Setting http.proxy in Client VSCode will affect Copilot running in SSH - Remote server.

[cesaryuan]

Setting http.proxy in Client VSCode will affect copilot running in SSH - Remote server.

• Copilot Chat Extension Version: v1.219.0
• VSCode Version: 1.93.0-insider (user setup)
• Logs:

  2024-08-05 11:28:35.616 [error] [auth] auth: FetchError: tunneling socket could not be established, cause=connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:7890
  at fetch (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/node_modules/@adobe/helix-fetch/src/fetch/index.js:99:11)
  at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
  at cachingFetch (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/node_modules/@adobe/helix-fetch/src/fetch/index.js:288:16)
  at XO.fetch (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/lib/src/network/helix.ts:96:22)
  at fetchCopilotToken (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/lib/src/auth/copilotToken.ts:197:16)
  at authFromGitHubToken (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/lib/src/auth/copilotToken.ts:130:22)
  at auth (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/extension/src/auth.ts:40:25)
  at authShowWarnings (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/extension/src/auth.ts:131:25)
  at EM.getCopilotToken (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/extension/src/auth.ts:174:33)
  at attemptAuthentication (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/extension/src/auth.ts:58:9) {
  type: 'system',
  _name: 'FetchError',
  code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
  errno: -111,
  erroredSysCall: 'connect'
  }
  2024-08-05 11:28:35.737 [error] [auth] tunneling socket could not be established, cause=connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:7890
  2024-08-05 11:28:35.907 [error] [default] Error sending telemetry FetchError: tunneling socket could not be established, cause=connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:7890
  at fetch (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/node_modules/@adobe/helix-fetch/src/fetch/index.js:99:11)
  at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
  at cachingFetch (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/node_modules/@adobe/helix-fetch/src/fetch/index.js:288:16)
  at XO.fetch (/home/ubuntu/.vscode-server-insiders/extensions/github.copilot-1.219.0/lib/src/network/helix.ts:96:22) {
  type: 'system',
  _name: 'FetchError',
  code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
  errno: -111,
  erroredSysCall: 'connect'
  }

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install VSCode Insiders and start with pure profile.
2. Set "http.proxy": "http://127.0.0.1:7890" in client VSCode
3. Prepare an test SSH - Remote server, and Connect to it
4. Install Copilot on server VSCode
5. It throws error: Error sending telemetry FetchError: tunneling socket could not be established, cause=connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:7890
6. Unset "http.proxy": "http://127.0.0.1:7890" in client VSCode
7. The error disappeared.

Here is the video:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/659836d0-78ab-4517-af4d-7902ef535bdd

[cesaryuan]

@chrmarti Sorry to bother you. Is there any progress on it?

[chrmarti]

@sandy081 Should "http.proxy" be a special case where the local extension host always sees the user setting value and the remote extension host sees the machine setting value?