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MacVim: Copilot: Process exited with status 243 #262
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Hello, on MacVim startup I get this error in the status area:
Copilot: Process exited with status 243
:messages does not output anything else.
:Copilot status, :Copilot setup returns the same error as above.
:Copilot version
copilot.vim 1.59.0
Vim 9.1.1887
Not running
macOS
I did not change anything in settings, plugins or anything else. Problems started a day ago or so.
If you have tips what else I could show you to debug this issue - please tell.
I am enterprise GitHub Copilot user.
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yermulnik commentedon Feb 10, 2026
@pirminisksd Use
:Copilot logto see the logs.pirminisksd commentedon Feb 10, 2026
Hello @yermulnik, it worked and told me exactly what to do! It was
chownissue, after the supplied chown command everything is working perfectly fine again. Thank you! ⭐chovizking33 commentedon Apr 4, 2026
chovizking33 commentedon Apr 4, 2026
Hello, on MacVim startup I get this error in the status area:
Copilot: Process exited with status 243
:messages does not output anything else.
:Copilot status, :Copilot setup returns the same error as above.
:Copilot version
copilot.vim 1.59.0
Vim 9.1.1887
Not running
macOS
I did not change anything in settings, plugins or anything else. Problems started a day ago or so.
If you have tips what else I could show you to debug this issue - please tell.
I am enterprise GitHub Copilot user.