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Detect if the user has multiple accounts, and if the one configured for the workspace might be the wrong one #7745

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Detect if the user has multiple accounts, and if the one configured for the workspace might be the wrong one#7745
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@acv-bhai
Bhai (acv-bhai)
opened on Sep 3, 2025

I'm using this extension with VSCode Insider and I keep receiving this notification.

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What I think might be causing this issue is because I have two git accounts configured in my macos using Git Credential Manager. One for personal use and one for work use. And because of that my remote origin URL will be having [email protected] in my work related repos. is that a reason?

I have this extension working in VSCode for my personal repos for which remote url doesn't contain username.

I'm using VS Code for personal repos and VSCode insider for work repos.

Here is my VSCode Insider Details:

Version: 1.104.0-insider (Universal)
Commit: 966ec1415440da5f1ef53acbd97ba2113add8853
Date: 2025-09-02T05:05:45.743Z
Electron: 37.3.1
ElectronBuildId: 12259562
Chromium: 138.0.7204.235
Node.js: 22.18.0
V8: 13.8.258.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

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  1. acv-bhai commented on Sep 4, 2025

    @acv-bhai
    Bhai (acv-bhai)
    on Sep 4, 2025
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    hey folks is there something that I'm missing or any additional information is required?

  2. alexr00 commented on Sep 12, 2025

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    Alex Ross (alexr00)
    on Sep 12, 2025
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    A few questions/thoughts:

    • Are you signed in to VS Code with GitHub with multiple accounts? If so, you can choose which one is used with this extension.
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    • What is the output of git remote -v? If you have remotes that you want the extension to ignore, you can remove them from githubPullRequests.remotes.
  3. Alex Ross (alexr00)
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  4. acv-bhai commented on Sep 12, 2025

    @acv-bhai
    Bhai (acv-bhai)
    on Sep 12, 2025
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    Alex Ross (@alexr00) many thanks for your time and response. Yes I have multiple accounts logged in. Your screenshot helped me to figure out the mistake and now its sorted. Thanks again for your support.

  5. Bhai (acv-bhai)
    closed this as completedon Sep 12, 2025

  6. alexr00 commented on Sep 16, 2025

    @alexr00
    Alex Ross (alexr00)
    on Sep 16, 2025
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    TylerLeonhardt FYI. I've seen a couple times that folks are having a hard time finding this.

  7. TylerLeonhardt commented on Sep 19, 2025

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    TylerLeonhardt
    on Sep 19, 2025
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    This functionality is also in a few other places:

    • right click on an extension in the the extension list -> Account Preferences
    • (new in 1.104) a command in the Command Palette for Managing Account Preferences

    ... besides adding yet another item to the Account menu, I'm not sure where else to put this tbh

  8. alexr00 commented on Sep 23, 2025

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    Alex Ross (alexr00)
    on Sep 23, 2025
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    TylerLeonhardt and I discussed this. If we can detect in the PR extension that you might be using the wrong account, then we should show a modal dialog and then run the "Manage account preferences" command.

  9. Alex Ross (alexr00)
    reopened this on Sep 23, 2025
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  11. Alex Ross (alexr00)
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  12. Alex Ross (alexr00)
    changed the title [-]Fetching pull request from remote origin with query failed, please check if the repo undefined is valid[/-] [+]Detect if the user has multiple accounts, and if the one configured for the workspace might be the wrong one[/+] on Sep 23, 2025
  13. Alex Ross (alexr00)
    added this to the October 2025 milestone on Sep 23, 2025

  14. chefranov commented on Sep 23, 2025

    @chefranov
    Yevhen Chefranov (chefranov)
    on Sep 23, 2025

    I have similar issue #7835
    Bhai (@acv-bhai) what was your mistake?

  15. Hydhen commented on Sep 24, 2025

    @Hydhen
    Loïc Juillet (Hydhen)
    on Sep 24, 2025

    I have the same problem, even with a single logged in account

  16. TylerLeonhardt commented on Sep 24, 2025

    @TylerLeonhardt
    TylerLeonhardt
    on Sep 24, 2025
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    Loïc Juillet (@Hydhen) then you must be hitting something else. Open a new issue.

  17. Alex Ross (alexr00)
    modified the milestones: October 2025, November 2025 on Nov 3, 2025
  18. Alex Ross (alexr00)
    modified the milestones: November 2025, on Dec 1, 2025
  19. João Moreno (joaomorenoalt)
    removed this from the milestone on Jan 5, 2026
  20. Alex Ross (alexr00)
    added this to the January 2026 milestone on Jan 6, 2026
  21. Alex Ross (alexr00)
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    on Jan 23, 2026
  22. Alex Ross (alexr00)
    modified the milestones: January 2026, Backlog on Jan 26, 2026

  23. JohnGalt1717 commented on Apr 15, 2026

    @JohnGalt1717
    James Hancock (JohnGalt1717)
    on Apr 15, 2026

    This plugin entirely fails to load anything if you set it to a different github account in vs code from the user menu than the default account for the entire window.

    Making it useless if you have multiple credentials you need to manage per workspace.

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