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@bellaura
bellaura
opened on May 26, 2026

Describe the bug

Occurring with CLI and Github Copilot UI.

I keep getting this error when requesting a new copilot review "Copilot encountered an error and was unable to review this pull request. You can try again by re-requesting a review." I paid for actions and I have plenty of available usage

Affected version

No response

Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. request new copilot review using codex or github ui.
  2. error is shown on PR
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Expected behavior

Requesting a copilot review works

Additional context

MacOS 14.1

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  1. bellaura
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  2. bellaura
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  3. bellaura commented on May 26, 2026

    @bellaura
    bellaura
    on May 26, 2026
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    Turns out I needed to create an "Actions Linux" budget because even though I hadn't exceeded my "Actions" budget, "Actions Linux" is what increases Actions Minutes when the allocated amount (3k in my case) is met.

  4. bellaura commented on May 26, 2026

    @bellaura
    bellaura
    on May 26, 2026
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    But actually the issue is back somehow so I guess that wasn't it

  5. tomvothecoder commented on Jun 4, 2026

    @tomvothecoder
    tomvothecoder
    on Jun 4, 2026

    I get this same error. I found that the "Copilot Code Review" GitHub Action stalls under the "Processing Request (Linux)" job with some kind of copilot-cli Node error:

    Source: https://github.com/E3SM-Project/simboard/actions/runs/26971340768/job/79587072335

    Run set -euo pipefail
RUNNER_TEMP=/home/runner/work/_temp
::stop-commands::***
Processing requests...
Launcher version: fb8a503f74c65f3a802d19bcdef28bf3a3a61f3e, 0.0.55, 1.4.4
Firewall disabled.
Loaded 5 secret(s) from stdin
Copilot API GET /agents/swe/agent/jobs/7558558-995034933-443fd769-7477-47bc-8d14-17e2b5b2bf84
Using integration ID from job details: copilot-pr-reviews
Analyzing E3SM-Project/simboard PR #216, request-id C4DC:206CA1:569F7D:5CECD4:6A21C343 (autofind.js version: 0.1.77)
Fetching PR metadata for E3SM-Project/simboard#216
Fetched PR metadata for E3SM-Project/simboard#216.
Warning: CCR settings not configured for model 'gpt-5.2[ReasoningEffort=medium]', applying default settings.
Warning: CCR setting for "UpdateKnowledgeModel" does not exist and will be ignored. Valid keys are: maxPromptTokens, splitLinesMaxGap, contextLines, useGPT5Model, enablePlanTool, enableAgenticTools, useGPT54Prompt, enableCommentTool, enableMemoryStorage, enableMemoryUsage, memoryLimit, moreThorough, enableAutoApproval, inlineApprovalReadinessReasoning, enableFeedbackInUserMessage, maxIssueReferences, maxIssueContentLength, enableSemanticIssueSearchTool, enableSemanticIssueSearchToolIssuesOnly, mustUseSemanticIssueSearchTool, enableSemanticIssuesInject, queryAgentModelName, maxSemanticSearchResults, criticModelName, verificationModelName, generateFixesInStoreFix, generateFixesInStoreComment, fixGeneratorMaxExpansionLines, skipRegionFiltering, enableSessionTelemetry, enableSDKRestrictedTelemetry, enableSkills, enableMcpProxy, useBaseBranchSkills, includeCommitMessages, applyContentExclusions, useCliBashTool, useCliFileTools, severityClassifierModelName, contextAgentModelName, enableContextPlanTool, contextV2Pro
Preparing repository...
Fetching diff 7738f5b4311294ba44bbe474eed44cf89dfe95a8...9d85a13cdbc4e8c1188f7523c98387149788e9e9 for E3SM-Project/simboard
Repository is not checked out at /home/runner/work/simboard/simboard. Checking out a fresh copy.
Checking out E3SM-Project/simboard at SHA 9d85a13cdbc4e8c1188f7523c98387149788e9e9 into /home/runner/work/simboard/simboard
[@octokit/request] "GET http://127.0.0.1:40755/repos/E3SM-Project/simboard/contents/.github%2Fcopilot-instructions.md?ref=7738f5b4311294ba44bbe474eed44cf89dfe95a8" is deprecated. It is scheduled to be removed on Fri, 10 Mar 2028 00:00:00 GMT. See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/about-the-rest-api/api-versions
[@octokit/request] "GET http://127.0.0.1:40755/repos/E3SM-Project/simboard/contents/.github%2Finstructions?ref=7738f5b4311294ba44bbe474eed44cf89dfe95a8" is deprecated. It is scheduled to be removed on Fri, 10 Mar 2028 00:00:00 GMT. See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/about-the-rest-api/api-versions
Running detector: ccr[ApplyContentExclusions=false;ContextAgentModelName=;ContextV2Prompt=false;EnableAgenticTools=true;EnableAutoApproval=true;EnableCommentTool=true;EnableContextPlanTool=false;EnableFeedbackInUserMessage=true;EnableMcpProxy=true;EnableMemoryStorage=true;EnableMemoryUsage=true;EnablePlanTool=false;EnableSDKRestrictedTelemetry=false;EnableSemanticIssueSearchTool=false;EnableSemanticIssueSearchToolIssuesOnly=false;EnableSemanticIssuesInject=false;EnableSessionTelemetry=true;EnableSkills=true;FixGeneratorMaxExpansionLines=20;GenerateFixesInStoreComment=true;GenerateFixesInStoreFix=false;IncludeCommitMessages=false;MaxPromptTokens=110000;MemoryLimit=0;MoreThorough=true;MustUseSemanticIssueSearchTool=false;QueryAgentModelName=;SkipRegionFiltering=false;SplitLinesMaxGap=3;UpdateKnowledgeModel=;UseBaseBranchSkills=true;UseCliBashTool=false;UseCliFileTools=false;UseGPT54Prompt=false;UseGPT5Model=true;VerificationModelName=] (autofind.js version: 0.1.77)
Warning: CCR setting for "UpdateKnowledgeModel" does not exist and will be ignored. Valid keys are: maxPromptTokens, splitLinesMaxGap, contextLines, useGPT5Model, enablePlanTool, enableAgenticTools, useGPT54Prompt, enableCommentTool, enableMemoryStorage, enableMemoryUsage, memoryLimit, moreThorough, enableAutoApproval, inlineApprovalReadinessReasoning, enableFeedbackInUserMessage, maxIssueReferences, maxIssueContentLength, enableSemanticIssueSearchTool, enableSemanticIssueSearchToolIssuesOnly, mustUseSemanticIssueSearchTool, enableSemanticIssuesInject, queryAgentModelName, maxSemanticSearchResults, criticModelName, verificationModelName, generateFixesInStoreFix, generateFixesInStoreComment, fixGeneratorMaxExpansionLines, skipRegionFiltering, enableSessionTelemetry, enableSDKRestrictedTelemetry, enableSkills, enableMcpProxy, useBaseBranchSkills, includeCommitMessages, applyContentExclusions, useCliBashTool, useCliFileTools, severityClassifierModelName, contextAgentModelName, enableContextPlanTool, contextV2Pro
Resolved repo directory: /home/runner/work/simboard/simboard
Running in CCA: true
[debug] Using copilot CLI path: /home/runner/work/_temp/***-action-main/dist-autofind-ts/ts/copilot-cli/node_modules/@github/copilot/npm-loader.js
Using default CAPI authentication (token)
[CLI subprocess] node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:301
[CLI subprocess]   throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(packageName, fileURLToPath(base), null);
[CLI subprocess]         ^
[CLI subprocess] Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package 'detect-libc' imported from /home/runner/work/_temp/***-action-main/dist-autofind-ts/ts/copilot-cli/node_modules/@github/copilot/npm-loader.js
[CLI subprocess]     at Object.getPackageJSONURL (node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:301:9)
[CLI subprocess]     at packageResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:768:81)
[CLI subprocess]     at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:859:18)
[CLI subprocess]     at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:992:11)
[CLI subprocess]     at #cachedDefaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:691:20)
[CLI subprocess]     at #resolveAndMaybeBlockOnLoaderThread (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:708:38)
[CLI subprocess]     at ModuleLoader.resolveSync (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:740:52)
[CLI subprocess]     at #resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:673:17)
[CLI subprocess]     at ModuleLoader.getOrCreateModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:593:35)
[CLI subprocess]     at ModuleJob.syncLink (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:163:33) {
[CLI subprocess]   code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
[CLI subprocess] }
[CLI subprocess] Node.js v24.16.0
Error creating PR review request: CLI server exited with code 1
Reporting error to sweagentd...
stderr: node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:301
Copilot API POST /agents/swe/agent/jobs/7558558-995034933-443fd769-7477-47bc-8d14-17e2b5b2bf84/progress
  throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(packageName, fileURLToPath(base), null);
        ^
Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package 'detect-libc' imported from /home/runner/work/_temp/***-action-main/dist-autofind-ts/ts/copilot-cli/node_modules/@github/copilot/npm-loader.js
    at Object.getPackageJSONURL (node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:301:9)
    at packageResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:768:81)
    at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:859:18)
    at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:992:11)
    at #cachedDefaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:691:20)
    at #resolveAndMaybeBlockOnLoaderThread (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:708:38)
    at ModuleLoader.resolveSync (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:740:52)
    at #resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:673:17)
    at ModuleLoader.getOrCreateModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:593:35)
    at ModuleJob.syncLink (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:163:33) {
  code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
}
Node.js v24.16.0 (errorDetails: {"configurationError":false}, autofind.js version: 0.1.77)
Error successfully reported to sweagentd.
Error: CLI server exited with code 1
stderr: node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:301
  throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(packageName, fileURLToPath(base), null);
        ^
Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package 'detect-libc' imported from /home/runner/work/_temp/***-action-main/dist-autofind-ts/ts/copilot-cli/node_modules/@github/copilot/npm-loader.js
    at Object.getPackageJSONURL (node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:301:9)
    at packageResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:768:81)
    at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:859:18)
    at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:992:11)
    at #cachedDefaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:691:20)
    at #resolveAndMaybeBlockOnLoaderThread (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:708:38)
    at ModuleLoader.resolveSync (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:740:52)
    at #resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:673:17)
    at ModuleLoader.getOrCreateModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:593:35)
    at ModuleJob.syncLink (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:163:33) {
  code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
}
Node.js v24.16.0
    at Timeout._onTimeout (file:///home/runner/work/_temp/***-action-main/dist-autofind-ts/ts/autofind.js:955:199)
    at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:605:17)
    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:541:7)
::***::
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