Copilot CLI Troubleshooting: Authentication, Access, Policies, and Recovery/Check whether the Copilot token env var is set
Inspect the highest-priority token variable.
Section: Authentication troubleshooting
Check whether the Copilot token env var is set
bash
bash
echo $COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKENExplanation
If nothing prints, the variable is not set in the current shell environment.
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