is currently registered", not the 801 error) try using the insider's edition of VSCode? Do you see the problem there as well?

[tsgsz]

Me too

[danielfazlijevic]

I had the same issue with Ubuntu after install vscode via snap. Copy the token and remove the trailing white space at start and final from before use it worked for me.

This worked for me.

[RMacfarlane]

I am tentatively closing this since it seems people have been able to sign in. The original problem in this issue is specifically the "No authentication provider 'github' is currently registered" error, I believe I have fixed it. The 801 error is tracked here: #108304

[amingilani]

Hello, experiencing the same issue on MacOS, even creating a custom token does not work.

Edit: I had to create a custom token, force quit a few times, disable, re-enable the extension, but it finally worked.

[tbenst]

I see the same error on a fresh install of the latest .deb, version 1.51.1, on Ubuntu 18.04.

#108304 can be fixed by:

rm -rf ~/.vscode ~/.vscode-server ~/.config/Code

Edit: I could solve this page's issue by switching default browser to Chrome temporarily--it wasn't working in firefox for some reason.