Unable to start CS50 Codespace, What to do?

[nihalsheikh]

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CS50 codespace worked just fine till yesterday and error starting started occuring from today morning. I was going to start problem set 4 in cs50, but I encountered this error, repeatedly when connecting to my vscode codespace.

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First I tried troubleshooting guide, it was regarding disabling firewall rules, then I tried restarting my laptop, restarted my network, reconnected ethernet cables, disabled browser extensions, restarted my browser and pc multiple times, tried accessing codespace from different browser, disabled firewall, also tried to start codespace from GitHub, but i still get the same error. I searched on community for same issues, found some similar thread https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/122950 with same issue for Southeast Asia server

I still didn't figure it out. Can someone please help me out?

[D1SH4NT121]

Hey! This seems to be a known issue with GitHub Codespaces, especially for users in Southeast Asia. It's likely a server-side or regional problem, not something wrong on your end.

Others are reporting the same issue here: [GitHub Discussion #122950](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/122950). You’ve already tried all the right steps — at this point, the best thing to do is wait for GitHub to fix it.

You can also check [githubstatus.com](https://www.githubstatus.com) for updates. Hang in there!

[nihalsheikh]

Thanks for replying. there are all green ticks on github status page, I checked again just now, the error still persists. any idea on how long will it take to fix this issue?

[LishaV01]

heyy

you can try this out..

💡 Try this temporary workaround:

Go to https://github.com/codespaces

Delete your existing codespace (if possible, back up any local files).

Recreate the codespace from the CS50 GitHub repo.

hope this helps
Thankyou

[nihalsheikh]

Thanks for replying. Will deleting my codespace also delete/remove my progress from CS50 org? well I do have a seperate local repo with all the files, i just want to be extra-carefull with cs50 course progress...

[2006pritam]

heyy

you can try this out..

💡 Try this temporary workaround:

Go to https://github.com/codespaces

Delete your existing codespace (if possible, back up any local files).

Recreate the codespace from the CS50 GitHub repo.

hope this helps
Thankyou

[nihalsheikh]

you just copy-pasted above comment. I still tried creating another codespace and deleting my existing one, still the same error

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