Chat took too long to get ready

[Mustyhostler]

Type: Bug

Chat took too long to get ready. Please ensure you are signed in to GitHub and that the extension GitHub.copilot-chat is installed and enabled. Click restart to try again if this issue persists.

Extension version: 0.42.3
VS Code version: Code 1.113.0 (cfbea10, 2026-03-24T15:07:18+01:00)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

Logs

Trace: [NES][ModelsService][constructor] computing model info
Info: [code-referencing] Public code references are enabled.
Debug: Finished handling auth change event.
Info: activationBlocker from 'conversationFeature' took for 37896ms
Trace: [GithubAccountFilterProvider]::getFilters SKU: free_limited_copilot, Internal Org: undefined, IsFcv1: false, IsSn: false, IsVscodeTeamMember: false, OrganizationList: 
Trace: [RelatedExtensionsFilterProvider]::getFilters looking up related extensions
Trace: [RelatedExtensionsFilterProvider]::getFilters Filters: [["X-Copilot-RelatedPluginVersion-mspythonpython","2026.4.0"],["X-Copilot-RelatedPluginVersion-mspythonvscodepylance","2026.1.1"],["X-Copilot-RelatedPluginVersion-vscodetypescriptlanguagefeatures","10.0.0"]]
Trace: [CopilotExtensionsFilterProvider]::getFilters Copilot Extension Version: undefined, Copilot Chat Extension Version: 0.42.3, Completions Core Version: 1.378.1799
Trace: [CopilotCompletionsFilterProvider]::getFilters Filters: [["X-VSCode-ExtensionRelease","stable"],["X-Copilot-ClientVersion","0.42.3"],["X-Copilot-CopilotTrackingId","03f4808921a03ba53686e149bf52eb79"],["X-Copilot-Engine","gpt-41-copilot"]]
Trace: [PlatformAndReleaseDateFilterProvider]::getFilters Filters: [["X-VSCode-Platform","Windows"],["X-VSCode-ReleaseDate","2026032415"]]
Info: GithubAvailableEmbeddingTypesManager: Got embeddings. Primary: metis-1024-I16-Binary. Deprecated: 
Info: WorkspaceChunkSearchService: using embedding type metis-1024-I16-Binary
Trace: CodeSearchRepoTracker.tryInitGitRepos(): started
Trace: CodeSearchRepoTracker.tryInitGitRepos(): Found initial repos: [file:///d%3A/smartfacility-clean].
Trace: CodeSearchRepoTracker::openGitRepo#0 started
Trace: CodeSearchRepoTracker.openGitRepo(file:///d%3A/smartfacility-clean)
Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch::initialize#0 started
Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch::initialize_impl started
Trace: ChatStatusWorkspaceIndexingStatus::updateStatusItem(id=2): starting
Trace: CodeSearchRepoTracker::openGitRepo#0 success. Elapsed 12.528200000000652
Trace: CodeSearchChunkSearch::initialize#1 started
Trace: ChatStatusWorkspaceIndexingStatus::_writeStatusItem()
Trace: CodeSearchRepoTracker.tryInitGitRepos(): Complete
Info: BYOK: Copilot Chat known models list fetched successfully.
Info: Fetched model metadata in 568ms a274b4a5-8435-44bd-b024-2125586a5acd
Trace: [NES][ModelsService][constructor] computing models
Trace: [NES][ModelsService][aggregateModels] Processing 4 fetched models...
Trace: [NES][ModelsService][aggregateModels] Adding 3 fetched models after filtering.
Trace: [NES][ModelsService][constructor] computing current model
Trace: [NES][ModelsService][constructor] computing model info
Info: ccreq:b11f1ed3.copilotmd | markdown
Debug: copilotCloudSessionsProvider#provideChatSessionItems: repoIds=[], isAgentSessionsWorkspace=false
Debug: copilotCloudSessionsProvider#provideChatSessionItems: not a GitHub repo, returning empty
Trace: Fetched auto model for unknown in 524ms.
Trace: Fetched auto model for reserve in 545ms.
Debug: [CopilotCLI] Found 0 JSONL sessions and 0 legacy sessions
Info: Logged in as Mustyhostler
Debug: [CopilotCLI] Found 0 JSONL sessions and 0 legacy sessions
Debug: FetcherService: electron-fetch succeeded (JSON)
Debug: FetcherService: electron-fetch succeeded (JSON)
Info: Got Copilot token for Mustyhostler
Info: Copilot Chat: 0.42.3, VS Code: 1.113.0
Debug: Handling CopilotToken refresh.
Debug: Got CopilotToken (force: true).
Trace: [NES][ModelsService][constructor] computing models
Trace: [NES][ModelsService][aggregateModels] Processing 4 fetched models...
Trace: [NES][ModelsService][aggregateModels] Adding 3 fetched models after filtering.
Trace: [NES][ModelsService][constructor] computing current model
Trace: [NES][ModelsService][constructor] computing model info
Debug: Minted a new CopilotToken.

Request IDs

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U CPU @ 2.30GHz (4 x 2400)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0x1916 [Intel(R) HD Graphics 520], DRIVER_VENDOR=Intel, DRIVER_VERSION=31.0.101.2111 ACTIVE GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.7309 Machine model name: Machine model version: 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_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	11.86GB (1.97GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 36f5bc12-196f-492c-9791-2d79da9c38db
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

A/B Experiments

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748c7209:31497895

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