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Since Jul 3, 2026.

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Description

  • Extension version: 0.154.0
  • VSCode Version: 1.127.0
  • OS: Windows 11
  • Repository Clone Configuration (single repository/fork of an upstream repository):
  • GitHub Product (GitHub.com/GitHub Enterprise version x.x.x):

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. In WSL repo, checkout to a PR branch.
  2. Show empty page on the GitHub Pull Request.
  3. Can not recovered via reload or reinstall plugin.
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2026-07-03 10:56:48.578 [error] [Authentication] Failed to get current user: HttpError: Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: api.github.com:443, timeout: 10000ms), Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: api.github.com:443, timeout: 10000ms)
2026-07-03 10:56:48.584 [info] [Review+0] No matching pull request metadata found locally for current branch xxx
2026-07-03 10:56:48.585 [warning] [Review+0] Failed to check GitHub for PR branch: Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: api.github.com:443, timeout: 10000ms)
2026-07-03 10:56:48.585 [info] [Review+0] No matching pull request metadata found on GitHub for current branch xxx
2026-07-03 10:56:48.599 [info] [FolderRepositoryManager+0] Using globalState assignableUsers for 1.

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