Fresh brew install asks for Github Copilot API key #1154

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1. thdxr

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   on Jul 20, 2025
2. zacharyeller13 commented on Jul 24, 2025

   

   zacharyeller13

   on Jul 24, 2025

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   Check and see if ~/.local/state/opencode/plugin/copilot.ts exists on your system. Experienced the same issue and was able to fix it by copying that file over from one of my Linux machines where OAuth login is working.
3. Clete2 commented on Aug 7, 2025

   

   Clete2

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   I'm having the same issue. I do not have the file @zacharyeller13 mentioned. Completely fresh install from NPM.

   I can't get it to prompt me for auth device flow at all, it always prompts for API key.

   Edit: Setting "NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0" fixes this issue for me. It is due to corporate proxy. See #1694 for an issue asking for local trust store support.
4. rekram1-node commented on Dec 28, 2025

   

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   [automated] Closing due to 90+ days of inactivity. Feel free to reopen if you still need this!
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   closed this as completedon Dec 28, 2025
6. hulius commented on Jan 12, 2026

   

   hulius

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   I got the same issue (API key asked for Github Copilot) but it was due to a different root cause (silent failure to install npm deps).

   Because of a custom npm registry configured on my side, the attempts to install the deps were getting 401 but I was getting 0 error on the UI so I did not know that something was wrong. Like described in this ticket I was then unable, to login to Github Copilot because it was asking for an API key.

   Once I fixed my npm registry, everything went like a charm.

   I'm guessing that the errors are not caught, that's why there is no error message on the UI. Maybe a good fix would be to display an error message when that happens?

   Here's an extract of the logs, showing the 401.

   INFO 2026-01-12T12:25:29 +110ms service=bun code=1 s
   stdout=bun add v1.3.5 (1e86cebd)
   stderr=Resolving dependencies
   Resolved, downloaded and extracted [1]
   error: GET https://<CUSTOM_NPM_REGISTRY>/@opencode-ai%2fplugin - 401
   done
   INFO 2026-01-12T12:25:29 +0ms service=bun cmd=["/opt/homebrew/Cellar/opencode/1.1.14/bin/opencode","install"] cwd=/Users/hulius/.config/opencode running
   INFO 2026-01-12T12:25:29 +6ms service=bun code=1 stdout=bun add v1.3.5 (1e86cebd)
   stderr=Resolving dependencies
   Resolved, downloaded and extracted [1]
   error: GET https://<CUSTOM_NPM_REGISTRY>/opencode-copilot-auth - 401
   done

   I'm on MacOS, v1.1.14 installed with Homebrew.
7. rekram1-node commented on Jan 12, 2026

   

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   I'm guessing that the errors are not caught, that's why there is no error message on the UI. Maybe a good fix would be to display an error message when that happens?

   YES

   😄React with 😄1Reacted by Jules H.
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