Extension activation failed: "getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN api.github.com"

[JasonSloan2]

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IDE: vscode
platform: ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Phennomenon:
Everytime I started vscode which had been connected to the ubuntu server using ssh, I got the error messege "Extension activation failed: "getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN api.github.com"".
Solutions I tried:
Not work: Tried to modify the hosts file lied in /etc folder, added three lines of configuration
"#140.82.112.6 api.github.com
#140.82.112.3 github.com
#151.101.65.194 github.global.ssl.fastly.net "
Not work: Tried to close the VPN and restart the network service.

Help me ! How to fix it?

[Akash1134]

Hi @JasonSloan2 ,

Please check out this documentation to troubleshoot proxy errors in Copilot.

Thanks!

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[Mactarvish]

Hi,
Any way to check if copilot really requests through the proxy?

[YoucanBaby]

Same error.