VS Code Not Connecting to GitHub

[GP1008]

Type: Bug

Hello,

I have been having an on going issues for the last two months where GitHub would disconnect and then reconnect. Now it will just not reconnect. I get a messgae connection to GitHub or Start MCP server but it just spins. i can not communicate with the agent at all

VS Code version: Code 1.118.1 (034f571, 2026-04-29T17:36:44+03:00)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core Processor (16 x 3394)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled GPU0: VENDOR= 0x1002, DEVICE=0x73ff [AMD Radeon RX 6600], DRIVER_VENDOR=AMD, DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.12033.1030 ACTIVE GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.8246 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)	15.93GB (4.62GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id dfb443e7-4b90-4fa9-875e-ae1e453b15db
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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dadroit-json-generator	Dad	1.2.2
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greycat	Dat	0.6.6
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githistory	don	0.6.20
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[GP1008]

2026-04-30 05:00:56.718 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Initializing Git extension service.
2026-04-30 05:00:56.718 [info] Using the Electron fetcher.
2026-04-30 05:00:56.719 [info] ConversationFeature: Waiting for copilot token to activate conversation feature
2026-04-30 05:00:56.719 [warning] Found pending sessions but they have expired at 2026-04-20T01:09:49.000Z
2026-04-30 05:00:56.719 [error] Error getting a session: Error: Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'microsoft' to register.
2026-04-30 05:00:56.719 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Successfully activated the vscode.git extension.
2026-04-30 05:00:56.719 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Enablement state of the vscode.git extension: true.
2026-04-30 05:00:56.719 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Successfully registered Git commit message provider.
2026-04-30 05:01:00.932 [info] [CopilotCLI] OpenTelemetry enabled: exporter=file, source=github.copilot
2026-04-30 05:01:03.667 [info] [CopilotCLI] MCP server started. Lock file: C:\Users\garyj.copilot\ide\56e7d255-1c66-4f92-9def-9240db39c335.lock
2026-04-30 05:01:03.667 [info] [CopilotCLI] Server URI: pipe:%5C%5C.%5Cpipe%5Cmcp-e47c806a-06dd-42cf-b051-94f1fdcb953f.sock#%2Fmcp
2026-04-30 05:01:05.935 [info] [CopilotCLI] Cleaned up 1 stale lock file(s).
2026-04-30 05:01:05.938 [info] [CopilotCLIChatSessionContentProvider] listSessions took 9288.228300000002ms
2026-04-30 05:01:09.837 [info] Logged in as GP1008
2026-04-30 05:01:21.559 [info] Got Copilot token for GP1008
2026-04-30 05:01:21.559 [info] Copilot Chat: 0.46.2, VS Code: 1.118.1
2026-04-30 05:01:21.572 [info] [context keys] Setting context key: github.copilot-chat.activated
2026-04-30 05:01:21.573 [info] activationBlocker from 'languageModelAccess' took for 51932ms
2026-04-30 05:01:31.949 [info] Fetched model metadata in 62277ms ebc29647-bdd1-45d3-a960-0d29797d7eb4
2026-04-30 05:01:34.964 [info] Latest entry: ccreq:latest.copilotmd
2026-04-30 05:01:34.965 [info] ccreq:b695f725.copilotmd | markdown

[GP1008]

2026-04-30 05:12:06.063 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Initializing Git extension service.
2026-04-30 05:12:06.063 [info] Using the Electron fetcher.
2026-04-30 05:12:06.063 [info] ConversationFeature: Waiting for copilot token to activate conversation feature
2026-04-30 05:12:06.063 [warning] Found pending sessions but they have expired at 2026-04-20T01:09:49.000Z
2026-04-30 05:12:06.063 [error] Error getting a session: Error: Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'microsoft' to register.
2026-04-30 05:12:06.063 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Successfully activated the vscode.git extension.
2026-04-30 05:12:06.063 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Enablement state of the vscode.git extension: true.
2026-04-30 05:12:06.063 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Successfully registered Git commit message provider.
2026-04-30 05:12:11.955 [info] [CopilotCLI] MCP server started. Lock file: C:\Users\garyj.copilot\ide\dbc68805-02b9-474e-a3a2-2e939306d41c.lock
2026-04-30 05:12:11.955 [info] [CopilotCLI] Server URI: pipe:%5C%5C.%5Cpipe%5Cmcp-627f6c1d-de05-445a-b6d9-c6c6903ce764.sock#%2Fmcp
2026-04-30 05:12:12.189 [info] [CopilotCLI] OpenTelemetry enabled: exporter=file, source=github.copilot
2026-04-30 05:12:14.042 [info] [CopilotCLI] Cleaned up 1 stale lock file(s).
2026-04-30 05:12:15.921 [info] [CopilotCLIChatSessionContentProvider] listSessions took 9978.325400000002ms
2026-04-30 05:12:16.007 [info] Logged in as GP1008
2026-04-30 05:12:19.584 [info] Got Copilot token for GP1008
2026-04-30 05:12:19.584 [info] Copilot Chat: 0.46.2, VS Code: 1.118.1
2026-04-30 05:12:19.599 [info] [context keys] Setting context key: github.copilot-chat.activated
2026-04-30 05:12:19.600 [info] activationBlocker from 'languageModelAccess' took for 18243ms
2026-04-30 05:12:28.948 [info] Fetched model metadata in 27556ms ba4cab5e-cd2a-43c9-a6da-d999acdc2ed7
2026-04-30 05:12:30.798 [info] Latest entry: ccreq:latest.copilotmd
2026-04-30 05:12:30.798 [info] ccreq:0081095c.copilotmd | markdown
2026-04-30 05:13:19.280 [error] Error getting a session: Error: Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'microsoft' to register.
2026-04-30 05:13:19.345 [info] AuthenticationService: firing onDidAuthenticationChange from handleAuthChangeEvent. Has token: true
2026-04-30 05:13:19.345 [info] copilot token sku: plus_monthly_subscriber_quota
2026-04-30 05:13:19.345 [info] ConversationFeature: Activating contributions
2026-04-30 05:13:19.351 [info] Registering default platform agent...
2026-04-30 05:13:19.351 [info] ConversationFeature: onDidAuthenticationChange has token: true
2026-04-30 05:13:19.352 [info] [code-referencing] Public code references are enabled.
2026-04-30 05:13:19.354 [info] activationBlocker from 'conversationFeature' took for 78016ms
2026-04-30 05:13:19.379 [info] GithubAvailableEmbeddingTypesManager: Got embeddings. Primary: metis-1024-I16-Binary. Deprecated:
2026-04-30 05:13:19.383 [info] WorkspaceChunkSearchService: using embedding type metis-1024-I16-Binary
2026-04-30 05:13:19.384 [info] Successfully activated the GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github extension.
2026-04-30 05:13:19.384 [info] [githubTitleAndDescriptionProvider] Initializing GitHub PR title and description provider provider.
2026-04-30 05:13:19.384 [info] Successfully registered GitHub PR title and description provider.
2026-04-30 05:13:19.384 [info] Successfully registered GitHub PR reviewer comments provider.
2026-04-30 05:13:21.923 [info] Fetched model metadata in 2581ms 1a6c6bd2-ce76-4a9e-aa7b-e47fc4283c57
2026-04-30 05:13:23.808 [info] BYOK: Copilot Chat known models list fetched successfully.
2026-04-30 05:13:23.811 [info] ccreq:98db97bc.copilotmd | markdown
2026-04-30 05:13:25.782 [info] [CopilotCLIChatSessionContentProvider] listSessions took 3861.871600000013ms
2026-04-30 05:13:48.481 [info] [CopilotCLIChatSessionContentProvider] listSessions took 12813.916300000012ms
2026-04-30 05:14:49.739 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Initializing Git extension service.
2026-04-30 05:14:49.739 [info] Using the Electron fetcher.
2026-04-30 05:14:53.425 [info] ConversationFeature: Waiting for copilot token to activate conversation feature
2026-04-30 05:14:55.541 [warning] Found pending sessions but they have expired at 2026-04-20T01:09:49.000Z
2026-04-30 05:14:56.000 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Successfully activated the vscode.git extension.
2026-04-30 05:14:56.000 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Enablement state of the vscode.git extension: true.
2026-04-30 05:14:56.000 [info] [GitExtensionServiceImpl] Successfully registered Git commit message provider.
2026-04-30 05:15:09.986 [info] [CopilotCLI] OpenTelemetry enabled: exporter=file, source=github.copilot
2026-04-30 05:15:14.067 [info] [CopilotCLI] MCP server started. Lock file: C:\Users\garyj.copilot\ide\a9c861da-3bfb-4175-b517-9983271cbd5d.lock
2026-04-30 05:15:14.067 [info] [CopilotCLI] Server URI: pipe:%5C%5C.%5Cpipe%5Cmcp-4c6a805f-6222-4d66-b1e5-e74bf7e50ac9.sock#%2Fmcp
2026-04-30 05:15:17.239 [info] [CopilotCLI] Cleaned up 1 stale lock file(s).
2026-04-30 05:15:17.243 [info] [CopilotCLIChatSessionContentProvider] listSessions took 19059.0112ms
2026-04-30 05:17:25.276 [error] Error getting a session: Error: Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'microsoft' to register.
2026-04-30 05:18:15.018 [error] [CopilotCLI] Error fetching copilot user: TypeError: fetch failed
2026-04-30 05:18:15.032 [info] Logged in as GP1008
2026-04-30 05:18:19.856 [info] Got Copilot token for GP1008
2026-04-30 05:18:19.856 [info] Copilot Chat: 0.46.2, VS Code: 1.118.1
2026-04-30 05:18:19.871 [info] [context keys] Setting context key: github.copilot-chat.activated
2026-04-30 05:18:19.872 [info] activationBlocker from 'languageModelAccess' took for 206478ms
2026-04-30 05:18:21.941 [info] Fetched model metadata in 208532ms 4870d93b-a4a0-4604-a54e-3e9abe0cdbed
2026-04-30 05:18:24.077 [info] Latest entry: ccreq:latest.copilotmd
2026-04-30 05:18:24.077 [info] ccreq:e3f5eddd.copilotmd | markdown
2026-04-30 05:21:55.867 [error] Error getting a session: Error: Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'microsoft' to register.
2026-04-30 05:21:55.867 [error] Error getting a session: Error: Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'microsoft' to register.
2026-04-30 05:21:55.867 [error] Error getting a session: Error: Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'microsoft' to register.
2026-04-30 05:21:55.867 [error] Error getting a session: Error: Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'microsoft' to register.