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Unable to connect to the GitHub API, please check your internet connection. Refresh appears inoperative.

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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
github, typescript, vscode
Domain
api, devtools

Research direction

The issue does not name files, tests, or entry points. Start by tracing the extension's refresh button and command-palette refresh behavior, then inspect how GitHub API connection failures are surfaced. Done means refresh produces a visible result and the extension can recover from or clearly report the connection failure.

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Description

bug

Describe the bug

The extension was working, now it's not. Instead, I get the error, "Unable to connect to the GitHub API, please check your internet connection," along with a refresh button. Pressing it appears to do nothing. Nothing visible happens. Similarly, if I run the refresh from the command palette, nothing appears to happen.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

I do not know.

Expected behavior

The extension show work, offering me an effective resolution if something's wrong.

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You can see in the terminal that I'm online and have access to my repo on GitHub.

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Extension Version
0.27.0

Additional context
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Not a five-star extension, with current version last updated more than half a year ago. Nice while it was working!

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
661
Forks
214
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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