Failed to initiate the GitHub login process when Avast is enabled

[adielashrov]

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Hey everyone,

I've encountered an issue that when the Avast anti-virus is active, the co-pilot plugin is not able to connect.

1. Start pycharm
2. Avast is inspecting the github-copilot exe file
3. GitHub co-pilot states: "Failed to initiate the GitHub login process"

I Attached the log files from JetBrains pycharm

I was able to workaround this issue by disabling Avast and running Pycharm as an administrator.

Regards,
Adiel

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idea.1.log

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[4rnv]

This usually happens when your anti-virus tries to block certain processes and connections which it thinks are insecure. I don't use Avast, but most AVs have an option to edit network settings. You can add copilot to the trusted list there, or reduce the strictness of your settings. I had a similar issue, but with Firefox. I changed the network settings in my AV, adding Firefox to the trusted list, and the problem was solved.