Exception thrown when attempting to login on remote IntelliJ IDEA instance

[marktabry]

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I'm using IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate 2023.02 on a remote system via the JetBrains Client. When I click on the "Login to GitHub" menu item, nothing appears and the following stacktrace is logged:

2023-09-29 10:52:52,587 [2134711] SEVERE - Projected Logger - IdeaLoggingEvent[message=The showAndGet() method is for modal dialogs only, throwable=com.jetbrains.rdclient.util.BackendExceptionWithStacktrace:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: The showAndGet() method is for modal dialogs only
	at com.intellij.openapi.ui.DialogWrapper.showAndGet(DialogWrapper.java:1655)
	at com.github.copilot.github.DeviceLoginDialog.showDeviceLogin(DeviceLoginDialog.java:31)
	at com.github.copilot.lang.agent.AgentGitHubService.loginInteractive(AgentGitHubService.java:114)
	at com.github.copilot.actions.LoginToGitHubAction.actionPerformed(LoginToGitHubAction.java:18)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate$DefaultActionHandler.actionPerformed(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt:247)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate$tryInvokeAction$patch$1$1$1$1$1.invokeSuspend(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt:213)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate$tryInvokeAction$patch$1$1$1$1$1.invoke(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate$tryInvokeAction$patch$1$1$1$1$1.invoke(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.intrinsics.UndispatchedKt.startCoroutineUndispatched(Undispatched.kt:44)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineStart.invoke(CoroutineStart.kt:112)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.AbstractCoroutine.start(AbstractCoroutine.kt:126)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.BuildersKt__Builders_commonKt.launch(Builders.common.kt:56)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.BuildersKt.launch(Unknown Source)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.framework.util.RdCoroutineScope.launch(RdCoroutineScope.kt:81)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.framework.util.LifetimeCoroutineUtilKt.launch(LifetimeCoroutineUtil.kt:51)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate$tryInvokeAction$patch$1$1.invoke$lambda$1(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt:210)
	at com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ex.ActionUtil.performDumbAwareWithCallbacks(ActionUtil.java:362)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate$tryInvokeAction$patch$1$1.invoke(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt:208)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate$tryInvokeAction$patch$1$1.invoke(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt:207)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.ui.feelLuckUi.BackendFeelLuckyUiHelper.executeWithUiInteractionMarker(BackendFeelLuckyUiHelper.kt:42)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate$tryInvokeAction$patch$1.invokeSuspend(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt:207)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate$tryInvokeAction$patch$1.invoke(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate$tryInvokeAction$patch$1.invoke(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.ide.requests.RdPatchEngine.executeBulkUpdate(RdPatchEngine.kt:94)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate.tryInvokeAction(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt:194)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate.execute(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt:128)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.actions.BackendActionExecutorDelegate.execute(BackendActionExecutorDelegate.kt:59)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.requests.BackendAsyncRequestExecutor.executeRequest(BackendAsyncRequestExecutor.kt:51)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.requests.BackendAsyncRequestExecutor.executeRequests(BackendAsyncRequestExecutor.kt:85)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.requests.BackendAsyncRequestExecutor.access$executeRequests(BackendAsyncRequestExecutor.kt:26)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.requests.BackendAsyncRequestExecutor$bindWithModel$1.invoke(BackendAsyncRequestExecutor.kt:38)
	at com.jetbrains.rdserver.requests.BackendAsyncRequestExecutor$bindWithModel$1.invoke(BackendAsyncRequestExecutor.kt:38)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.protocol.CoroutineHelpersKt$adviseSuspendPreserveClientId$1$1.invokeSuspend(coroutineHelpers.kt:80)
	at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.internal.DispatchedContinuationKt.resumeCancellableWith(DispatchedContinuation.kt:365)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.intrinsics.CancellableKt.startCoroutineCancellable(Cancellable.kt:30)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.intrinsics.CancellableKt.startCoroutineCancellable$default(Cancellable.kt:25)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineStart.invoke(CoroutineStart.kt:110)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.AbstractCoroutine.start(AbstractCoroutine.kt:126)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.BuildersKt__Builders_commonKt.launch(Builders.common.kt:56)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.BuildersKt.launch(Unknown Source)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.framework.util.RdCoroutineScope.launch(RdCoroutineScope.kt:81)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.framework.util.LifetimeCoroutineUtilKt.launch(LifetimeCoroutineUtil.kt:51)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.protocol.CoroutineHelpersKt$adviseSuspendPreserveClientId$1.invoke(coroutineHelpers.kt:79)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.protocol.CoroutineHelpersKt$adviseSuspendPreserveClientId$1.invoke(coroutineHelpers.kt:78)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.util.reactive.Signal.fire(Signal.kt:32)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.framework.impl.RdSignal$onWireReceived$2.invoke(RdSignal.kt:32)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.framework.impl.RdSignal$onWireReceived$2.invoke(RdSignal.kt:31)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.platform.codeWithMe.protocol.wire.SecureWireWritable$onWireReceived$1$1$dispatch$1.invoke(SecureWireWritable.kt:53)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.platform.codeWithMe.protocol.wire.SecureWireWritable$onWireReceived$1$1$dispatch$1.invoke(SecureWireWritable.kt:51)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.framework.MessageBroker$RdWireableDispatchHelper$doDispatch$2.invoke(MessageBroker.kt:122)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.framework.MessageBroker$RdWireableDispatchHelper$doDispatch$2.invoke(MessageBroker.kt:115)
	at com.jetbrains.rd.platform.protocol.EdtScheduler.queue$lambda$0(EdtScheduler.kt:57)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.runWithWritingAllowed(TransactionGuardImpl.java:208)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.access$100(TransactionGuardImpl.java:21)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl$1.run(TransactionGuardImpl.java:190)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runIntendedWriteActionOnCurrentThread(ApplicationImpl.java:861)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$4.run(ApplicationImpl.java:478)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue.doRun(FlushQueue.java:79)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue.runNextEvent(FlushQueue.java:121)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.FlushQueue.flushNow(FlushQueue.java:41)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:318)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:789)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:740)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:734)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:399)
	at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:86)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:759)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.kt:685)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent$lambda$10(IdeEventQueue.kt:589)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runWithoutImplicitRead(ApplicationImpl.java:1485)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.kt:589)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.access$_dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.kt:67)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue$dispatchEvent$processEventRunnable$1$1$1.compute(IdeEventQueue.kt:369)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue$dispatchEvent$processEventRunnable$1$1$1.compute(IdeEventQueue.kt:368)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.computePrioritized(CoreProgressManager.java:787)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue$dispatchEvent$processEventRunnable$1$1.invoke(IdeEventQueue.kt:368)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue$dispatchEvent$processEventRunnable$1$1.invoke(IdeEventQueue.kt:363)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueueKt.performActivity$lambda$1(IdeEventQueue.kt:992)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.performActivity(TransactionGuardImpl.java:105)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueueKt.performActivity(IdeEventQueue.kt:992)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent$lambda$7(IdeEventQueue.kt:363)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runIntendedWriteActionOnCurrentThread(ApplicationImpl.java:861)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.kt:405)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.doPostEvent$lambda$19(IdeEventQueue.kt:829)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:318)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:789)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:740)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:734)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:399)
	at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:86)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:759)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.kt:685)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent$lambda$10(IdeEventQueue.kt:589)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runWithoutImplicitRead(ApplicationImpl.java:1485)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.kt:589)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.access$_dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.kt:67)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue$dispatchEvent$processEventRunnable$1$1$1.compute(IdeEventQueue.kt:369)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue$dispatchEvent$processEventRunnable$1$1$1.compute(IdeEventQueue.kt:368)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.computePrioritized(CoreProgressManager.java:787)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue$dispatchEvent$processEventRunnable$1$1.invoke(IdeEventQueue.kt:368)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue$dispatchEvent$processEventRunnable$1$1.invoke(IdeEventQueue.kt:363)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueueKt.performActivity$lambda$1(IdeEventQueue.kt:992)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.TransactionGuardImpl.performActivity(TransactionGuardImpl.java:105)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueueKt.performActivity(IdeEventQueue.kt:992)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent$lambda$7(IdeEventQueue.kt:363)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runIntendedWriteActionOnCurrentThread(ApplicationImpl.java:861)
	at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.kt:405)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:207)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:128)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:117)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:113)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:92)
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[selin-topcu]

• Log in to your browser with your GitHub account and try again.
• If it doesn't work, log out of your GitHub session in the browser and try again.
• If none of these steps work, consider updating your IntelliJ application.

[marktabry]

This is an error that's getting thrown silently. The login window never opens.

[ikeyan]

@selin-topcu How can I let IDE login to GitHub without login window? Is there login URL output somewhere?
Because of this issue practically I can't use GitHub Copilot with IntelliJ IDEA on WSL.

[alangpierce]

I was able to resolve this by installing GitHub Copilot as a client plugin rather than a host plugin. When I first installed the plugin as a host plugin, I ran into the same showAndGet() method is for modal dialogs only error and the modal never opened, but when I uninstalled the plugin and re-installed in the client plugin section, everything seemed to work fine. See screenshot from the JetBrains Client settings modal:

[alancnet]

+1 on this. It's quite aggravating. I had to ask ChatGPT how to find the logs for the remote development environment before I could find the error that let me here.

[schonbachler]

Same error here. Should we really install the plugin on "Client" for remote development? This does not seem logical to me.