Error: No authentication information found
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Description
### Describe the bug
Hello,
I am facing the following error using GitHub Copilot CLI programatically:
```
Error: No authentication information found.
Copilot can be authenticated with GitHub using an OAuth Token or a Fine-Grained Personal Access Token.
To authenticate, you can use any of the following methods:
• Start 'copilot' and run the '/login' command
• Set the COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN, GH_TOKEN, or GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable
• Run 'gh auth login' to authenticate with the GitHub CLI
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
```
Here is how the Actions workflow is configured:
``` yaml
name: Test GitHub Copilot CLI
on:
workflow_dispatch:
node_version:
description: Node.js Version
required: false
default: '24.x'
type: string
permissions:
contents: read
jobs:
copilot_cli_test:
name: Send test message
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Setup Node.js
uses: actions/setup-node@v6
with:
node-version: ${{ inputs.node_version }}
- name: Install Copilot CLI
run: npm install -g @github/copilot
- name: Run Copilot CLI
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
run: |
copilot -p "Review the git log for this repository and write a bullet point summary of all code changes that were made today, with links to the relevant commit on GitHub. Above the bullet list give a description (max 100 words) summarizing the changes made. Write the details to summary.md" --allow-tool='shell(git:*)' --allow-tool=write --no-ask-user
cat summary.md >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
```
The environment variable `COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN` was also considered on the test, that returns the same error.
Follow below the fine grained token created for the workflow:
### Affected version
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.61.
### Steps to reproduce the behavior
The GitHub Action workflow is running in a repository that belongs to an organization.
1. Set the GitHub Action workflow secret in repository settings
2. Prepare the workflow file
3. Start workflow manually
Any feedback is highly appreciated.
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