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Failed to commit changes. Please commit or stash your change

Error message

Failed to commit changes. Please commit or stash your changes manually before using the cloud agent.

What it means

Error "Failed to commit changes. Please commit or stash your changes manually before using the cloud agent." thrown in microsoft/vscode.

Source

Thrown at extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudGitOperationsManager.ts:127

			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.'));
			}
		}
	}

	private async handleInteractiveCommit(repository: Repository): Promise<boolean> {
		const COMMIT_YOUR_CHANGES = vscode.l10n.t('Commit your changes to continue cloud agent session. Close integrated terminal to cancel.');
		return vscode.window.withProgress({
			title: COMMIT_YOUR_CHANGES,
			cancellable: true,
			location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification
		}, async (_, token) => {
			return new Promise<boolean>((resolve) => {
				const startingCommit = repository.state.HEAD?.commit;
				const terminal = vscode.window.createTerminal({
					name: 'GitHub Copilot Cloud Agent',
					cwd: repository.rootUri.fsPath,
					message: `\x1b[1m${COMMIT_YOUR_CHANGES}\x1b[0m`
				});

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudGitOperationsManager.ts:127 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/ccc48f477646a0ff. Report an issue: GitHub.