Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'github' to register

Version: 1.131.0 (user setup)
Commit: e4c7e7b1d6d060162f4aa7f8225271b67ce1df75
Date: 2026-07-28T10:51:25Z
Electron: 42.7.0
ElectronBuildId: 14710161
Chromium: 148.0.7778.280
Node.js: 24.18.0
V8: 14.8.178.38-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621

- OS Version: Windows 11 22H2 22621.4317

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Start VSCode
2. Try to log in via GitHub

When I launch VSCode with code --enable-proposed-api vscode.github-authentication in bash it starts and works perfectly but if I launch VSCode with shortcut icon I get something like this:

2026-07-29 19:58:42.457 [error] [Window] [AgentHost] Failed to authenticate with server Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'github' to register.
2026-07-29 19:58:42.491 [error] [Window] [AgentHost] Failed to authenticate with server Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'github' to register.
2026-07-29 19:58:46.504 [warning] [Window] [DefaultAccount] Attempt 2 to get sessions failed: Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'github' to register.
2026-07-29 19:58:52.018 [warning] [Window] [DefaultAccount] Attempt 3 to get sessions failed: Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'github' to register.
2026-07-29 19:58:52.018 [error] [Window] [DefaultAccount] Failed to get default account for provider: github Timed out waiting for authentication provider 'github' to register.