Stuck with Retry Connection in CoPilot chat on WSL #3821
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Could you retry with the latest VS Code Insiders (https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/) and latest GitHub Copilot Chat pre-release version? That has improved logging and should give us more details about the |
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I've been seeing the same issue for a couple days, although sometimes the fetch succeeds if I reload the window enough times. Here are the logs with the latest version of Insiders and the Copilot Chat extension:
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@cailmdaley Please check the output of |
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Not exactly the same problem but I can't seem to even sign in to github via VSCode on WSL2 but it works perfectly on windows, here's the output: GitHub Copilot Chat
NetworkUser Settings: "github.copilot.advanced": {
"debug.useElectronFetcher": true,
"debug.useNodeFetcher": false
}Connecting to https://api.github.com:
Connecting to https://api.githubcopilot.com/_ping:
DocumentationIn corporate networks: Troubleshooting firewall settings for GitHub Copilot. p.s. I'm experiencing the same issue on insiders version. |
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@rgonaute Could you update the Copilot Chat extension to the latest stable version (0.23.2) and rerun the diagnostics command? Also append the Copilot Chat log from when this happens. ( |
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@chrmarti sure thing, thank you (F1 > Developer: GitHub Copilot Chat Diagnostics)GitHub Copilot Chat
NetworkUser Settings: "github.copilot.advanced.debug.useElectronFetcher": true,
"github.copilot.advanced.debug.useNodeFetcher": false,
"github.copilot.advanced.debug.useNodeFetchFetcher": trueConnecting to https://api.github.com:
Connecting to https://api.githubcopilot.com/_ping:
DocumentationIn corporate networks: Troubleshooting firewall settings for GitHub Copilot. (F1 > Output: Show Output Channels... > GitHub Copilot Chat) |
Hi @chrmarti Here's the logs with the VS Code Insiders version 1.97.0-insider and GitHub Copilot Chat pre-release version 0.24.2025011301 GitHub Copilot logs GitHub Copilot Chat logs |
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Hi @chrmarti Also, here's the output of (F1 > Developer: GitHub Copilot Chat Diagnostics) as you requested from another user. GitHub Copilot Chat
NetworkUser Settings: "github.copilot.advanced.debug.useElectronFetcher": true,
"github.copilot.advanced.debug.useNodeFetcher": false,
"github.copilot.advanced.debug.useNodeFetchFetcher": trueConnecting to https://api.github.com:
Connecting to https://api.githubcopilot.com/_ping:
DocumentationIn corporate networks: Troubleshooting firewall settings for GitHub Copilot. |
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Hello @chrmarti Thank you for the suggestion. I set the WSL's networking into mirrored mode and I can now access Copilot chat. The strange thing is, this was working fine until a couple of weeks ago. So, I don't know what triggered this behavior. Now, I have run into another issue, which may or may not be related to this. I get "Unable to get local issuer certificate" error now, and the automatic code suggestions have stopped working (again all this only on WSL; on Windows it works fine). Here's the GitHub Copilot log, just in case it's somehow related: 2025-01-14 12:38:35.655 [info] [certificates] Removed 3 expired certificates |
An update on the certificate issue and the auto code completions: Both issues got resolved after I disabled Http: Proxy Strict SSL in vscode settings. So, all my issues are now resolved. Thank you. |
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Thanks for the feedback! I'm not sure if mirrored networking could somehow trigger the certificate issue. If you want to investigate that further, you could install the Network Proxy Test extension (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chrmarti.network-proxy-test) in WSL and check the output of Reopening to track that we add a way to handle the localhost proxy case better. |
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I'm afraid I have run into some network related issue again. I have not tried anything in the environment since I wrote last time when it worked. Here's what's happening now.
Again, it's working fine on Windows. Here's the GitHub Copilot log: Here's the GitHub Copilot Chat log: And, finally here's the output of the And, for comparison, here's the output of Final note: I have copied the zscaler certificate to WSL to see if it helps. Doesn't seem to make any difference. |
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With the latest VS Code Insiders builds the Remote tab in the settings editor has a setting for controlling whether or not the remote should use the local proxy config. You could turn that off and set a different proxy for the remote. 
This should work as an additional solution to the original issue when using mirrored networking is not desired. |
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@deshguru To your new issue: Could you also check the output of |
Hi @chrmarti Since I last wrote here, I created a script that unsets proxy variables and added that script to my I can see that these variables are not set when I open a WSL terminal. But Github Coplit still seems to be picking them up (as you see below in the diagnostics output). Also, I noticed a behavior that might be helpful for you and the rest of the community. When I'm in the company network (whether working at the office or through VPN), there is no status error in Github Copilot. Here's the output of GitHub Copilot Chat
NetworkUser Settings: "http.proxyStrictSSL": false,
"github.copilot.advanced.debug.useElectronFetcher": true,
"github.copilot.advanced.debug.useNodeFetcher": false,
"github.copilot.advanced.debug.useNodeFetchFetcher": trueEnvironment Variables:
Connecting to https://api.github.com:
Connecting to https://api.business.githubcopilot.com/_ping:
DocumentationIn corporate networks: Troubleshooting firewall settings for GitHub Copilot. |
Btw, despite this error, I can use Copilot chat and edit features now. |
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Maybe these proxy env variables are listed in the |
GitHub Copilot Chat window shows Retry Connection on WSL, but works fine on Windows
Steps to Reproduce:
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2025-01-07 10:44:24.457 [info] Using the Node fetch fetcher.
2025-01-07 10:44:24.457 [info] Initializing Git extension service.
2025-01-07 10:44:24.457 [info] Successfully activated the vscode.git extension.
2025-01-07 10:44:24.457 [info] Enablement state of the vscode.git extension: true.
2025-01-07 10:44:24.457 [info] Successfully registered Git commit message provider.
2025-01-07 10:44:25.161 [info] Logged in as
2025-01-07 10:44:25.258 [error] TypeError: fetch failed
at node:internal/deps/undici/undici:13392:13
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
at ek._fetch (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:763:5811)
at B0.fetchCopilotToken (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:334:23966)
at B0.authFromGitHubToken (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:334:21634)
at B0._auth (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:446:3023): Failed to get copilot token
2025-01-07 10:44:25.258 [error] GitHub Copilot could not connect to server. Extension activation failed: "fetch failed"
2025-01-07 10:44:25.259 [warning] [LanguageModelAccess] LanguageModel/Embeddings are not available without auth token
2025-01-07 10:44:25.259 [error] TypeError: fetch failed
at node:internal/deps/undici/undici:13392:13
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
at ek._fetch (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:763:5811)
at B0.fetchCopilotToken (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:334:23966)
at B0.authFromGitHubToken (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:334:21634)
at B0._auth (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:446:3023)
2025-01-07 10:44:25.259 [warning] [LanguageModelAccess] LanguageModel/Embeddings are not available without auth token
2025-01-07 10:44:25.259 [error] TypeError: fetch failed
at node:internal/deps/undici/undici:13392:13
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
at ek._fetch (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:763:5811)
at B0.fetchCopilotToken (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:334:23966)
at B0.authFromGitHubToken (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:334:21634)
at B0._auth (/home/linuxadmin/.vscode-server/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:446:3023)
2025-01-07 10:44:25.259 [info] activationBlocker from 'languageModelAccess' took for 811ms
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