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Troubleshooting GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

This article provides troubleshooting advice for errors related to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio.

GitHub Copilot can be managed through personal accounts with GitHub Copilot for Individuals or through organization or enterprise accounts with GitHub Copilot for Business.

GitHub Copilot is free to use for verified students, teachers, and maintainers of popular open source projects. For more information, see "About billing for GitHub Copilot."

Viewing logs in Visual Studio

The log files for the GitHub Copilot extension are stored in the standard log location for Visual Studio extensions.

  1. Open the the View menu in Visual Studio.
  2. Click Output.
  3. On the right of the Output view pane, select GitHub Copilot from the dropdown menu.

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