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100% stuck while trying to initialize

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#731 3 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
macos, swift

Research direction

No source file, test, or code entry point is identified. Start by reproducing the Xcode and Copilot initialization steps, then inspect the listed client logs around GitHub account permissions and loading; done means initialization completes instead of remaining stuck at 100%.

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Description

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Describe the bug
STUCK at
"Github Account Status Permissions"
"github account: loading ..."

Versions

  • Copilot for Xcode: xxxx.459
  • Xcode: 26.2
  • macOS: as if it actually makes any difference...

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Xcode
  2. Open Xcode ... Copilot ....
  3. THERE YOU GO .. YOU ARE STUCK

Logs
[2026-01-28T15:41:09.031Z] [info] [Client] [47245] Registering bridge launch agent
[2026-01-28T15:41:12.738Z] [info] [Client] [47245] Registering bridge launch agent

Additional context

no kidding .. this is the ACTUAL log file .... sometimes I think our industry is going to shit ... and the more idi0ts are given 'fantastic tools' the stupider they become.

what I find simply amazing is that someone who is likely a professional developer would think that of writing a client/server type system without thinking that it would be possible (ok.. I really mean 100% likely) that the server might be stuck, blocking the client in the same breath... dunno if it is hubris ("I am so great, my code will never do that") or authentic lack of imagination (ok, I really mean "stup..."). either way ... Kudos, amazing, fantasticaly fabulously cool piece of great code. ;-)

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