vs code copilot icon gone

Question

I can't find the github copilot icon for vs code

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the GitHub Copilot extension and reloaded the window i closed the vscode with taskmanger and restarted it and i cant get it to work.

Keyhole

If you're talking about the left bar, then try right clicking and seeing if the item in the context menu there to display the copliot icon is unchecked. If it is, click it to make it checked again. Does that solve your problem? – Convene

No, it does not it's not there anymore but thanks for trying to help – Kemeny

I'm facing the same issue. Hard-reloading VSCode doesn't make it appear again. There's nothing in the VSCode Output for Github Copilot. – Wary

@EdmundoSantos what if you run View: Reset View Locations in the command palette? – Convene

I downgraded the extension to a version released 2 weeks ago and it started working again. – Wary

if you go back to the latest version, do you get any useful info in the Output panel? (View > Output > various output channels) – Convene

Same problem. I clicked some option form the copilot icon in the status bar, and now icon is not showing in status bar but copilot is working. Help! – Concernment

Answer 1

I had the same problem. Wasn't able to find any direct solutions on internet. Finally figured out on how to display the icon of Copilot in the VS Code Status Bar. I had mistakenly turned Copilot status off.

To fix the problem, right click on the VS Code Status Bar. A window will pop up with some options:

Now simply click on the Copilot status option and the tick means you have activated it. After that the icon will be available in the status bar.

Concernment

Answer 2

This only applies to Organizations, but the fix for me was to enable 'Copilot Chat in the IDE' under Copilot->Policies and features

https://github.com/organizations/{org}/settings/copilot/policies

Bestow

Answer 3

I had a similar issue; all of a sudden I could not find the icon on the sidebar.

My solution was: Step 1) Open the command palette in vscode and see where it was opening. Step 2) Drag-drop chat into the side bar. Screenshots of the process below:

1. Find the Chat: Open Chat in Side Bar in the palette.

2. With the chat open, drag-drop it into the side bar, where it should stay:

(For me I had unknowingly dragged the chat into my Docker icon on the sidebar, and when I opened it via command palette, I had found it in there, and dragged it back to its proper home of the SideBar)

Hope this helps!

Mayweed

How can I find and restore a missing View, View subsection, or Panel in VS Code? – Convene

Answer 4

In my case, I didn't realize VS Code was in protected mode. I clicked a button on the bottom left of the status bar and told VS Code that I trust the project.

Constrictive

Answer 5

Here is the solution that worked for me. Copilot suddenly stopped working for me on 1 specific remote server (I'm using Remote SSH plugin). So I switched to older version of Copilot (4 days ago), and then rebooted connection, that solved the problem immidiately.

Bellow is the list of things I tried and they didn't work, but you can try them for yourself:

1. reboot vscode
2. reinstall copilot locally and on remote server
3. completely delete .vscode-server folder from remote server rm -rf ~/.vscode-server and then reload vs code
4. sign-out from github from vs code app and sign-in again
5. turned off all plugins and started only 1 plugin of copilot

My conclution: current version of copilot is buggy, I'll just wait for 2-3 weeks for new version where bug was fixed.

Fluellen

Answer 6

okay just simply go under the bottom panel and then right click please make sure copilot status is checked that is it checkthis image for ref

Frolic

read the comments. I already asked about this and they said it doesn't even show up there. – Convene