Cause (Documented platform behavior): The extension maps the jobs API status codes to these messages.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Other error fragments:
- Cloud agent is not enabled for this repository.
- Please push the branch to the remote and verify repository rules allow this operation. For empty repos, push an initial commit and try again.
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat/5863f5a7088958050792b5dccbe8b46c6e13eccc/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCloudSessionsProvider.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): postCopilotAgentJob and getCCADisabledMessage map 401/403/404/422/500 to these messages.
Search phrasings: Cloud agent is not authorized to run on this repository; Cloud agent is not enabled for this repository vscode; copilot cloud agent unable to create pull request base branch
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Delegation fails immediately with one of these messages.
- Context
- Product: GitHub Copilot Chat (VS Code) Component: Copilot cloud (coding) agent sessions from VS Code Operation: Delegating a task to the Copilot cloud agent from VS Code chat Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown HTTP status: 401, 403, 422 Trigger: 401: coding agent disabled for the org or account lacks push access; 403: agent not enabled for the repo; 422: base branch not on remote / repo rules block PR creation / empty repo.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- 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.
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Copilot Chat → cloud agent delegation] 'Cloud agent is not authorized to run on this repository' (401) / 'Cloud agent is not enabled for this repository' (403) / base-branch 422
Recommended action: Enable the coding agent at <host>/settings/copilot/coding_agent (or ask an org admin), ensure push access with the active account, push the base branch (or an initial commit) and check rulesets.
Option: Enable the coding agent at <host>/settings/copilot/coding_agent (or ask an org admin), ensure push access with the active account, push the base branch (or an initial commit) and check rulesets. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Delegating a task to the Copilot cloud agent from VS Code chat
Steps:
1. Check the active GitHub account in VS Code has push access
2. Enable Copilot coding agent for the repo/org
3. git push the base branch; for empty repos push an initial commit
4. Review repository rulesets that block PR creation
Expected: The error no longer appears.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- ae7d2181-4f05-42f5-b0f7-5faef01456c2
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Enable the coding agent at <host>/settings/copilot/coding_agent (or ask an org admin), ensure push access with the active account, push the base branch (or an initial commit) and check rulesets. Option: Enable the coding agent at <host>/settings/copilot/coding_agent (or ask an org admin), ensure push access with the active account, push the base branch (or an initial commit) and check rulesets. [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: Delegating a task to the Copilot cloud agent from VS Code chat Steps: 1. Check the active GitHub account in VS Code has push access 2. Enable Copilot coding agent for the repo/org 3. git push the base branch; for empty repos push an initial commit 4. Review repository rulesets that block PR creation Expected: The error no longer appears.
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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