[GHES] GitHubTokenExchangeError: Internal Server Error

Type: Bug

Logging in to a self-hosted GitHub Enterprise server from the GitHub sidebar results in “Having trouble logging in? Would you like to try a different way?” and finally “Error signing in to GitHub Enterprise”.

Logs

2022-12-09 14:31:11.399 [info] Reading sessions from keychain...
2022-12-09 14:31:11.406 [info] Getting sessions for read:user,repo,user:email,workflow...
2022-12-09 14:31:11.406 [info] Got 0 sessions for read:user,repo,user:email,workflow...
2022-12-09 14:31:11.437 [info] Getting sessions for read:user,repo,user:email...
2022-12-09 14:31:11.437 [info] Got 0 sessions for read:user,repo,user:email...
2022-12-09 14:31:11.454 [info] Getting sessions for read:user,repo,user:email,workflow...
2022-12-09 14:31:11.454 [info] Got 0 sessions for read:user,repo,user:email,workflow...
2022-12-09 14:31:17.161 [info] Logging in for the following scopes: read:user repo user:email workflow
2022-12-09 14:31:17.170 [info] Trying without local server... (read:user repo user:email workflow)
2022-12-09 14:31:27.736 [info] Exchanging code for token...
2022-12-09 14:31:28.467 [error] GitHubTokenExchangeError: Internal Server Error
	at t.GitHubServer.u (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/github-authentication/dist/extension.js:2:1309015)
	at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
	at async /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/github-authentication/dist/extension.js:2:1304423
2022-12-09 14:31:36.464 [info] Trying with local server... (read:user repo user:email workflow)
2022-12-09 14:31:38.721 [info] Exchanging code for token...
2022-12-09 14:31:39.081 [error] GitHubTokenExchangeError: Internal Server Error
	at t.GitHubServer.u (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/github-authentication/dist/extension.js:2:1309015)
	at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
	at async /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/github-authentication/dist/extension.js:2:1305597
2022-12-09 14:31:46.451 [info] Trying device code flow... (read:user repo user:email workflow)
2022-12-09 14:31:47.176 [error] Error: Failed to get one-time code: Cookies must be enabled to use GitHub.
	at t.GitHubServer.p (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/github-authentication/dist/extension.js:2:1305870)
	at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
	at async t.GitHubServer.login (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/github-authentication/dist/extension.js:2:1303463)
	at async t.GitHubAuthenticationProvider.createSession (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/github-authentication/dist/extension.js:2:1299643)

Extension version: 0.57.2022120809 VS Code version: Code 1.74.0 (Universal) (5235c6bb189b60b01b1f49062f4ffa42384f8c91, 2022-12-05T16:43:37.5

[TylerLeonhardt]

@SuibianP it’s a holiday pause 😃 they’ll resume next week.

[SuibianP]

Thanks a ton for the efforts @TylerLeonhardt!

Back to the device flow issue, I consulted the docs and found that it was added in GHES 3.1 which antedates mine. While all GHES versions in support as of now supports it, it is still explicitly marked as subject to change in the docs, and when the API should change in the future there might be yet another bunch of such issues with confusing error messages. Could there be some kind of guard check implemented to ensure version compatibility before enabling a feature?

By the way, I tried to get Insiders build but the latest version seems to be last week on 6ed4d436a9b6ae131732f4e2a723868231f4473a rather than nightly as described in the docs. Off-topic here but just asking first in case it’s something silly of me 😹