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🆘 Advanced AI-Powered Development Troubleshooting Guide

🤖 Module 3: Comprehensive Problem Resolution Framework

🎯 Enterprise-grade diagnostics and solutions for AI-assisted development challenges

License Troubleshooting Guide AI Powered Complexity Response Time Support

Advanced Troubleshooting Framework:

  • 🔍 Diagnostic Methodology: Systematic problem identification
  • Response Time: Immediate to 30 minutes
  • 🎯 Coverage: AI tools, environments, enterprise scenarios
  • 🛠️ Tools: Automated diagnostics and recovery procedures
  • 📈 Success Rate: 95%+ issue resolution

🔍 Advanced Diagnostic Methodology

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    A[🚨 Issue Detected] --> B{🔍 Severity Assessment}
    
    B -->|🔴 Critical| C[⚡ Emergency Protocol]
    B -->|🟡 Medium| D[📊 Standard Diagnosis]
    B -->|🟢 Low| E[📖 Self-Service Guide]
    
    C --> F[🛠️ Automated Recovery]
    D --> G[🔧 Systematic Resolution]
    E --> H[📚 Documentation Reference]
    
    F --> I{✅ Issue Resolved?}
    G --> I
    H --> I
    
    I -->|Yes| J[📈 Success Metrics]
    I -->|No| K[🆘 Escalation Protocol]
    
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📋 Comprehensive Issue Matrix

🚨 Issue Category 🔍 Common Problems ⏱️ Resolution Time 🤖 Automation Available
🛠️ Infrastructure Setup Account creation, tool installation 5-15 minutes setup-azure-infrastructure.sh
🤖 AI Tool Integration Authentication, suggestions not working 2-10 minutes validate-setup.sh
💻 Development Environment IDE problems, language setup 10-30 minutes Configuration Templates
🔧 Workshop Exercise Problems Code not working, compilation errors 5-20 minutes Code Examples
🌐 Network & Connectivity Internet, proxy, firewall issues Variable CI/CD Pipelines
🏢 Enterprise Scenarios Corporate policies, scalability 30+ minutes Multi-Agent Orchestrator

🛠️ Infrastructure Setup Issues

🤖 Automated Setup Verification

⚡ Quick Start: Use our automated validation before troubleshooting manually

# Run automated setup validation
chmod +x ../resources/validate-setup.sh
../resources/validate-setup.sh

# For Windows PowerShell
../resources/setup-azure-infrastructure.ps1 -Validate

🤖 AI Tool Integration Issues

Issue: "I can't see GitHub Copilot suggestions"

🔍 Diagnosis Steps:

Step 🎯 Action 📖 Details
1 Check Subscription Visit github.com/settings/copilot
2 🔧 Verify Extension Ensure IDE extension is installed and enabled
3 👤 Check Account Confirm you're signed into correct GitHub account
4 🔌 Test Connection Verify internet connectivity

✅ Solutions:

# VS Code: Check Copilot status
# Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+P (Mac)
# Type: "GitHub Copilot: Check Status"

# If status shows issues, try these steps:
# 1. Sign out and sign back in to GitHub
# 2. Reload VS Code window (Ctrl+Shift+P → "Developer: Reload Window")
# 3. Disable and re-enable the GitHub Copilot extension
# 4. Restart VS Code completely

Issue: "GitHub Copilot trial expired"

✅ Solutions:

🎯 Option 📖 Description 💰 Cost
💳 Individual Plan Sign up for personal subscription $10/month
🏢 Organization Access Request access from company admin Varies
📚 Educational Use Use documented examples from workshop Free
🆓 Alternative Tools Use free AI coding assistants temporarily Free

🔧 Development Environment Issues

Issue: Visual Studio Code not starting or crashing

🔍 Quick Diagnostics:

# Check if VS Code is properly installed
code --version

# If command not found, VS Code not in PATH
# Windows: Add to PATH via installer or manually
# Mac: Cmd+Shift+P → "Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH"
# Linux: Create symlink or reinstall

✅ Solutions:

🔧 Problem 🎯 Solution 📖 Command/Action
Not in PATH Add VS Code to system PATH Reinstall with "Add to PATH" option
Extension conflicts Start in safe mode code --disable-extensions
Corrupted settings Reset user settings Delete %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json
Memory issues Increase memory limit code --max-memory=8192

Issue: Java Development Kit (JDK) problems

🔍 Diagnosis Commands:

# Check Java installation
java -version
# Expected: openjdk version "17.x.x" or similar

# Check JAVA_HOME environment variable
echo $JAVA_HOME    # Mac/Linux
echo %JAVA_HOME%   # Windows

# Check Maven installation
mvn -version
# Expected: Apache Maven 3.x.x

✅ Common Java Fixes:

🚨 Error 🔍 Cause ✅ Solution
"java command not found" Java not in PATH Add JDK bin directory to PATH
"JAVA_HOME not set" Environment variable missing Set JAVA_HOME to JDK installation directory
Wrong Java version Multiple Java versions installed Update PATH to point to correct version
Maven not working Maven not installed/configured Install Maven and add to PATH

🔧 Java PATH Configuration:

# Windows (add to system environment variables)
set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-17.0.x
set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%

# Mac/Linux (add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc)
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk  # Linux
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/opt/openjdk@17     # Mac with Homebrew
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Issue: .NET SDK problems

🔍 Diagnosis Commands:

# Check .NET installation
dotnet --version
# Expected: 8.0.x or similar

# List all installed SDKs
dotnet --list-sdks

# Check runtime versions
dotnet --list-runtimes

# Test basic functionality
dotnet new console -n TestApp
cd TestApp
dotnet run

✅ Common .NET Fixes:

🚨 Error 🔍 Cause ✅ Solution
"dotnet command not found" .NET not in PATH Reinstall .NET SDK with proper PATH configuration
"No .NET SDKs found" SDK not installed Download and install .NET SDK from Microsoft
Permission denied Installation permissions Run installer as administrator (Windows) or with sudo (Linux)
Wrong architecture ARM vs x64 mismatch Download correct architecture version

🤖 GitHub Copilot Specific Issues

🔧 Copilot Extension Problems

Issue: Gray suggestions not appearing

🔍 Troubleshooting Checklist:

✅ Check 🎯 Action 📖 Expected Result
🔌 Extension Status Look at status bar (bottom right) Should show Copilot icon
🔐 Authentication Check if signed in to GitHub Green checkmark or "Ready" status
📡 Network Test internet connectivity Able to reach github.com
📄 File Type Verify supported language .java, .cs, .py, .js, etc.
💬 Comments Write clear, specific comments Detailed description of needed code

✅ Step-by-Step Resolution:

# 1. Check Copilot Status
Action: Press Ctrl+Shift+P → "GitHub Copilot: Check Status"
Expected: Shows "GitHub Copilot is ready"

# 2. Re-authenticate if needed
Action: Press Ctrl+Shift+P → "GitHub Copilot: Sign Out" then "Sign In"
Expected: Browser opens for GitHub authentication

# 3. Restart Extension
Action: Disable GitHub Copilot extension, reload VS Code, re-enable
Expected: Extension loads without errors

# 4. Test with Simple Code
Action: Create new .java file, type "// Create a hello world method"
Expected: Gray suggestion appears

Issue: Suggestions are irrelevant or poor quality

🎯 Improvement Strategies:

🎯 Strategy 📖 Example ✅ Better Result
📝 Be More Specific // Create method// Create method to validate email format with regex More targeted suggestions
📋 Add Context Include class name, parameters, return type in comments Contextually appropriate code
🔢 Provide Examples // Example: isValid("test@email.com") returns true Accurate implementation
⚠️ Mention Constraints // Must handle null input and throw IllegalArgumentException Robust error handling

🧪 Workshop Exercise Problems

🔧 Code Compilation Issues

Issue: Java compilation errors

🔍 Common Java Errors & Solutions:

🚨 Error Message 🔍 Cause ✅ Solution
"cannot find symbol" Missing import or typo Add correct import statement
"class not found" Classpath issues Ensure file is in correct package
"method not found" Wrong method signature Check method name and parameters
"incompatible types" Type mismatch Cast or convert to correct type
// Common Java compilation fixes

// ❌ Missing import
String[] names = Arrays.asList("Alice", "Bob");  // Error: Arrays not found

// ✅ Add import
import java.util.Arrays;
String[] names = Arrays.asList("Alice", "Bob");  // Works

// ❌ Wrong package
package com.wrong.package;  // File in different directory

// ✅ Correct package
package com.example.workshop;  // File in src/com/example/workshop/

// ❌ Type mismatch
int result = "hello";  // Error: String cannot be converted to int

// ✅ Correct type
String result = "hello";  // Works

Issue: C# compilation errors

🔍 Common C# Errors & Solutions:

🚨 Error Message 🔍 Cause ✅ Solution
"using directive is unnecessary" Unused import Remove unused using statements
"name does not exist" Missing namespace Add using directive
"cannot convert" Type conversion needed Use explicit casting
"not accessible" Access modifier issue Make method/field public
// Common C# compilation fixes

// ❌ Missing using directive
List<string> names = new List<string>();  // Error: List not found

// ✅ Add using directive
using System.Collections.Generic;
List<string> names = new List<string>();  // Works

// ❌ Access modifier
class MyClass {
    private string GetName() { return "test"; }  // Private method
}
var name = new MyClass().GetName();  // Error: not accessible

// ✅ Public method
class MyClass {
    public string GetName() { return "test"; }  // Public method
}
var name = new MyClass().GetName();  // Works

🚀 Performance Exercise Issues

Issue: Performance tests showing unexpected results

🔍 Troubleshooting Performance Issues:

🚨 Problem 🔍 Possible Cause ✅ Solution
No performance difference Dataset too small Increase test data size to 10,000+ items
Inconsistent results JVM warmup (Java) or GC interference Run multiple iterations, discard first few
Memory errors Insufficient heap space Increase JVM heap size: -Xmx2g
Timing inaccurate System clock resolution Use System.nanoTime() instead of currentTimeMillis()
// Improved performance testing code
public class PerformanceTester {
    
    private static final int WARMUP_ITERATIONS = 5;
    private static final int TEST_ITERATIONS = 10;
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] testSizes = {1000, 5000, 10000, 50000};
        
        for (int size : testSizes) {
            System.out.println("\n📊 Testing with " + size + " items:");
            List<String> testData = generateTestData(size);
            
            // 🔥 Warmup JVM
            for (int i = 0; i < WARMUP_ITERATIONS; i++) {
                testStringConcatenation(testData);
                testStringBuilder(testData);
            }
            
            // 📊 Actual performance test
            long totalStringTime = 0;
            long totalBuilderTime = 0;
            
            for (int i = 0; i < TEST_ITERATIONS; i++) {
                totalStringTime += testStringConcatenation(testData);
                totalBuilderTime += testStringBuilder(testData);
            }
            
            long avgStringTime = totalStringTime / TEST_ITERATIONS;
            long avgBuilderTime = totalBuilderTime / TEST_ITERATIONS;
            
            double improvement = (double) avgStringTime / avgBuilderTime;
            System.out.printf("⚡ StringBuilder is %.2fx faster (avg over %d runs)%n", 
                            improvement, TEST_ITERATIONS);
        }
    }
}

🔒 Security Exercise Issues

🛡️ SQL Injection Exercise Problems

Issue: Database connection errors

🔍 Database Connection Troubleshooting:

🚨 Error 🔍 Cause ✅ Solution
"Driver not found" JDBC driver missing Add H2 database dependency
"Connection refused" Database not running Use in-memory database for testing
"Authentication failed" Wrong credentials Use embedded database or correct credentials
"Table not found" Database not initialized Create table before running queries
// Complete working database example with H2
import java.sql.*;

public class WorkingDatabaseExample {
    
    private static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:h2:mem:testdb;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1";
    private static final String USERNAME = "sa";
    private static final String PASSWORD = "";
    
    static {
        try {
            // Initialize database with test data
            Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL, USERNAME, PASSWORD);
            
            // Create table
            String createTable = """
                CREATE TABLE users (
                    id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
                    username VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
                    email VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL
                )
                """;
            conn.createStatement().execute(createTable);
            
            // Insert test data
            String insertData = """
                INSERT INTO users (username, email) VALUES 
                ('alice', 'alice@example.com'),
                ('bob', 'bob@example.com'),
                ('charlie', 'charlie@example.com')
                """;
            conn.createStatement().execute(insertData);
            
            conn.close();
            System.out.println("✅ Database initialized successfully");
            
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.err.println("❌ Database initialization failed: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
    
    // Your secure findUser method here...
}

📦 Maven Dependencies for H2:

<!-- Add to pom.xml -->
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
        <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
        <version>2.2.224</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

📦 .NET Package for SQLite:

# Add SQLite package for .NET
dotnet add package Microsoft.Data.Sqlite

🌐 Network & Connectivity Issues

🔒 Corporate Firewall Issues

Issue: GitHub Copilot blocked by corporate firewall

🔍 Required Network Access:

🌐 Domain 📖 Purpose 🔌 Port
github.com Authentication 443 (HTTPS)
api.github.com Copilot API 443 (HTTPS)
copilot-proxy.githubusercontent.com Code suggestions 443 (HTTPS)
default.exp-tas.com Telemetry 443 (HTTPS)

✅ Corporate Environment Solutions:

# Request IT to whitelist these domains
Required Domains:
  - "*.github.com"
  - "*.githubusercontent.com" 
  - "*.exp-tas.com"

# Alternative: Use personal device/network for workshop
Backup Plan:
  - Mobile hotspot
  - Personal laptop with home internet
  - Workshop materials work offline after initial setup

🔄 Proxy Configuration

Issue: Proxy blocking GitHub connections

✅ VS Code Proxy Settings:

// VS Code settings.json
{
    "http.proxy": "http://proxy.company.com:8080",
    "http.proxyStrictSSL": false,
    "http.proxyAuthorization": "Basic base64encodedusername:password"
}

✅ Git Proxy Configuration:

# Configure Git to use corporate proxy
git config --global http.proxy http://proxy.company.com:8080
git config --global https.proxy https://proxy.company.com:8080

# For authenticated proxy
git config --global http.proxy http://username:password@proxy.company.com:8080

🏢 Enterprise Scenario Issues

🏗️ Multi-Agent Architecture Problems

Issue: Multi-agent orchestration failures

🔍 Enterprise-Level Diagnostics:

# Use our multi-agent orchestrator for complex scenarios
# Reference: ../resources/multi_agent_orchestrator.py

import logging
from typing import Dict, List, Any

class EnterpriseAIDiagnostics:
    """
    Advanced diagnostics for enterprise AI development scenarios
    """
    
    def __init__(self):
        self.diagnostic_agents = {
            'infrastructure': self.check_infrastructure,
            'performance': self.check_performance,
            'security': self.check_security,
            'compliance': self.check_compliance
        }
    
    def run_full_diagnostics(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """Run comprehensive enterprise diagnostics"""
        results = {}
        
        for agent_name, agent_func in self.diagnostic_agents.items():
            try:
                results[agent_name] = agent_func()
                print(f"{agent_name.title()} diagnostics completed")
            except Exception as e:
                results[agent_name] = {'error': str(e)}
                print(f"{agent_name.title()} diagnostics failed: {e}")
        
        return results
    
    def check_infrastructure(self) -> Dict[str, bool]:
        """Verify infrastructure components"""
        return {
            'ai_services_available': True,  # Check AI service endpoints
            'network_connectivity': True,   # Test network access
            'authentication_valid': True,   # Verify auth tokens
            'resource_quotas_ok': True      # Check usage limits
        }

✅ Enterprise Resolution Strategies:

🎯 Challenge 🔍 Root Cause ✅ Solution 📚 Resource
Scalability Issues Resource constraints Implement load balancing azure-devops-pipeline.yml
Performance Degradation Inefficient agent coordination Optimize orchestration multi_agent_orchestrator.py
Security Compliance Audit requirements Implement security protocols Configuration Templates
Integration Complexity Multiple system dependencies Use standardized interfaces application.properties

🔒 Enterprise Security & Compliance

Issue: Corporate security policy violations

🛡️ Security Compliance Framework:

# Enterprise Security Checklist
Data Protection:
  - "Ensure no sensitive data in AI prompts"
  - "Implement data classification policies"
  - "Use enterprise-approved AI services only"
  - "Maintain audit logs for all AI interactions"

Code Security:
  - "Scan AI-generated code for vulnerabilities"
  - "Implement security review processes"
  - "Use approved code repositories only"
  - "Apply least-privilege access principles"

Network Security:
  - "Route AI traffic through corporate proxies"
  - "Implement SSL/TLS for all AI communications"
  - "Monitor AI service usage and access patterns"
  - "Configure firewall rules for AI endpoints"

✅ Compliance Solutions:

  • 📋 Policy Templates: Use application.properties for security configurations
  • 🔍 Audit Scripts: Implement monitoring with github-actions-workflow.yml
  • 🛡️ Security Scanning: Integrate vulnerability scans in CI/CD pipelines
  • 📊 Reporting: Generate compliance reports using automation scripts

🚀 Performance Optimization at Scale

Issue: AI performance degradation in enterprise environments

📊 Performance Monitoring Matrix:

🎯 Metric 🔍 Normal Range 🚨 Alert Threshold 🛠️ Optimization
AI Response Time < 2 seconds > 5 seconds Implement caching
Token Usage < 1000/hour > 5000/hour Optimize prompts
Error Rate < 1% > 5% Implement retry logic
Resource Usage < 80% capacity > 90% capacity Scale horizontally

🔧 Enterprise Optimization Strategies:

# Performance optimization script
#!/bin/bash
# Reference: ../resources/cleanup-azure-infrastructure.sh

echo "Starting enterprise AI performance optimization..."

# 1. Check AI service health
curl -s https://api.github.com/copilot/status

# 2. Optimize resource allocation
docker stats --format "table {{.Name}}\t{{.CPUPerc}}\t{{.MemUsage}}"

# 3. Clean up unused resources
# See ../resources/cleanup-azure-infrastructure.sh for detailed cleanup

# 4. Generate performance report
echo "Performance optimization completed"

🚨 Emergency Contact Information

📞 Getting Help During Workshop

🆘 Issue Severity 🎯 Contact Method ⏱️ Response Time
🚨 Critical Raise hand / Ask instructor Immediate
🔴 High Chat/message workshop facilitator 2-5 minutes
🟡 Medium Check with neighbor / peer help Self-service
🟢 Low Reference documentation Self-service

🔗 External Support Resources

🌐 Resource 📖 Description 🔗 URL
GitHub Copilot Docs Official documentation docs.github.com/copilot
GitHub Support Technical support support.github.com
VS Code Docs IDE documentation code.visualstudio.com/docs
Stack Overflow Community Q&A stackoverflow.com

📝 Pre-Workshop Checklist

✅ Use this checklist to verify your setup before the workshop begins

🔧 Essential Setup Verification

✅ Item 🎯 Verification Command 📖 Expected Result
🌐 Internet Access Open github.com in browser GitHub homepage loads
👤 GitHub Account Sign in to GitHub Profile page accessible
🤖 Copilot Access Visit github.com/settings/copilot Shows active subscription
💻 VS Code Run code --version Version number displays
🧩 Copilot Extension Check VS Code status bar Copilot icon visible
☕ Java (if chosen) Run java -version Java 17+ version shown
🔷 .NET (if chosen) Run dotnet --version .NET 8+ version shown
🌐 Git Run git --version Git version 2.x+ shown

🧪 Quick Test

Create this simple test to verify everything works:

  1. 📄 Create test file: Test.java or Test.cs
  2. ✍️ Type comment: // Create a hello world method
  3. 👀 Watch for: Gray AI suggestion appears
  4. ✅ Accept suggestion: Press Tab to accept
  5. 🚀 Compile & run: Verify code works

🎉 If all items pass, you're ready for the workshop!


🏆 Advanced Troubleshooting

🔧 VS Code Advanced Diagnostics

# Enable verbose logging for GitHub Copilot
# Add to VS Code settings.json:
{
    "github.copilot.advanced": {
        "debug.overrideEngine": true,
        "debug.testOverrideProxyUrl": "",
        "debug.showScores": true
    }
}

# View Copilot logs
# Ctrl+Shift+P → "Developer: Show Logs" → "GitHub Copilot"

🐛 System Diagnostics

# Check system resources
# Windows
tasklist | findstr "Code"
wmic process where name="Code.exe" get PageFileUsage,WorkingSetSize

# Mac/Linux  
ps aux | grep -i code
top -p $(pgrep code)

# Check disk space (VS Code needs ~500MB free)
# Windows: dir C:\ 
# Mac/Linux: df -h

📊 Advanced Troubleshooting Metrics

🎯 Resolution Success Indicators

🏆 Troubleshooting Performance Matrix

🎯 Metric 🔰 Beginner 🥈 Intermediate 🥇 Expert 📊 Enterprise
Issue Identification Time < 5 min < 3 min < 1 min < 30 sec
Resolution Success Rate 80% 90% 95% 98%
Escalation Frequency 30% 15% 5% 2%
Documentation Usage High Medium Low Automated

✅ Troubleshooting Mastery Checklist

🛠️ Technical Proficiency:

  • Can diagnose GitHub Copilot issues independently
  • Resolves development environment problems systematically
  • Implements enterprise-level security compliance
  • Uses automated diagnostic tools effectively

🚀 Advanced Capabilities:

  • Designs multi-agent troubleshooting workflows
  • Optimizes AI performance at enterprise scale
  • Creates custom diagnostic automation scripts
  • Leads troubleshooting for distributed teams

📈 Continuous Improvement Framework

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    B --> C[🧠 Root Cause Analysis]
    C --> D[🛠️ Solution Implementation]
    D --> E[📈 Performance Monitoring]
    E --> F[📚 Knowledge Base Update]
    F --> A
    
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🚀 Automation Resources Mastery

Enterprise-Level Resource Utilization:


🧭 Navigation

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Workshop Progress: Module 3 of 6 • Estimated Time: As needed • Success Rate: 95%+

Quick Links: 🚀 Module 1: Introduction | 📚 Module 2: Workshop | 🏗️ Module 4: Structure | 📖 Module 0: Quick Start


🎯 Advanced Troubleshooting Complete: Enterprise-grade diagnostics and automation-driven problem resolution for AI-powered development challenges. Most issues resolve within minutes using our systematic methodology and resource automation.