Authentication failure on fetch from github in WSL2/remote workspace #876
Description
Type: Bug
I have a number of git workspaces cloned from github repos. When I open any of them in remote WSL2 mode in VS Code and click the fetch button in Git Graph, it needlessly asks for user name and password and then fails the authentication.
VS Code's own source control fetch works fine (doesn't ask for credentials), as does "git fetch" on the command line, and when I open the same workspaces in native Windows mode, then Git Graph fetch also works fine.
I'm not sure when this issue appeared, but it did once work.
By the way, I'm seeing the same issue on a completely different setup where it's a real remote workspace instead of WSL2, but I only recently started using that with github, so I've never seen that work.
This may be related to #672 although that one specifically mentions Gitlab.
Extension version: 1.30.0
VS Code version: Code 1.98.2 (ddc367ed5c8936efe395cffeec279b04ffd7db78, 2025-03-12T13:32:45.399Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900K (32 x 3187) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 61.66GB (46.54GB free) |
| Process Argv | |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Remote | WSL: Ubuntu |
| OS | Linux x64 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 |
| CPUs | Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900K (32 x 0) |
| Memory (System) | 30.19GB (28.01GB free) |
| VM | 0% |