From 97bc9a439c022a88fba7be68f67e068361f6c467 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:47:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix GitHub Authentication reload dialog appearing
 unnecessarily in remote tunnel scenarios (#261257)

---
 .../github-authentication/src/extension.ts    | 25 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/github-authentication/src/extension.ts b/extensions/github-authentication/src/extension.ts
index 25c9cbd51af..f63e45762b6 100644
--- a/extensions/github-authentication/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/github-authentication/src/extension.ts
@@ -81,18 +81,23 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 	}));
 
 	// Listener to prompt for reload when the fetch implementation setting changes
+	let beforeFetchSetting = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('github-authentication').get<boolean>('useElectronFetch');
 	context.subscriptions.push(vscode.workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration(async e => {
 		if (e.affectsConfiguration('github-authentication.useElectronFetch')) {
-			const selection = await vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
-				vscode.l10n.t('GitHub Authentication - Reload required'),
-				{
-					modal: true,
-					detail: vscode.l10n.t('A reload is required for the fetch setting change to take effect.')
-				},
-				vscode.l10n.t('Reload Window')
-			);
-			if (selection) {
-				await vscode.commands.executeCommand('workbench.action.reloadWindow');
+			const afterFetchSetting = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('github-authentication').get<boolean>('useElectronFetch');
+			if (beforeFetchSetting !== afterFetchSetting) {
+				beforeFetchSetting = afterFetchSetting;
+				const selection = await vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
+					vscode.l10n.t('GitHub Authentication - Reload required'),
+					{
+						modal: true,
+						detail: vscode.l10n.t('A reload is required for the fetch setting change to take effect.')
+					},
+					vscode.l10n.t('Reload Window')
+				);
+				if (selection) {
+					await vscode.commands.executeCommand('workbench.action.reloadWindow');
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}));