Copilot chat is stuck Initializing "Checking Copilot Chat prerequsites" in PyCharm 2024.1.4

[dan-marra-ebrs]

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Plugin version: 1.5.16.6140

I have to disable the plugin, and then re-enable it in order to get it to work. this happens every time i have to restart the IDE. The autocomplete features within the IDE are working, its just the chat that is stuck checking prereqs.

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[MatteoGioioso]

Same issue here for the latest intellijIDEA plugin

[kshakir]

I finally had luck with fixing the issue across PyCharm and IntelliJ IDEA by finding and fixing an auth error on this settings page:

I'm sorry I don't recall what the error looked like exactly, so if someone else gets a picture that would be great. But when I opened the "IntelliJ IDEA" menu, then "Settings...", navigated to "Version Control" then "GitHub", there was a red error in the window pictured above. I reauthenticated, restarted IntelliJ, and Copilot Chat started working again.

Strangely, this also fixed PyCharm too, without me needing to re-auth there. I'm not sure where these settings are shared between the two IDEs, but I do use the JetBrains Toolbox, so maybe that has something to do with it. 🤷

I also found these in my idea.log:

2024-08-23 11:13:26,318 [  13486]   INFO - #o.j.p.g.p.d.GHPRDataContextRepository - Error occurred while creating data context
org.jetbrains.plugins.github.exceptions.GithubAuthenticationException: Request response: Bad credentials.
        at org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.GithubApiRequestExecutor$Base.checkResponseCode(GithubApiRequestExecutor.kt:166)
        at org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.GithubApiRequestExecutor$Base.execute$lambda$1(GithubApiRequestExecutor.kt:107)
        at com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests.doProcess(HttpRequests.java:529)
        at com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests.process(HttpRequests.java:511)
        at com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests$RequestBuilderImpl.connect(HttpRequests.java:340)
        at org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.GithubApiRequestExecutor$Base.execute(GithubApiRequestExecutor.kt:98)
        at org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.GithubApiRequestExecutor$WithTokenAuth.execute(GithubApiRequestExecutor.kt:71)
        at org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.GithubApiRequestExecutorKt$executeSuspend$2$1.invoke(GithubApiRequestExecutor.kt:288)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.CoroutinesKt.jobToIndicator$lambda$2(coroutines.kt:445)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$0(ProgressManager.java:96)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$2(CoreProgressManager.java:217)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$executeProcessUnderProgress$13(CoreProgressManager.java:660)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.registerIndicatorAndRun(CoreProgressManager.java:735)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.computeUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:691)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:659)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:79)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.runProcess(CoreProgressManager.java:202)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager.runProcess(ProgressManager.java:96)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.CoroutinesKt.jobToIndicator(coroutines.kt:433)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.CoroutinesKt.contextToIndicator(coroutines.kt:425)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.CoroutinesKt.coroutineToIndicator(coroutines.kt:369)
        at org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.GithubApiRequestExecutorKt$executeSuspend$2.invokeSuspend(GithubApiRequestExecutor.kt:286)
        at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:104)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.internal.SoftLimitedDispatcher$Worker.run(SoftLimitedDispatcher.kt:125)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.TaskImpl.run(Tasks.kt:99)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler.runSafely(CoroutineScheduler.kt:608)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.executeTask(CoroutineScheduler.kt:873)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.runWorker(CoroutineScheduler.kt:763)
        at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.run(CoroutineScheduler.kt:750)

But the UX in the front end wasn't exactly clear on what I needed to fix. It just sat there with a spinning wheel saying that it was checking the prerequisites, but not explaining what it was checking and couldn't find. If this isn't your error, maybe the logs will have another stack trace that can help.

Note: This login / auth issue was separate from the "Login to GitHub" for the Copilot plugin pictured here:

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TL;DR: I re-signed into GitHub in IntelliJ/PyCharm, not just the plugin, and the issue went away!

[LourencoVazPato]

this fixed it for me, thanks!

[LuisMartinSchick]

Faced the same issue and can provide a screenshot:

After hitting the login option, I restarted WebStorm and it Copilot Chat worked as expected.

[PavanBilagiSixt]

I am facing the same issue in Android Studio. Has this been resolved?

[wang-natta]

I also faced the same issue, but after logged in to Github account (same as Copilot) under Settings > Version Control > Github.
And then do Copilot authorize again, and it solved.

[mdumakurtas]

I have same issue and i dont know how to fix it. I have

Login / logut doesnt help.

[mdumakurtas]

same :)

Exactly same problem. It happened after I updated my IntelliJ IDEA. ;-(

I downgraded PHPStorm to 2024.2.3 and works again. So the problem is with new version of Intellij IDE-s.

[jdcasdev]

FYI: I also downgraded Rider 2024.2.7 to 2024.2.6 and works perfectly.

[Lucas-Bruschi]

Same here with Goland

[MephistophelesChen]

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Fixed after today's update.

[mdumakurtas]

d

Fixed after today's update.

Which version? Because i only see 2024.2.4 where copilot is broken.

[Bryji]

Steps above did not work for me (went through multiple logins / authorizations). Had to remove the plugin, restart Intellij, re-install the plugin, restart Intellij (for the nth time...) and finally auth / login again.

[dennis-coba]

Please check Natural Language in GitHub Copilot settings. Mine were set to chinese which didn't worked and stucked during initialization. After setting back to a more suitable language, it works again