Copilot Chat in Visual Studio 2022 fails to load CopilotChatAgentProvider (Version=0.3) — Chat unusable

[rgatze]

🏷️ Discussion Type

Bug

💬 Feature/Topic Area

Copilot in GitHub

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I’m experiencing a persistent failure with GitHub Copilot Chat inside Visual Studio 2022. The chat window opens, but no messages ever return a response. The logs consistently show:
[CopilotFunctionRegistry Warning] Could not retrieve function provider for {Name=Microsoft.VisualStudio.Copilot.CopilotChatAgentProvider Version=0.3} to subscribe.
when starting up GitHub Copilot. Standalone Copilot had me try:
Signed out/in of GitHub and Microsoft accounts
Deleted the .vs folder for the solution
Deleted Copilot caches under %LOCALAPPDATA%
Updated Visual Studio to 17.14.39
Repaired Visual Studio
Reinstalled Copilot and Copilot Chat components via Visual Studio Installer
Verified Copilot auth status is OK (HasToken: True, ChatEnabled: True)

Copilot chat responds that I've reached my monthly limit. This shows up in the chat window but not in the output logs. I haven't reached my limit yet as I'm only 1/3 through my monthly budget.

I've also had this show up in the output logs:
[CopilotClientManager Error] [default] User selected model gpt-4o-copilot is not in the list of generic models: gpt-41-copilot, falling back to default model.
Although after updating to VS Version 17.14.39 I don't see that particular Error anymore.

This just happened all of a sudden 1 day ago 9/3/2026 during normal use and I haven't been able to use it since.

Guidance on how to restore or repair the CopilotChatAgentProvider component inside Visual Studio. The provider appears to be missing or corrupted, and none of the standard repair steps have resolved it.

Any help from GitHub staff or others who have resolved this specific provider‑loading failure would be appreciated.

P.S. this is standalone Copilot telling me the problem is with the function provider retrieval warning. If it is something else entirely please let me know.

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[rgatze]

This is ridiculous. I found out that even though I hadn't even come close to my budget setting, there is a checkpoint system with a manual confirm step. Since I accrued nearly 1/3 of my budget in a short period of time or something to that effect I have to manually pay that amount to continue. Again, ridiculous