Cannot change Github copilot login

Type: Bug

Be running vscode with github copilot
Click Copilot Icon in the status bar, then copilot settings

Expected behaviour:
Copilot settings screen opens in vscode, perhaps with a sign out / sign in option

Actual behaviour:
Web browser opens, on github.com

VS Code version: Code 1.135.0 (08d4889f9ec4a1685d257b9b95de036c8e1ce1e5, 2026-08-25T14:26:52Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

System Info

|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700H (20 x 2918)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0xa720 [Intel(R) UHD Graphics], DRIVER_VENDOR=Intel, DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.101.7085 *ACTIVE*
GPU1: VENDOR= 0x10de, DEVICE=0x28b8 [NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU], DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.15.9595
GPU2: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.8875
Machine model name:
Machine model version:
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
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off|
|Load (avg)|undefined|
|Memory (System)|31.64GB (4.59GB free)|
|Process Argv|. --crash-reporter-id 6bfb0b53-e38b-4567-b4e5-e4f14e9fb03e|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
Extensions (9)

Name|Identifier|Author|Version
---|---|---|---
Dart|dart-code.dart-code|Dart-Code|3.140.0
Flutter|dart-code.flutter|Dart-Code|3.140.0
Container Tools|ms-azuretools.vscode-containers|ms-azuretools|2.5.0
C# Dev Kit|ms-dotnettools.csdevkit|ms-dotnettools|3.20.199
C#|ms-dotnettools.csharp|ms-dotnettools|2.140.9
.NET Install Tool|ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime|ms-dotnettools|3.1.0
CMake Tools|ms-vscode.cmake-tools|ms-vscode|1.23.52
C/C++ DevTools|ms-vscode.cpp-devtools|ms-vscode|0.6.18
PowerShell|ms-vscode.powershell|ms-vscode|2025.4.0

A/B Experiments

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```