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Failed to automatically commit and push your changes. Please

Error message

Failed to automatically commit and push your changes. Please commit or stash your changes manually and try again.

What it means

Error "Failed to automatically commit and push your changes. Please commit or stash your changes manually and try again." thrown in microsoft/vscode.

Source

Thrown at extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudGitOperationsManager.ts:113

		});
		return hasRemoteBranch;
	}

	async commitAndPushChanges(): Promise<string> {
		const { repository, remoteName, baseRef } = await this.repoInfo();
		const asyncBranch = await this.generateRandomBranchName(repository, 'copilot');

		const commitMessage = vscode.l10n.t('Checkpoint from VS Code for cloud agent session');
		try {
			await repository.createBranch(asyncBranch, true);
			await this.performCommit(asyncBranch, repository, commitMessage);
			await repository.push(remoteName, asyncBranch, true);
			await this.switchBackToBaseRef(repository, baseRef, asyncBranch);
			return asyncBranch;
		} catch (error) {
			await this.rollbackToOriginalBranch(repository, baseRef);
			this.logService.error(`Failed to automatically commit and push your changes: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
			throw new Error(vscode.l10n.t('Failed to automatically commit and push your changes. Please commit or stash your changes manually and try again.'));
		}
	}

	private async performCommit(asyncBranch: string, repository: Repository, commitMessage: string): Promise<void> {
		try {
			await repository.commit(commitMessage, { all: true });
			if (repository.state.HEAD?.name !== asyncBranch || repository.state.workingTreeChanges.length > 0 || repository.state.indexChanges.length > 0) {
				throw new Error(vscode.l10n.t('Uncommitted changes still detected.'));
			}
		} catch (error) {
			// TODO: stream.progress('waiting for user to manually commit changes');
			const commitSuccessful = await this.handleInteractiveCommit(repository);
			if (!commitSuccessful) {
				throw new Error(vscode.l10n.t('Failed to commit changes. Please commit or stash your changes manually before using the cloud agent.'));
			}
		}
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudGitOperationsManager.ts:113 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/a5cff311b620dc3c. Report an issue: GitHub.