Describe the bug
THis happens 2 - 3 times a week for me and then disapears. I was using co pilot last night and this morning i come in to get this error
You are not authorized to use this Copilot feature, it requires an enterprise or organization policy to be enabled
/context returns this
Context information is not yet available. Please wait for login to complete
But I am logged in
/models returns
Failed to load models: access denied by Copilot policy. (Request ID: DFBE:25DEF5:25AD435:2B5358B:69C4FFD6)
Check your Copilot CLI policy setting.
I am the admin and i know the settings HAVE NOT Changed since last night. The version last night was the same
Affected version
v1.0.11
Steps to reproduce the behavior
Use co pilot
Expected behavior
Not to get this error message
Additional context
2026-03-26T09:43:51.208Z [INFO] Starting Copilot CLI: 1.0.11
2026-03-26T09:43:51.208Z [INFO] Node.js version: v24.11.1
2026-03-26T09:43:51.209Z [INFO] Registering foreground session: 50a2f91d-9c24-4025-975e-d160917f2847
2026-03-26T09:43:51.215Z [INFO] Workspace initialized: 50a2f91d-9c24-4025-975e-d160917f2847 (checkpoints: 0)
2026-03-26T09:43:51.494Z [INFO] Login status unknown
2026-03-26T09:43:51.494Z [INFO] Registering foreground session: 50a2f91d-9c24-4025-975e-d160917f2847
2026-03-26T09:43:51.506Z [INFO] Remote session access enabled
2026-03-26T09:43:51.507Z [INFO] Init suggestion check completed
2026-03-26T09:43:51.526Z [INFO] Welcome stewartadvt!
2026-03-26T09:43:51.648Z [INFO] Registering foreground session: 50a2f91d-9c24-4025-975e-d160917f2847
2026-03-26T09:43:51.658Z [ERROR] Starting remote MCP client for github-mcp-server with url: https://api.individual.githubcopilot.com/mcp/readonly
2026-03-26T09:43:51.658Z [ERROR] Creating MCP client for github-mcp-server...
2026-03-26T09:43:51.658Z [ERROR] Connecting MCP client for github-mcp-server...
2026-03-26T09:43:51.997Z [INFO] No update needed, current version is 1.0.11, fetched latest release is v1.0.11
2026-03-26T09:43:53.462Z [ERROR] MCP client for github-mcp-server connected, took 1804ms
2026-03-26T09:43:53.462Z [ERROR] Started MCP client for remote server github-mcp-server
2026-03-26T09:43:53.463Z [ERROR] GitHub MCP server configured after authentication
Describe the bug
THis happens 2 - 3 times a week for me and then disapears. I was using co pilot last night and this morning i come in to get this error
You are not authorized to use this Copilot feature, it requires an enterprise or organization policy to be enabled
/context returns this
Context information is not yet available. Please wait for login to complete
But I am logged in
/models returns
Failed to load models: access denied by Copilot policy. (Request ID: DFBE:25DEF5:25AD435:2B5358B:69C4FFD6)
Check your Copilot CLI policy setting.
I am the admin and i know the settings HAVE NOT Changed since last night. The version last night was the same
Affected version
v1.0.11
Steps to reproduce the behavior
Use co pilot
Expected behavior
Not to get this error message
Additional context
2026-03-26T09:43:51.208Z [INFO] Starting Copilot CLI: 1.0.11
2026-03-26T09:43:51.208Z [INFO] Node.js version: v24.11.1
2026-03-26T09:43:51.209Z [INFO] Registering foreground session: 50a2f91d-9c24-4025-975e-d160917f2847
2026-03-26T09:43:51.215Z [INFO] Workspace initialized: 50a2f91d-9c24-4025-975e-d160917f2847 (checkpoints: 0)
2026-03-26T09:43:51.494Z [INFO] Login status unknown
2026-03-26T09:43:51.494Z [INFO] Registering foreground session: 50a2f91d-9c24-4025-975e-d160917f2847
2026-03-26T09:43:51.506Z [INFO] Remote session access enabled
2026-03-26T09:43:51.507Z [INFO] Init suggestion check completed
2026-03-26T09:43:51.526Z [INFO] Welcome stewartadvt!
2026-03-26T09:43:51.648Z [INFO] Registering foreground session: 50a2f91d-9c24-4025-975e-d160917f2847
2026-03-26T09:43:51.658Z [ERROR] Starting remote MCP client for github-mcp-server with url: https://api.individual.githubcopilot.com/mcp/readonly
2026-03-26T09:43:51.658Z [ERROR] Creating MCP client for github-mcp-server...
2026-03-26T09:43:51.658Z [ERROR] Connecting MCP client for github-mcp-server...
2026-03-26T09:43:51.997Z [INFO] No update needed, current version is 1.0.11, fetched latest release is v1.0.11
2026-03-26T09:43:53.462Z [ERROR] MCP client for github-mcp-server connected, took 1804ms
2026-03-26T09:43:53.462Z [ERROR] Started MCP client for remote server github-mcp-server
2026-03-26T09:43:53.463Z [ERROR] GitHub MCP server configured after authentication