[CopilotKit] Warning: "sidebar" feature is not licensed. Vis

Error message

[CopilotKit] Warning: "sidebar" feature is not licensed. Visit copilotkit.ai/pricing

What it means

Error "[CopilotKit] Warning: "sidebar" feature is not licensed. Visit copilotkit.ai/pricing" thrown in CopilotKit/CopilotKit.

Source

Thrown at packages/react-core/src/v2/components/chat/CopilotSidebar.tsx:33

  defaultOpen?: boolean;
  width?: number | string;
  position?: CopilotSidebarViewProps["position"];
};

export function CopilotSidebar({
  header,
  toggleButton,
  defaultOpen,
  width,
  position,
  ...chatProps
}: CopilotSidebarProps) {
  const { checkFeature } = useLicenseContext();
  const isSidebarLicensed = checkFeature("sidebar");

  useEffect(() => {
    if (!isSidebarLicensed) {
      console.warn(
        '[CopilotKit] Warning: "sidebar" feature is not licensed. Visit copilotkit.ai/pricing',
      );
    }
  }, [isSidebarLicensed]);

  const SidebarViewOverride = useMemo(() => {
    const Component: React.FC<CopilotChatViewProps> = (viewProps) => {
      const {
        header: viewHeader,
        toggleButton: viewToggleButton,
        width: viewWidth,
        defaultOpen: viewDefaultOpen,
        position: viewPosition,
        ...restProps
      } = viewProps as CopilotSidebarViewProps;

      return (
        <CopilotSidebarView

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/react-core/src/v2/components/chat/CopilotSidebar.tsx:33 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of CopilotKit/CopilotKit@68fbe97d87 (2026-08-27). Data as JSON: /api/errors/94ca4fec7d01a46c. Report an issue: GitHub.