Failed to get config from service: Failed to call "vscode-config": 500

[MikaelHashiCorp]

Type: Bug

Issue troubleshooting has identified that the issue is with Visual Studio Code.

Error Message:

GitHub Copilot Workspace: Failed to get config from service: Failed to call "vscode-config": 500

Reproduction Steps:

1. I launch Visual Studio Code.
2. Visual Studio Code loads last workspace and last edited file.
3. Visual Studio Code displays error message.
4. This occures every time I close and open Visual Studio Code.

NOTE: This error did NOT occur with VS Code Insiders edition.

VS Code version: Code 1.97.2 (e54c774e0add60467559eb0d1e229c6452cf8447, 2025-02-12T23:20:35.343Z) OS version: Darwin arm64 24.3.0 Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Apple M3 Max (16 x 2400)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	7, 7, 6
Memory (System)	64.00GB (5.99GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 9aa17322-6799-465a-9d42-45d0acbb6be8
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions: none

[Moulick]

I get a slightly different error code: Failed to get config from service: Failed to call "vscode-config": 499

[BorisAnthony]

Same, with 499. Happens only with "Github Copilot Workspace" extension. When I disable that, it goes away.

[keramblock]

same, spams a lot

[isidorn]

GitHub Copilot Workspace extension is about to be deprecated it seems. Thus, not much we can do in the vscode core experience to help here.

[vs-code-engineering[bot]]

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