GitHub authentication

[StevieDicks]

Issue Type: Bug

OS: Amazon Linux virtual desktop
Browser: Mozilla Firefox

When trying to authenticate GitHub using the sign-in on browser feature I am unable to authenticate. I get to the "You are being redirected to the authorized application..." page and nothing happens. In the line "If your browser does not redirect you back, please click here to continue..." the 'click here' link does nothing. If I try to sign on by typing my GitHub username and token into the command palette the "signing into GitHub" notification just spins for a minute or so then cancels.

I am signed into GitHub in the terminal, where my PAT for this machine works fine.

VS Code version: Code 1.66.2 (dfd34e8, 2022-04-11T07:49:24.808Z)
OS version: Linux x64 4.14.275-207.503.amzn2.x86_64
Restricted Mode: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz (2 x 2499)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: unavailable_software canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: disabled_software multiple_raster_threads: disabled_off oop_rasterization: disabled_off opengl: disabled_off rasterization: disabled_software raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: disabled_software video_encode: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: unavailable_software webgl2: unavailable_software
Load (avg)	2, 1, 0
Memory (System)	3.79GB (0.48GB free)
Process Argv	. --crash-reporter-id f3a5e405-ce50-429e-9dd2-cae07d024289
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%
DESKTOP_SESSION	mate
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP	MATE
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP	undefined
XDG_SESSION_TYPE	undefined

Extensions (2)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
go	gol	0.32.0
cpptools	ms-	1.9.8

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[TylerLeonhardt]

/duplicate #147104 (comment)

[StevieDicks]

/duplicate #147104 (comment)

The solution you linked does not solve the issue for me

[TylerLeonhardt]

Did you try in Insiders because this hasn't been released to Stable yet (scheduled for early next week)

[StevieDicks]

Using Insiders, I followed the instructions in the linked issue.

Eventually a new prompt came up, asking to authenticate in a different way. I responded "yes", and it gave me a code to submit on GitHub. This worked! Thank you for the help.

Persisting issue (not blocking me -- this is just for your info):
Although I am now logged into GitHub on VS Code, Settings Sync forces authentication a second time. If I do the same method of authentication then it works, but using the default does not work.

Thanks again.

[TylerLeonhardt]

@StevieDicks can you open a new issue about the Settings Sync experience you saw? It'd be great if you could also send screenshots or a gif of the problem as well.

[StevieDicks]

Sure, would you like me to link you?