/ide fails in VS Code - No active IDE workspaces found.

[Zizaco]

Describe the bug

Running /ide fails to find an active IDE workspace and is unable to install / connect with VS Code.
Fresh installation on macOS 26.3 - Apple Silicon.

Error message:

No active IDE workspaces found
Make sure a compatible IDE is running and has workspace folders open.

Affected version

GitHub Copilot CLI 0.0.419.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. npm install -g @github/copilot (or brew install copilot)
2. Open vscode in any project
3. Open terminal
4. Run copilot
5. Select 2 "Yes, and remember this folder for future sessions"
6. Run /ide

"No active IDE workspaces found."

Things I tried:

• Uninstalling and reinstalling copilot with npm and brew
• Different directories/projects (python project, typescript project, java project)
• Running with --allow-all-tools

Expected behavior

/ide should detect the IDE Workspace and display the option to connect to it. For example:

 ❯ /ide

Copilot CLI automatically connects to VS Code when its workspace matches your current folder.                                                    
 • Folders trusted in VS Code are automatically trusted in the CLI        
 • CLI will have access to your editor selection and diagnostics          
 • File change approvals are shown in diff tabs you can approve or reject 
 Use "Copilot CLI" commands in the VS Code command palette to access more features.

 **Select an IDE workspace to connect to:**

 ❯ 1. Visual Studio Code: <project path> (current)
                                                                          
 Settings:                                                                
                                                                          
   [✓] Auto-connect to matching IDE workspace                             
   [✓] Open file edit diffs in IDE                                        
                                                                          
 ↑↓ to navigate · enter/space to toggle · Esc to cancel

Additional context

Hardware

OS: macOS 26.3 25D125 arm64
Kernel: 25.3.0
Terminal: vscode
CPU: Apple M4 Pro
Memory: 24576MiB

VS Code >Help: About

Version: 1.107.1 (Universal)
Commit: 994fd12f8d3a5aa16f17d42c041e5809167e845a
Date: 2025-12-17T14:15:14.850Z
Electron: 39.2.3
ElectronBuildId: 12895514
Chromium: 142.0.7444.175
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

[Zizaco]

Solved

/ide command works after updating VS Code to latest version. ✅

However, I was unable to find any information about the supported versions in the documentation or elsewhere.

VS Code >Help: About

Version: 1.109.5 (Universal)
Commit: 072586267e68ece9a47aa43f8c108e0dcbf44622
Date: 2026-02-19T19:43:32.382Z
Electron: 39.3.0
ElectronBuildId: 13313481
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

[stomde]

Supported versions

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[timharris777]

I am having the same issue. I've tried with multiple projects and made sure both vscode and copilot cli are updated.

MAC OSX:

Chip: Apple M3 Pro
macOs: 26.3.1 (25D2128)

VSCODE:

Version: 1.111.0
Commit: ce099c1ed25d9eb3076c11e4a280f3eb52b4fbeb
Date: 2026-03-06T23:06:10Z
Electron: 39.6.0
ElectronBuildId: 13330601
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

COPILOT CLI:

GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.4

[timharris777]

Still having the same issue with GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.11 and VSCode Version: 1.112.0

[yibozhong]

Same here, I upgrade both the cli and vscode to the latest version and open the same folder. But the same error happend when call /ide in the cli.

[timharris777]

I finally got it to work! My issue ended up being that I was using znap as a zsh plugin manager and the way it sources it breaks vscode/copilot-cli integration. I switched to using zinit and now copilot-cli is connecting just fine with vscode. Anyone else who is having issues be aware that something in your .zshrc or bash_profile files could be break the copilot-cli ability to connect to an open vscode workspace.