GitHub Copilot “Failed to prepare” – No setup options shown in VSCode (Licensed personal account)

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I’m using a licensed personal GitHub account with GitHub Copilot, but I’m currently unable to complete the setup in Visual Studio Code.

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❗ Problem Description
• I see the message “Failed to prepare Copilot” in VSCode
• Hovering over the Copilot icon in the status bar shows no menu like “Copilot settings”
• Reinstalling the extension and signing in again does not resolve the issue

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🧪 What I’ve Tried
• Reinstalled the GitHub Copilot extension
• Ran Copilot: Sign In from the command palette
• Restarted VSCode multiple times
• Removed authorization from https://github.com/settings/applications
• Deleted ~/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-*
• Deleted globalStorage/github.copilot
• Followed the official guide:
🔗 https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/setup#_set-up-copilot-in-vs-code
→ But the “Copilot settings” option does not appear in the status bar

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🖥️ Environment
• VSCode Version: 1.100.2 (Universal)
• Copilot Extension Version: v1.322.0
• macOS
• GitHub Account Type: Personal account (Copilot license is active)

[yasir-ai]

Sw this in another workspace recently. might be a VSCode + cache bug

Based on what you wrote, sounds like you tried all the right things... but here’s a couple extra things that worked for me:

Try this

• open vscode
• cmd+shift+P → developer: reload window
• cmd+shift+P → copilot: sign out
• cmd+shift+P → copilot: sign in

If that fails:
→ Delete both:

~/.vscode/extensions/github.copilot-*
~/.config/github copilot

→ Then reinstall extension + sign in fresh

Also, you might be using a VPN or proxy that’s blocking auth handshake, so worth disabling that temporarily if you use one

LMK if that shakes it loose, copilot's settings UI is finicky sometimes after updates