ISSUE: 'Converting Circular Structure to JSON' Error in Copilot - Copilot won't load.

[andrewlee07]

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Hi,

New to Copilot and Codespaces. When I go to Copilot and get it to sign in, I get the following error message. Anyone come across this before? Unsure what I am doing wrong here.

An error occurred while setting up Copilot. Would you like to try again?
Converting circular structure to JSON
--> starting at object with constructor 'u'
| property 'groups' -> object with constructor 'Array'
| index 0 -> object with constructor 'u'
| ...
| index 0 -> object with constructor 'u'
--- property 'mainPerformanceReference' closes the circle

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[imDarshanGK]

Hi @andrewlee07,

try:

1. Clear your browser cache and cookies to rule out any cached data issues.
2. Check your VS Code/Codespaces settings to ensure everything is configured properly.
3. Update GitHub Copilot and VS Code to the latest versions.
4. Try reinstalling GitHub Copilot to reset its configuration.
5. Disable other extensions in case they're interfering with Copilot.
6. If you can access the code, use a library like flatted to handle circular references.

[gross77]

@andrewlee07 You need to install Copilot extension in Codespace