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Activating extension 'github.vscode-github-actions' failed

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions, typescript
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by reproducing the startup activation failure with extension version v0.27.2 and inspect the activation path that requests the GitHub repository endpoint shown in the error. Confirm the repository lookup handles the response correctly and that the extension activates without an error.

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Description

bug

Describe the bug
I recieve this error when starting VSCode

Activating extension 'github.vscode-github-actions' failed: Not Found - https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#get-a-repository.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1.

Expected behavior
no error

Screenshots
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Extension Version
v0.27.2

Dominant language
TypeScript
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661
Forks
214
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