Can never recover from "There was a problem completing your request. Please try again." #187995

tinonetic · 2026-02-25T10:42:24Z

tinonetic
Feb 25, 2026

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GitHub Copilot(Visual Studio 2026) gets stuck in a state where it says "There was a problem completing your request. Please try again", (see sample logs below)

Options:

Retry - doesn't resolve it. Seems to send the same error-triggering request.
Modify references - does nothing at all.

I have a number of GitHub Copilot chat sessions that are in this state and cannot recover from them. I can supply logs for all of them as I did not delete them.

Is this a known issue? Is there a way to recover from this state?

Logs:

[Conversations Error] [Conversations] Unhandled exception in AskInConversationAsync: System.Exception: Error occurred while invoking intent 'Generic'.
Bad Request

   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.CopilotClient.CopilotAPIClient.CheckIfResponseIsSuccessAsync(HttpResponseMessage httpResponse, ChatRequestOptions requestOptions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.CopilotClient.CopilotAPIClient.ChatCoreWithCompletionsAPIAsync(HttpClient httpClient, ChatRequestOptions requestOptions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.CopilotClient.CopilotAPIClient.ChatCoreAsync(HttpClient httpClient, CopilotAPIRequest request, Action`1 onToken, Action`1 onUpdate, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, Boolean validateRootRequestId, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Conversations.Kernel.LLMClient.GetGitHubApiResponseAsync(CopilotAPIRequest request, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, Action`1 onToken, Action`1 onUpdate, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Conversations.Kernel.LLMClient.GetApiResponseAsync(CopilotAPIRequest request, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, Action`1 onToken, Action`1 onUpdate, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Conversations.Kernel.LLMClient.RequestAsync(CopilotAPIRequest request, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, ICopilotStreamingContentSink streamTarget, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
   at Conversations.Kernel.ConversationBase.AskAsync(CompletionRequest requestContext, CancellationToken cancellation)
   at Conversations.Kernel.ConversationBase.AskAsync(CompletionRequest requestContext, CancellationToken cancellation)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.Service.ServiceTarget.AskInConversationAsync(CopilotSessionId sessionId, ConversationRequest conversationRequest, CancellationToken cancellation)
[CopilotSessionProvider Error] Unhandled exception invoking responder GitHub Copilot: StreamJsonRpc.RemoteInvocationException: Error occurred while invoking intent 'Generic'.
Bad Request

   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.CopilotClient.CopilotAPIClient.CheckIfResponseIsSuccessAsync(HttpResponseMessage httpResponse, ChatRequestOptions requestOptions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.CopilotClient.CopilotAPIClient.ChatCoreWithCompletionsAPIAsync(HttpClient httpClient, ChatRequestOptions requestOptions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.CopilotClient.CopilotAPIClient.ChatCoreAsync(HttpClient httpClient, CopilotAPIRequest request, Action`1 onToken, Action`1 onUpdate, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, Boolean validateRootRequestId, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Conversations.Kernel.LLMClient.GetGitHubApiResponseAsync(CopilotAPIRequest request, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, Action`1 onToken, Action`1 onUpdate, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Conversations.Kernel.LLMClient.GetApiResponseAsync(CopilotAPIRequest request, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, Action`1 onToken, Action`1 onUpdate, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Conversations.Kernel.LLMClient.RequestAsync(CopilotAPIRequest request, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, ICopilotStreamingContentSink streamTarget, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
   at StreamJsonRpc.JsonRpc.<InvokeCoreAsync>d__171`1.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Copilot.ResponderBroker.<SendRequestHelperAsync>d__9.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Copilot.ResponderBroker.<SendRequestHelperAsync>d__9.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Copilot.ResponderBroker.<SendDirectRequestAsync>d__3.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.ManualResetValueTaskSourceCore`1.GetResult(Int16 token)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Copilot.Core.Agents.CopilotAgentModeResponder.<RespondInternalAsync>d__14.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.ManualResetValueTaskSourceCore`1.GetResult(Int16 token)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Copilot.CopilotDefaultOrchestrator.<SendRequestToResponderAsync>d__24.MoveNext()
RPC server exception:
System.Exception: Error occurred while invoking intent 'Generic'.
Bad Request

   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.CopilotClient.CopilotAPIClient.CheckIfResponseIsSuccessAsync(HttpResponseMessage httpResponse, ChatRequestOptions requestOptions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.CopilotClient.CopilotAPIClient.ChatCoreWithCompletionsAPIAsync(HttpClient httpClient, ChatRequestOptions requestOptions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.CopilotClient.CopilotAPIClient.ChatCoreAsync(HttpClient httpClient, CopilotAPIRequest request, Action`1 onToken, Action`1 onUpdate, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, Boolean validateRootRequestId, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Conversations.Kernel.LLMClient.GetGitHubApiResponseAsync(CopilotAPIRequest request, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, Action`1 onToken, Action`1 onUpdate, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Conversations.Kernel.LLMClient.GetApiResponseAsync(CopilotAPIRequest request, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, Action`1 onToken, Action`1 onUpdate, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at Conversations.Kernel.LLMClient.RequestAsync(CopilotAPIRequest request, CopilotInteractionId interactionId, ICopilotStreamingContentSink streamTarget, String sessionToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
      at Conversations.Kernel.ConversationBase.AskAsync(CompletionRequest requestContext, CancellationToken cancellation)
      at Conversations.Kernel.ConversationBase.AskAsync(CompletionRequest requestContext, CancellationToken cancellation)
      at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.Service.ServiceTarget.AskInConversationAsync(CopilotSessionId sessionId, ConversationRequest conversationRequest, CancellationToken cancellation)
      at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Conversations.Service.CopilotServiceContainer.AskInConversationAsync(CopilotSessionId sessionId, ConversationRequest request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

[UI.SessionViewModel Error] Response Status: Failure
[Conversations Information] [CopilotClient] Copilot Internal User response: Conversations.Abstractions.Auth.CopilotUserData
[Conversations Information] [CopilotModels] Environment variable COPILOT_USE_DEFAULTPROXY found: False
[Conversations Information] Copilot auth status: OK. Copilot badge status: Active
[UI.SessionViewModel Warning] DualResponseViewModel or control request is null.
[CopilotSessionProvider Information] Begin sending message (ConversationId:d05fdbb7-39df-4450-b7dd-e7eeef13d2b6, CorrelationId:7f7bf80d-25cf-48f5-ab11-e1931ceb4673, MessageId: b496b36f-9165-4b5b-9fa2-e74be71462a2)
[CopilotSessionProvider Information] Request content: "My prompt"
[Conversations Information] Copilot auth status: OK. Copilot badge status: Active
[Conversations Error] [CopilotClient EventType(6)] Failed to talk to Copilot: Bad Request

armaan-71 · 2026-02-25T14:52:36Z

armaan-71
Feb 25, 2026

This is a known issue where the chat session gets corrupted and starts returning Bad Request errors. Retry does not help because it keeps sending the same broken request.

The only fix is to start a new chat or restart Visual Studio. Make sure both Copilot extensions are fully updated, since recent patches fix some of these problems. If it still happens, clearing the Visual Studio component cache can also help.

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tinonetic Feb 26, 2026
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Starting a new chat isn't a solution when I want to continue with the current chat.
I will log a bug

pratikrath126 · 2026-02-25T17:31:02Z

pratikrath126
Feb 25, 2026

To recover: 1) Close Visual Studio completely. 2) Delete the Copilot cache folder: on Windows %LocalAppData%\GitHub\Copilot, on macOS ~/.config/GitHub/Copilot, on Linux ~/.config/GitHub/Copilot. 3) Reopen Visual Studio and sign in to Copilot again. 4) Ensure you have the latest Copilot extension (check for updates). If the issueTo recover: 1) Close Visual Studio completely. 2) Delete the Copilot cache folder: on Windows %LocalAppData%\GitHub\Copilot, on macOS ~/.config/GitHub/Copilot, on Linux ~/.config/GitHub/Copilot. 3) Reopen VS and sign in again. 4) Ensure the extension is updated. If the issue persists, disable/re-enable or reinstall the extension. File a bug with logs if not resolved. persists, disable and re-enable Copilot in VS options or reinstall the extension. As a last resort, file a bug with your logs attached.

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tinonetic Feb 26, 2026
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If I will be losing the context of my current extension, then this wouldn't be a solution.
Starting a new chat session is easy. So is reinstalling.

Where do I log a bug?

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