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Unable to login with GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github, typescript, vscode
Domain
authentication, desktop

Research direction

Reproduce the failure in VS Code v0.27.0 by opening GitHub Actions and selecting Sign in to Github. Trace that sign-in entry point and verify that selecting it opens a browser and redirects to GitHub; the issue provides no file or test names.

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Description

bug

Describe the bug
Click Sign in to Github, nothing happen

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Click to Github Action
  3. Click to Sign in to Github

Expected behavior
There is nothing happening; you should open browser and redirect to github

Screenshots

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/afbbdf17-df68-4771-9340-df78a71e7a2a

Extension Version
v0.27.0

Additional context
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Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
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