12 log locations · Windows, macOS, Linux
GitHub Copilot desktop app logs to ~/.copilot/session-state/<session-uuid>/events.jsonl on Windows. 3 other Windows log locations are recorded below.
GitHub Copilot desktop app logs to ~/.copilot/session-state/<session-uuid>/events.jsonl on macOS. 3 other macOS log locations are recorded below.
GitHub Copilot desktop app logs to ~/.copilot/session-state/<session-uuid>/events.jsonl on Linux. 3 other Linux log locations are recorded below.
Paths are printed exactly as GitHub Copilot desktop app writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.
~/.copilot/session-state/<session-uuid>/events.jsonl~/.copilot/session-store.db%LOCALAPPDATA%\GitHubCopilotApp\Logs\%LOCALAPPDATA%\GitHubCopilotApp\User Data\Crashpad\reports\~/.copilot/session-state/<session-uuid>/events.jsonl~/.copilot/session-store.db~/Library/Logs/GitHub Copilot/~/Library/Application Support/GitHub Copilot/Crashpad/completed/~/.copilot/session-state/<session-uuid>/events.jsonl~/.copilot/session-store.db~/.config/github-copilot-app/logs/~/.config/github-copilot-app/Crashpad/reports/