Problems and Solutions when installing GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code

Run, don’t walk, to your nearest computer and install GitHub Copilot into your Visual Studio Code.

Ok, enough of the hype. Sometimes problems occur so I’ve put together a few things you can try if things don’t work when you install this amazing tool.

Fix 1: Logout of VS Code

Click the Account then choose your GitHub account and sign out

Now restart VS Code

Sign back in.

Fix 2: Check account status

Open the OUTPUT tab in VS Code, then choose GitHub Copilot and see if there are any obvious messages, like those about account not being active/paid. You might need to renew your credit card.

Fix 3: Remove Extention, reboot, add back

This fix is a lot like “did your restart your computer”, but it works really wel..
Logout (see Fix 2) then remove the GitHub Copilot extenstion

Restart VS Code

Add it back

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