I am experiencing an issue using GitHub Copilot with Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition in a corporate proxy environment. Here are the symptoms: Upon launching Visual Studio, GitHub Copilot remains in a "waiting for connection" state. If I manually open the "Manage Extensions" window, Copilot suddenly connects and becomes usable. The environment uses an authenticated HTTP/HTTPS proxy. I have set the HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables. Visual Studio is launched with administrator privileges. No specific errors appear in the logs under %APPDATA%\GitHub Copilot\logs , but it seems the initialization timing is affected. I would appreciate your guidance on the following: When exactly does Copilot attempt to authenticate/connect during startup? How can I ensure stable initialization in a proxy environment? Is there a way to make Copilot connect automatically without opening the Manage Extensions window?

GitHub Copilot fails to connect in proxy environment on Visual Studio 2022 Community

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I am experiencing an issue using GitHub Copilot with Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition in a corporate proxy environment.

Here are the symptoms:

Upon launching Visual Studio, GitHub Copilot remains in a "waiting for connection" state.
If I manually open the "Manage Extensions" window, Copilot suddenly connects and becomes usable.
The environment uses an authenticated HTTP/HTTPS proxy.
I have set the HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables.
Visual Studio is launched with administrator privileges.
No specific errors appear in the logs under %APPDATA%\GitHub Copilot\logs, but it seems the initialization timing is affected.

I would appreciate your guidance on the following:

When exactly does Copilot attempt to authenticate/connect during startup?
How can I ensure stable initialization in a proxy environment?
Is there a way to make Copilot connect automatically without opening the Manage Extensions window?