Bad Credentials

[Nyximus]

• Extension version: 0.132.1
• VSCode Version: 1.111.0
• OS: macOS 15.7.4
• Repository Clone Configuration: N/A
• GitHub Product: GitHub.com

Steps to Reproduce

1. Authenticate with GitHub in VS Code.
2. Use any GitHub-related extension (e.g., GitHub Pull Requests, GitHub Codespaces, GitHub Repositories) over an extended session.
3. At some point, API calls begin failing with a Bad credentials error (see below).

Expected Behavior

The extension should automatically detect expired or invalid credentials and prompt re-authentication, similar to how the GitHub Actions extension handles this scenario.

Actual Behavior

API calls fail with the following error:

Bad credentials - https://docs.github.com/rest

The error occurs intermittently and affects multiple GitHub-verified extensions (Pull Requests, Codespaces, Repositories) — but notably not GitHub Actions, which correctly detects stale credentials and prompts to re-authenticate.

Workaround

1. Sign out of GitHub in VS Code.
2. Fully close VS Code.
3. Reopen VS Code and sign back in.

Additional Context

This appears to be a duplicate of #3022. The underlying issue seems to be that the shared GitHub authentication token expires or is invalidated, but the affected extensions do not handle this gracefully — they continue using the stale token instead of triggering a re-authentication flow.

[Aedial]

I have been able to reproduce this by invalidating the oauth from the website, then signing-in with VSC itself. Signing-out and signing-in via the extension worked to restore the broken state.