Copilot button "sign in" does not work #47352
Description
Reproduction steps
- Start Zed
- Click on the "Agent Panel"
- Go to "Settings" of the "Agent Panel" to configure which AI agents to use
- Click on "Github Copilot Chat"
- Press "Sign in to use Github Copilot"
- Nothing happens
Current vs. Expected behavior
Current behaviour:
Nothing happens when pressing the "Sign in to use Github Copilot setting"
Expected behaviour:
It opens the link to authorize in my browser. (side note that this worked when signing into Zed via Github initially)
Zed version and system specs
Zed: v0.220.2+stable.125.bf99a017312d2325476557e590b9dfb4f71241cf (Zed)
OS: Windows 10.0.26200
Memory: 15.9 GiB
Architecture: x86_64
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 || NVIDIA Corporation || 591.59 r591_47
Attach Zed log file
Zed.log
2026-01-22T19:52:10+11:00 INFO [zed] ========== starting zed version 0.220.2+stable.125.bf99a017312d2325476557e590b9dfb4f71241cf, sha bf99a01 ==========
2026-01-22T19:52:10+11:00 INFO [gpui::platform::windows::directx_devices] Using GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [gpui::platform::windows::directx_devices] Created device with Direct3D 11.1 feature level.
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [gpui::platform::windows::direct_write] Use Segoe UI as UI font.
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [crashes] spawning crash handler process
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [extension_host] extensions updated. loading 1, reloading 0, unloading 0
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [client] set status on client 0: Authenticating
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [auto_update] Auto Update: checking for updates
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [workspace] Rendered first frame
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [zed::zed] Using GPU: GpuSpecs { is_software_emulated: false, device_name: "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080", driver_name: "NVIDIA Corporation", driver_info: "591.59 r591_47" }
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [node_runtime] Node runtime install_if_needed
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [crashes] connected to crash handler process after 100ms
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [crashes] crash handler registered
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [util::shell] Found bash at C:\Users\user\scoop\shims\bash.exe
2026-01-22T19:52:11+11:00 INFO [node_runtime] using Zed managed Node.js at C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Zed\node\node-v24.11.0-win-x64 since system Node.js wasn't found on PATH: cannot find binary path
2026-01-22T19:52:12+11:00 INFO [copilot] Checking Node.js version for Copilot at: "C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Zed\\node\\node-v24.11.0-win-x64\\node.exe"
2026-01-22T19:52:12+11:00 INFO [copilot] Node.js version 24.11.0 meets Copilot requirements (>= 20.8.0)
2026-01-22T19:52:12+11:00 INFO [lsp] starting language server process. binary path: "C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Zed\\node\\node-v24.11.0-win-x64\\node.exe", working directory: "C:/", args: ["--experimental-sqlite", "C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Zed\\copilot\\node_modules/@github/copilot-language-server/dist/language-server.js", "--stdio"]
2026-01-22T19:52:12+11:00 INFO [client] set status on client 159854: Authenticated
2026-01-22T19:52:13+11:00 INFO [lsp] Language server with id 0 sent unhandled notification window/logMessage:
{
"type": 3,
"message": "[lsp] GitHub Copilot Language Server 1.412.0 initialized"
}
2026-01-22T19:52:13+11:00 INFO [lsp] Language server with id 0 sent unhandled notification client/registerCapability:
{
"registrations": [
{
"id": "313322dd-f1a0-4148-ae61-fb3d813ddc54",
"method": "workspace/didChangeConfiguration",
"registerOptions": {
"section": [
"github.copilot",
"github-enterprise",
"http",
"telemetry"
]
}
}
]
}
2026-01-22T19:52:13+11:00 INFO [lsp] Language server with id 0 sent unhandled notification statusNotification:
{
"busy": false,
"kind": "Error",
"status": "Error",
"message": "You are not signed into GitHub."
}
2026-01-22T19:52:13+11:00 INFO [lsp] Language server with id 0 sent unhandled notification window/logMessage:
{
"type": 3,
"message": "Registering request handler for workspace/didChangeConfiguration failed."
}
2026-01-22T19:52:13+11:00 INFO [lsp] Language server with id 0 sent unhandled notification window/logMessage:
{
"type": 3,
"message": "[GithubAvailableEmbeddingTypes] Could not find any available embedding types. Error: noSession"
}
2026-01-22T19:52:13+11:00 INFO [lsp] Language server with id 0 sent unhandled notification statusNotification:
{
"busy": false,
"kind": "Error",
"status": "Error",
"message": "You are not signed into GitHub."
}
2026-01-22T19:52:31+11:00 INFO [gpui::platform::windows::directx_renderer] Updating subpixel_sprite_pipeline buffer size from 512 to 1024
2026-01-22T19:52:32+11:00 ERROR [crates/gpui/src/window.rs:1269] window not found
Relevant Zed settings
Zed settings
Relevant Keymap
No response
(for AI issues) Model provider details
- Copilot chat
If you are using WSL on Windows, what flavor of Linux are you using?
None
{ "telemetry": { "diagnostics": false, "metrics": false }, "vim_mode": true, "icon_theme": { "mode": "light", "light": "Zed (Default)", "dark": "Zed (Default)" }, "base_keymap": "VSCode", "features": { "edit_prediction_provider": "copilot" }, "ui_font_size": 16, "buffer_font_size": 15, "theme": { "mode": "dark", "light": "Gruvbox Light", "dark": "One Light", }, }