Cannot login to Github from settings sync (reason: unable to get local issuer certificate)

[MH-ABE]

Type: Bug

I am trying to logon to my GitHub account inside VS code, in order to use copilot but I get the errors as below. It works completely fine in the browser. During the logon attempts in VSC it opens the browser 3 times doing different methods, all appears to be successful in the browser. Upon return to VSC it shows as failed.

Settings sync using a Microsoft account however works fine.

I am on a corporate network with self signed certs, this doesn't seem to affect things in the browser as mentioned.
I have installed the win-ca extension, both append and replace modes tested.
"http.proxyStrictSSL": false - tested does not change anything.

GitHub Authentication output:

2023-03-24 10:33:02.101 [info] Logging in for the following scopes: user:email
2023-03-24 10:33:02.116 [info] Trying without local server... (user:email)
2023-03-24 10:33:03.720 [info] Exchanging code for token...
2023-03-24 10:33:03.876 [error] FetchError: request to https://vscode.dev/codeExchangeProxyEndpoints/github/login/oauth/access_token failed, reason: unable to get local issuer certificate
    at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (c:\Users\X\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\github-authentication\dist\extension.js:2:678330)
    at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:526:28)
    at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:442:9)
    at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:526:28)
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:157:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:122:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
2023-03-24 10:33:05.575 [info] Trying with local server... (user:email)
2023-03-24 10:33:06.413 [info] Exchanging code for token...
2023-03-24 10:33:06.595 [error] FetchError: request to https://vscode.dev/codeExchangeProxyEndpoints/github/login/oauth/access_token failed, reason: unable to get local issuer certificate
    at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (c:\Users\X\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\github-authentication\dist\extension.js:2:678330)
    at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:526:28)
    at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:442:9)
    at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:526:28)
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:157:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:122:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
2023-03-24 10:33:18.080 [info] Trying device code flow... (user:email)
2023-03-24 10:33:25.054 [info] Getting user info...
2023-03-24 10:33:25.201 [error] request to https://api.github.com/user failed, reason: unable to get local issuer certificate
2023-03-24 10:33:25.202 [error] Error: network error
    at t.GitHubServer.getUserInfo (c:\Users\X\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\github-authentication\dist\extension.js:2:1019475)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at t.GitHubAuthenticationProvider.o (c:\Users\X\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\github-authentication\dist\extension.js:2:1009733)
    at t.GitHubAuthenticationProvider.createSession (c:\Users\X\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\github-authentication\dist\extension.js:2:1009216)
2023-03-24 10:47:00.039 [info] Getting sessions for all scopes...
2023-03-24 10:47:00.040 [info] Got 0 sessions for ...

VS Code version: Code 1.76.2 (ee2b180, 2023-03-14T17:55:54.936Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19044
Modes:
Sandboxed: No

Tested also on insiders, clean install no extensions. Also tested with win-ca installed, no change.
Last try shown

2023-03-24 11:29:07.139 [error] request to https://api.github.com/user failed, reason: unable to get local issuer certificate
2023-03-24 11:29:07.140 [error] Error: network error
	at t.GitHubServer.getUserInfo (c:\Users\1820134\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\resources\app\extensions\github-authentication\dist\extension.js:2:1019475)
	at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
	at async t.GitHubAuthenticationProvider.o (c:\Users\1820134\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\resources\app\extensions\github-authentication\dist\extension.js:2:1009733)
	at async t.GitHubAuthenticationProvider.createSession (c:\Users\1820134\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\resources\app\extensions\github-authentication\dist\extension.js:2:1009216)

Version: 1.77.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: c83f54a
Date: 2023-03-24T05:23:09.316Z
Electron: 19.1.11
Chromium: 102.0.5005.196
Node.js: 16.14.2
V8: 10.2.154.26-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19044
Sandboxed: Yes

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 x 2592)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.92GB (6.99GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 2999eaed-1190-4285-8962-e0b907950ad3
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (17)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
vscode-sqlite	ale	0.14.1
ruff	cha	2023.10.0
githistory	don	0.6.20
copilot	Git	1.78.9758
flake8	ms-	2023.4.0
isort	ms-	2022.8.0
pylint	ms-	2023.4.0
python	ms-	2023.4.1
vscode-pylance	ms-	2023.3.30
jupyter	ms-	2023.2.1200692131
jupyter-keymap	ms-	1.1.0
jupyter-renderers	ms-	1.0.15
vscode-jupyter-cell-tags	ms-	0.1.8
vscode-jupyter-slideshow	ms-	0.1.5
sqltools	mtx	0.27.1
inline-sql-syntax	quf	2.16.0
win-ca	uko	3.5.0

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[TylerLeonhardt]

/duplicate #111824

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