No "Copilot Requests" permission in GitHub Apps despite the Copilot SDK documentation saying otherwise

Start with the linked Server-to-server authentication page, especially the “Other services and CI systems” section, and compare its Copilot Requests permission guidance with the GitHub App creation UI. Review the related Copilot SDK authentication documentation and support ticket context to establish the expected behavior. Done means the documentation and GitHub App permissions agree, with the customer-facing discrepancy addressed.

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• 4650604

Issue

Customer reports that while the Other services and CI systems section of the Server-to-server authentication page of the Copilot SDK documentation says you should:

Create a GitHub App with the Copilot Requests repository permission set to Read & write.

But when creating a GitHub App there doesn't seem to be any such repository permission in the UI.

To Reproduce

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4. See error

Expected behavior

The documented Read & write Copilot Requests repository permission should exist.

Screenshots

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Additional context

I have tried creating a GitHub App myself and did not see this permission.

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@patniko

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