Visual Studio - Copilot keeps thinking forever and does not answer

[GitHubGba]

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Hi people.

I'm testing Github Copilot to see if it works for my day to day.

It started working fine but suddenly it stopped working.
If you ask it something it keeps thinking forever and doesn't answer.

I use it in the Visual Studio Community IDE.
In its options everything is correct and active.
I have reinstalled Visual Studio and it is still the same.

I have tried (to rule out) with Visual Studio Code and it does work but I need to use it necessarily in Visual Studio.

Does anyone know how to fix this or at least reset it completely in Visual Studio ?

Thanks in advance.

[djmeow0407]

Maybe you should try to reinstall it (maybe completely delete all the file that relate to github copillot) and login again, or you should check that are VS focus on any big project (like 10000+ lines of code). You should check your internet connection too (in case your internet is slow).

I used to get that error and i fix it by reinstall extension!

[GitHubGba]

I have reinstalled as you tell me the copilot extension even VS completely and it remains the same.
In fact, the configuration is loaded automatically so there must be files left undeleted.

If I could know where that config is stored for deletion I am left with the hope that reconfiguring from scratch the copilot account would work but I can't find where all this is stored.

If not, maybe it could be solved by installing a previous version of vs as I am reading in many places that it is possible that it is a problem related to the latest versions. The one I have now is 17.11.2.

[GitHubGba]

Hi Again.

I have installed the same version of visual studio on a hyper-v vm and copilot works correctly. Even the threads I had created can be recovered.

So it is a problem of something in the computer configuration. I have already reinstalled everything but there must be some corner where there are files that are interfering with the problem and prevent a clean install to reset the copilot link with the github account.

[franks-at-covius]

I have the same issue. It was working fine and then today it gets stuck on "Thinking...". I can connect through a web browser and also via VS Code but not in VS 2022.

[sandeepojha930]

Now, I'm facing the same issue... Is there solution for the same ?

[sandeepojha930]

@mgriffin can you help here ?

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[stosic]

What is the main issue you're experiencing with GitHub Copilot in the Visual Studio Community IDE?