Settings sync not working with microsoft account signed out periodically

[jeremy0519]

Type: Bug

I set up settings sync in vscode and logged in using a personal microsoft account. The problem is that after a period of time, say a week or so, my microsoft account is automatically signed out and I have to click log in again. This is really annoying.

VS Code version: Code 1.101.1 (Universal) (18e3a1e, 2025-06-18T13:35:12.605Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 25.0.0
Modes:

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Memory (System)	8.00GB (0.08GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id c1db4d53-ae49-4d2a-b0ca-0f239719f829
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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Here is the log from Microsoft Authentication extension:

2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] Acquired MSAL enablement value from default. Value: false
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [warning] [Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:02:23 GMT] : [aebc6443-996d-45c2-90f0-388ff96faa56] : @azure/msal-node@2.16.2 : Warning - NativeBroker implementation was provided but the broker is unavailable.
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [all] starting
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [all] returned 1 session(s)
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [all] starting
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [all] returned 1 session(s)
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [all] starting
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [all] returned 1 session(s)
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [email offline_access openid profile] starting
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [email offline_access openid profile] returned 0 session(s)
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [email offline_access openid profile] starting
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [email offline_access openid profile] returned 0 session(s)
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [all] starting
2025-06-23 23:02:25.001 [info] [getSessions] [all] returned 1 session(s)

[TylerLeonhardt]

Can you follow these steps so that we can get more information on what's going on?

Enable trace logging

• Open the Command Palette (cmd/ctrl+shift+p)
• Run the Developer: Set Log Level... command
• To the right of Trace, click the double check mark button. ✔️ ✔️ (enables trace logging as the default)

Now wait for the issue to happen or trigger it...

Getting the logs

• Open the Command Palette again (cmd/ctrl+shift+p)
• Run the Output: Show Output Channels... command
• Choose Microsoft Authentication
• Copy and paste the contents of what opens in the panel in this issue (if the contents is too large, you may need to upload it as a file)

Reverting trace logging (optional)

When we're done here, to revert the log level back to the default:

• Open the Command Palette
• Run the Developer: Set Log Level... command
• To the right of Info, click the double check mark button. ✔️ ✔️ (to set the default back to info)

[jeremy0519]

it is working for the time being. I'll wait until the issue reappears.

[kaustubh-tripathi-1]

I'm facing the same issue for quite some time.
I wasn't able to even log in before this (approx. 06:30 AM IST) and was getting a HTTP 400 error and got a notification stating that there is some issue with my internet connection even though it was/is perfect fine. Had to use a VPN to login.

Here are the requested logs in tracer mode (the auto logout or whatever it's called happened around 2025-06-28 07:47:50 IST ).

• Microsoft Authentication logs -
  microsoft-auth.md

• Settings Sync logs (logs starting from when the issue triggered, before this it's all good) -
  settings-sync.md

VS Code version: Code 1.101.2 (2901c5a, 2025-06-24T20:27:15.391Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes: Unsupported

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Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	7.82GB (1.90GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 8d68d2d0-b0c5-4cce-9300-d08cf27b8996
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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