Stuck with Retry Connection in CoPilot chat on WSL

[deshguru]

• Copilot Chat Extension Version: 0.23 (2024-12-12)
• VS Code Version: 1.96.2
• OS Version: WSL2 on Windows 11 Enterprise 23H2 OS build: 22631.4602
• Logs:

GitHub Copilot Chat window shows Retry Connection on WSL, but works fine on Windows

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open VS Code on WSL.
2. Access GitHub Copilot chat
3. I see the following in the GitHub Copilot Chat log

2025-01-07 10:44:24.457 [info] Can't use the Electron fetcher in this environment.
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

[chrmarti]

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 TypeError: fetch failed error.

[cailmdaley]

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:

• Copilot Chat Extension Version: 0.24.2025011001
• VS Code Version: 1.97.0-insider
• OS: Darwin arm64 24.1.0
• Logs:

2025-01-10 12:06:13.936 [info] Can't use the Electron fetcher in this environment.
2025-01-10 12:06:13.936 [info] Using the Node fetch fetcher.
2025-01-10 12:06:13.936 [info] Initializing Git extension service.
2025-01-10 12:06:13.936 [info] Successfully activated the vscode.git extension.
2025-01-10 12:06:13.936 [info] Enablement state of the vscode.git extension: true.
2025-01-10 12:06:13.936 [info] Successfully registered Git commit message provider.
2025-01-10 12:06:15.956 [info] Logged in as cailmdaley
2025-01-10 12:06:16.195 [error] fetch failed
  getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN api.github.com
TypeError: fetch failed
    at node:internal/deps/undici/undici:13392:13
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at Dk._fetch (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:876:5811)
    at HM.fetchCopilotToken (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:428:8092)
    at HM.authFromGitHubToken (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:428:5762)
    at HM._auth (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:540:3023): Failed to get copilot token
2025-01-10 12:06:16.196 [error] GitHub Copilot could not connect to server. Extension activation failed: "fetch failed"
2025-01-10 12:06:16.196 [warning] [LanguageModelAccess] LanguageModel/Embeddings are not available without auth token
2025-01-10 12:06:16.196 [error] fetch failed
  getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN api.github.com
TypeError: fetch failed
    at node:internal/deps/undici/undici:13392:13
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at Dk._fetch (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:876:5811)
    at HM.fetchCopilotToken (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:428:8092)
    at HM.authFromGitHubToken (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:428:5762)
    at HM._auth (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:540:3023)
2025-01-10 12:06:16.196 [warning] [LanguageModelAccess] LanguageModel/Embeddings are not available without auth token
2025-01-10 12:06:16.196 [error] fetch failed
  getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN api.github.com
TypeError: fetch failed
    at node:internal/deps/undici/undici:13392:13
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at Dk._fetch (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:876:5811)
    at HM.fetchCopilotToken (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:428:8092)
    at HM.authFromGitHubToken (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:428:5762)
    at HM._auth (/home/cdaley/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.24.2025011001/dist/extension.js:540:3023)
2025-01-10 12:06:16.197 [info] activationBlocker from 'languageModelAccess' took for 2421ms

[chrmarti]

@cailmdaley Please check the output of F1 > Developer: GitHub Copilot Chat Diagnostics in VS Code and append it here.

[rgonaute]

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

• Extension Version: 0.22.3 (prod)
• VS Code: vscode/1.96.2
• OS: Linux

Network

User Settings:

  "github.copilot.advanced": {
    "debug.useElectronFetcher": true,
    "debug.useNodeFetcher": false
  }

Connecting to https://api.github.com:

• DNS ipv4 Lookup: 20.217.135.0 (6 ms)
• DNS ipv6 Lookup: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.github.com
• Electron Fetcher (configured): HTTP 200 (205 ms)
• Node Fetcher: HTTP 200 (42 ms)
• Helix Fetcher: HTTP 200 (262 ms)

Connecting to https://api.githubcopilot.com/_ping:

• DNS ipv4 Lookup: 140.82.113.21 (8 ms)
• DNS ipv6 Lookup: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.githubcopilot.com
• Electron Fetcher (configured): HTTP 200 (448 ms)
• Node Fetcher: HTTP 200 (460 ms)
• Helix Fetcher: HTTP 200 (476 ms)

Documentation

In corporate networks: Troubleshooting firewall settings for GitHub Copilot.

p.s. I'm experiencing the same issue on insiders version.

[chrmarti]

@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. (F1 > Output: Show Output Channels... > GitHub Copilot Chat)

[rgonaute]

@chrmarti sure thing, thank you

(F1 > Developer: GitHub Copilot Chat Diagnostics)

GitHub Copilot Chat

• Extension Version: 0.23.2 (prod)
• VS Code: vscode/1.96.2
• OS: Linux

Network

User Settings:

  "github.copilot.advanced.debug.useElectronFetcher": true,
  "github.copilot.advanced.debug.useNodeFetcher": false,
  "github.copilot.advanced.debug.useNodeFetchFetcher": true

Connecting to https://api.github.com:

• DNS ipv4 Lookup: 20.217.135.0 (8 ms)
• DNS ipv6 Lookup: Error (13 ms): getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.github.com
• Proxy URL: None (17 ms)
• Electron fetch (configured): HTTP 200 (179 ms)
• Node.js https: HTTP 200 (37 ms)
• Node.js fetch: HTTP 200 (203 ms)
• Helix fetch: HTTP 200 (124 ms)

Connecting to https://api.githubcopilot.com/_ping:

• DNS ipv4 Lookup: 140.82.114.22 (7 ms)
• DNS ipv6 Lookup: Error (8 ms): getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.githubcopilot.com
• Proxy URL: None (2 ms)
• Electron fetch (configured): HTTP 200 (137 ms)
• Node.js https: HTTP 200 (424 ms)
• Node.js fetch: HTTP 200 (441 ms)
• Helix fetch: HTTP 200 (435 ms)

Documentation

In corporate networks: Troubleshooting firewall settings for GitHub Copilot.

(F1 > Output: Show Output Channels... > GitHub Copilot Chat)

2025-01-11 11:15:51.364 [info] Using the Electron fetcher.
2025-01-11 11:15:51.364 [info] Initializing Git extension service.
2025-01-11 11:15:51.364 [info] Successfully activated the vscode.git extension.
2025-01-11 11:15:51.364 [info] Enablement state of the vscode.git extension: true.
2025-01-11 11:15:51.364 [info] Successfully registered Git commit message provider.
2025-01-11 11:15:52.249 [warning] GitHub login failed
2025-01-11 11:15:52.250 [info] copilot token chat_enabled: undefined, sku: 
2025-01-11 11:15:53.539 [warning] GitHub login failed
2025-01-11 11:15:53.546 [error] Error: GitHubLoginFailed
    at B0._authShowWarnings (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:446:3909)
    at B0.getCopilotToken (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:446:2438)
    at dF.getCopilotToken (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:334:26267)
    at IZ.waitForChatEnabled (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:444:13713)
    at IZ.run (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:444:13432)
    at w0.askToUpgradeAuthPermissions (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:444:12870): Failed to get copilot token
2025-01-11 11:15:53.546 [error] You are not signed in to GitHub. Please sign in to use Copilot.
2025-01-11 11:15:53.546 [warning] [LanguageModelAccess] LanguageModel/Embeddings are not available without auth token
2025-01-11 11:15:53.546 [error] Error: GitHubLoginFailed
    at B0._authShowWarnings (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:446:3909)
    at B0.getCopilotToken (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:446:2438)
    at dF.getCopilotToken (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:334:26267)
    at Y0._getAuthSession (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:488:2825)
    at Object.A [as task] (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:488:640)
    at xC._processQueue (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:487:1101)
2025-01-11 11:15:53.546 [warning] [LanguageModelAccess] LanguageModel/Embeddings are not available without auth token
2025-01-11 11:15:53.546 [error] Error: GitHubLoginFailed
    at B0._authShowWarnings (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:446:3909)
    at B0.getCopilotToken (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:446:2438)
    at dF.getCopilotToken (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:334:26267)
    at Y0._getAuthSession (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:488:2825)
    at r (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:488:2288)
    at Y0._registerEmbeddings (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:488:2787)
    at async Promise.all (index 1)
    at async Promise.allSettled (index 0)
    at tB.waitForActivationBlockers (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:334:13668)
    at /home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:2255:4201
    at Frr (/home/user/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-chat-0.23.2/dist/extension.js:2255:4014)
    at K0.n (file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:115:4447)
    at K0.m (file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:115:4410)
    at K0.l (file:///usr/share/code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:115:3866)
2025-01-11 11:15:53.546 [info] activationBlocker from 'languageModelAccess' took for 1179ms
2025-01-11 11:15:54.075 [warning] [repo:nvm-sh/nvm] Error fetching code search. Error: bad request: Authorization header is badly formatted
. Retrying in 1ms. Query: text
2025-01-11 11:15:54.313 [warning] [repo:nvm-sh/nvm] Error fetching code search. Error: bad request: Authorization header is badly formatted
. Retrying in 2ms. Query: text
2025-01-11 11:15:54.551 [warning] [repo:nvm-sh/nvm] Error fetching code search. Error: bad request: Authorization header is badly formatted
. Retrying in 3ms. Query: text
2025-01-11 11:15:54.652 [warning] [repo:nvm-sh/nvm] Max Retry Error thrown while querying 'text'
2025-01-11 11:17:10.185 [info] Removed 1 expired certificates