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Copilot CLI Troubleshooting: Authentication, Access, Policies, and Recovery/Check GITHUB_TOKEN

Inspect the fallback GitHub token env var.

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Section: Authentication troubleshooting

Check GITHUB_TOKEN

bash
bash
echo $GITHUB_TOKEN
Explanation

A stale or unexpected value here can lead to wrong-account or permission confusion.

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