Copilot link to github goes nowhere

[beerandcandy]

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trying to use copilot and it provides me a link to a project on github that it says it created. The link come up to 404 cant find page. Is there some sort of setting?

[hemanth5544]

If the repository is private, you won’t be able to access it unless you have the correct permissions. Sometimes, Copilot generates links to non-existent projects or repos, which could be a result of a model hallucination.

[beerandcandy]

thanks i guess copilot really puts artificial in AI

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[hemanth5544]

Yeah sometimes may be 🙃
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[mdwarishansari]

Hi @beerandcandy 👋

This usually happens when GitHub Copilot tries to create or reference a project repo but fails to successfully push it, or the repository is created as private and you're not signed into the correct GitHub account.

🔍 Here are a few things to check:

Check your GitHub account – Make sure you're logged into the same GitHub account that Copilot is configured to use.

Repo might be private – If the repository is private and you're not logged in (or using an incognito tab), you'll get a 404 error. Try logging in first.

The repo wasn't actually created – Sometimes the creation process can fail silently. Check your GitHub profile under Your repositories to see if the repo exists at all.

Check the link – Make sure there are no typos or broken characters in the link Copilot provided.

If it still doesn’t show up, you might want to try restarting the process or manually creating the repo and pushing your code.

Hope this helps! 👍