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Cloud agent is not authorized to run on this repository. Thi

Error message

Cloud agent is not authorized to run on this repository. This may be because the Copilot coding agent is disabled for your organization, or your active GitHub account does not have push access to the target repository.

What it means

Error "Cloud agent is not authorized to run on this repository. This may be because the Copilot coding agent is disabled for your organization, or your active GitHub account does not have push access to the target repository." thrown in microsoft/vscode.

Source

Thrown at extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts:2305

			repoName = repo;
			const matchingRepoId = repoIds?.find(id => id.org === owner && id.repo === repo);
			if (matchingRepoId) {
				repoHost = matchingRepoId.host;
			}
		} else {
			const repoId = repoIds?.[0];
			if (!repoId) {
				throw new Error(vscode.l10n.t('Unable to determine repository information. Please ensure you are working within a Git repository.'));
			}
			repoOwner = repoId.org;
			repoName = repoId.repo;
			repoHost = repoId.host;
		}

		// Check if CCA is enabled before creating the task.
		const ccaEnabled = await this.checkCCAEnabled(repoOwner, repoName);
		if (ccaEnabled.enabled === false) {
			throw new Error(this.getCCADisabledMessage(ccaEnabled, repoHost));
		}

		if (isTruncated) {
			stream.progress(vscode.l10n.t('Truncating context'));
			const truncationResult = await vscode.window.showWarningMessage(
				vscode.l10n.t('Prompt size exceeded'), { modal: true, detail: vscode.l10n.t('Your prompt will be truncated to fit within cloud agent\'s context window. This may affect the quality of the response.') }, CONTINUE_TRUNCATION);
			const userCancelled = token?.isCancellationRequested || !truncationResult || truncationResult !== CONTINUE_TRUNCATION;
			/* __GDPR__
				"copilot.codingAgent.truncation" : {
					"isCancelled" : { "classification": "SystemMetaData", "purpose": "FeatureInsight" }
				}
			*/
			this.telemetry.sendTelemetryEvent('copilot.codingAgent.truncation', { microsoft: true, github: false }, {
				isCancelled: String(userCancelled),
			});
			if (userCancelled) {
				throw new Error(vscode.l10n.t('User cancelled due to truncation.'));
			}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts:2305 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of microsoft/vscode@a94b963a32 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e2d7ccb4a322d592. Report an issue: GitHub.