GitHub Copilot, Copilot Chat and Copilot Labs Extensions Not Working in VSCodium

[Tushar49]

Describe the bug I am having trouble integrating GitHub Copilot and Copilot Labs extensions with VSCodium. Despite having access to GitHub Copilot X, I am unable to get it working with VSCodium. The Copilot Labs extension isn't working and the Copilot chat doesn't show up in the activity bar.

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VSCodium version Version: 1.79.0 (system setup) Release: 23159 Commit: 4be06ce527f2ea3b9b3096ac4b4c5aa11c64e7a4 Date: 2023-06-08T21:27:43.604Z Electron: 22.3.10 Chromium: 108.0.5359.215 Node.js: 16.17.1 V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install VSCodium and the GitHub Copilot extension.
2. Attempt to authenticate the GitHub Copilot extension.
3. Receive error: "Invalid copilot token: missing token: 404" and "GitHub Copilot could not connect to server. Extension activation failed: "User not authorized".
4. Install and attempt to authenticate the Copilot Labs extension.
5. Receive error: "Something went wrong. Please check that the main GitHub Copilot extension is installed and running and try again." and "Something went wrong checking access: Authentication error: NotAuthorized".

Expected behavior I expect to be able to use GitHub Copilot and Copilot Labs extensions with VSCodium without any issues.

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• Architecture: x64
• Version: 10.0.22621

Additional context I have tried several troubleshooting steps, including signing in and out of GitHub Copilot, editing the product.json file, and generating a new personal access token. None of these steps have resolved the issue.

[zeroaddresss]

As far as I know you have to use the VS code marketplace. The extension may have been updated, you might have to wait for a VSCodium update.

@TimTheBig you mean this marketplace or the built-in extensions marketplace in VSCodium UI?

[TimTheBig]

You have to modify your product.json to use the VSCode marketplace, then you should be able to install the extensions right from the UI. This guide worked for me: VSCode Gallery In VSCodium. You still need the product.json "extensionEnabledApiProposals" tweaks.

[daiyam]

@TimTheBig Which version are you using? (VSCodium and Copilot)

[TimTheBig]

VSCodium:

Version: 1.88.1
Release: 24104
Commit: 0d01a72525276e5e3771fe5851b9c83de0de1e2b
Date: 2024-04-13T01:43:30.924Z
Electron: 28.2.8
ElectronBuildId: undefined
Chromium: 120.0.6099.291
Node.js: 18.18.2
V8: 12.0.267.19-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.4.0

GitHub Copilot: v1.196.0 GitHub Copilot Chat: v0.14.1

[kasperk81]

yelp! is there a script to patch the whole thing without manual tweaks? argument1: path to product.json, argumetn2: path to /support product.json etc.

spent several hours to make this work but failing miserably. installed from vscode marketplace (https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/1546#issuecomment-2068291176):

[TimTheBig]

yelp! is there a script to patch the whole thing without manual tweaks? argument1: path to product.json, argumetn2: path to /support product.json etc.

spent several hours to make this work but failing miserably. installed from vscode marketplace (#1546 (comment)):

What version of copilot-chat is the store page showing beside the name?