I’m using WebStorm by JetBrains as my go-to IDE for most of my front-end projects. As I was about to start it to continue one of my projects, from one day to the next, I was confronted with multiple errors that, in the end, wouldn’t let me log in to the super helpful GitHub Copilot plugin.
A thorough Google search didn’t yield any useful results on how to fix this, but it seemed like this is not a new bug. I’ve seen similar reports going back as far as February 2023.
However, the good news is, after tinkering around a bit, I found a way to fix this issue and use Copilot on every JetBrains product again. The following steps explain how I solved it, step by step. I can’t guarantee that it’ll work on your system, but it’s worth giving it a try.
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