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I installed the Copilot extension, verified I was signed into my GitHub account, confirmed my billing/trial information, but I do not see the icon for the extension in my side panel to be able to engage the chat function. Does anything else need to be adjusted? This is happening on two different laptops.

Screenshot of side panel missing Copilot

I tried uninstalling and installing different versions of Copilot.

dhilmathy
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Natalionaire
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    The side bar is part of a different extension called [Copilot Labs](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot-labs) – Fastnlight Apr 03 '23 at 18:14
  • The chat icon also shows up in the activity (side) bar. I'm having the same issue. Anyone that stumbles on this post can following the GitHub issue I opened: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-release/issues/4 – Zak May 16 '23 at 18:31

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I followed the Beta invite email steps and its working correctly.

Working copilot chat

Working copilot on Mac M2

  1. Download and install Visual Studio Code - Insiders (Green instead of blue icon on 15 May 2023) VS Code 1.79.0-insider and GitHub Copilot NIghtly v1.86.92

Already on the Insiders build? Make sure you are on the latest version!

  1. In VS Code Insiders, go to the Extensions tab (Cmd+Shift+X) in the activity panel and search for and install the GitHub Copilot Nightly extension. If you have not previously authorized VS Code Insiders in your GitHub account, follow the steps to do so, you will be prompted to sign in.

  2. A new Chat icon appears in the activity panel. Click on it to see the conversation interface. If that doesn't work, restart the editor and authorize GitHub Copilot to see the chat window.

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  • Hi, I'm having the same issue. On macos here and there is no icon. I don't see any way to differentiate between insider or normal version of vscode, but I downloaded from https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders and the download doesn't actually say anything in particular that would hint to insiders build, I don't find any other link though. – DrSocket May 18 '23 at 13:50
  • I was not using the latest version of VS Code insiders. Updating it, resolved the issue. – Muhammad Khuzaima Umair May 26 '23 at 19:50
  • @DrSocket on a mac, u try the top left Menu text "code xxx" and about will show the version number. – user3007284 May 27 '23 at 01:47