Cannot login with GH

[jrieken]

Blocks testing #180745

• I have setup a fresh ubuntu 22 VM, using todays insiders
• select "Tun on Remote Access"
• GH auth flow starts
• it hangs forever, nothing special in logs nor on console

2023-04-25 11:51:22.654 [info] Reading sessions from keychain...
2023-04-25 11:51:22.654 [info] Getting sessions for all scopes...
2023-04-25 11:51:22.654 [info] Getting sessions for user:email...
2023-04-25 11:51:22.654 [info] Got 0 sessions for ...
2023-04-25 11:51:22.654 [info] Got 0 sessions for user:email...
2023-04-25 11:51:23.310 [info] Getting sessions for all scopes...
2023-04-25 11:51:23.310 [info] Got 0 sessions for ...
2023-04-25 11:52:04.300 [info] Getting sessions for read:org,user:email...
2023-04-25 11:52:04.300 [info] Got 0 sessions for read:org,user:email...
2023-04-25 11:52:06.507 [info] Logging in for the following scopes: read:org user:email
2023-04-25 11:52:06.508 [info] Trying without local server... (read:org user:email)
2023-04-25 11:56:38.198 [error] User Cancelled
2023-04-25 11:56:41.791 [info] Trying with local server... (read:org user:email)
2023-04-25 11:57:05.845 [error] User Cancelled
2023-04-25 11:57:19.254 [info] Reading sessions from keychain...
2023-04-25 11:57:19.254 [info] Getting sessions for all scopes...
2023-04-25 11:57:19.254 [info] Getting sessions for user:email...
2023-04-25 11:57:19.254 [info] Got 0 sessions for ...
2023-04-25 11:57:19.254 [info] Got 0 sessions for user:email...
2023-04-25 11:57:19.880 [info] Getting sessions for all scopes...
2023-04-25 11:57:19.880 [info] Got 0 sessions for ...
2023-04-25 11:57:30.351 [info] Getting sessions for user:email...
2023-04-25 11:57:30.351 [info] Got 0 sessions for user:email...
2023-04-25 11:57:33.729 [info] Logging in for the following scopes: user:email
2023-04-25 11:57:33.734 [info] Trying without local server... (user:email)
2023-04-25 11:59:46.723 [info] Reading sessions from keychain...
2023-04-25 11:59:46.723 [info] Getting sessions for all scopes...
2023-04-25 11:59:46.723 [info] Getting sessions for user:email...
2023-04-25 11:59:46.723 [info] Got 0 sessions for ...
2023-04-25 11:59:46.723 [info] Got 0 sessions for user:email...
2023-04-25 11:59:47.654 [info] Getting sessions for all scopes...
2023-04-25 11:59:47.654 [info] Got 0 sessions for ...
2023-04-25 11:59:51.513 [info] Getting sessions for read:org,user:email...
2023-04-25 11:59:51.513 [info] Got 0 sessions for read:org,user:email...
2023-04-25 11:59:54.075 [info] Logging in for the following scopes: read:org user:email
2023-04-25 11:59:54.080 [info] Trying without local server... (read:org user:email)

Version: 1.78.0-insider
Commit: 2902f278ad8e2d830fa6883d3d8fd7b5c2ca59e9
Date: 2023-04-25T05:55:39.650Z
Electron: 22.4.8
Chromium: 108.0.5359.215
Node.js: 16.17.1
V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0
OS: Linux arm64 5.15.0-70-generic
Sandboxed: Yes

[TylerLeonhardt]

@jrieken is this instance of VS Code able to openExternal anything?

If you need a tool to test this, try my open external extension:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TylerLeonhardt.open-external

If you cancel that auth flow again, the next flow is the Device Code Flow which wouldn't require opening in a browser at all so that one should work for you.

[jrieken]

If you cancel that auth flow again, the next flow is the Device Code Flow which wouldn't require opening in a browser at all so that one should work for you.

That didn't happened. I cancelled and it asked me to try somehow else but w/o success.

@jrieken is this instance of VS Code able to openExternal anything?

That was very likely the cause (no logging tho...). I restarted the VM and then FF was being opened. I could login to GH but because I am running VS Code unzipped FF isn't able to call back into vs code...

[TylerLeonhardt]

I could login to GH but because I am running VS Code unzipped FF isn't able to call back into vs code...

GitHub Auth flow has 3 flows:

1. using vscode:// Uri handler (fastest when it works)
2. using localhost (for users who don't have vscode:// handling setup)
3. using Device Code flow (when all else fails)

It starts with the first, and if you cancel it says "wanna try a different way" and if you say "yes" it goes to number 2 and if you cancel it says "wanna try a different way" and if you say "yes" it goes to number 3

Is this not what you experienced?

[jrieken]

I did experience that but none had success. Tho, I might have canceled between 2 and 3 because it isn't really obvious that it tries yet another way and isn't stuck between 1 and 2. Why not name the options it is trying with?

[TylerLeonhardt]

@jrieken I've added this to indicate the different flow that you will be using next so that it's apparent that it's different.

To figure out why you can't log in, I'll need the GitHub Authentication logs... can you go through it again and get those for me?

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