From b0754b3e3980ee7dee81d56297ab4ecf1356e14d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Liu <34015028+ljxw88@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:37:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update tradingagents/llm_clients/copilot_client.py

Co-authored-by: gemini-code-assist[bot] <176961590+gemini-code-assist[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 tradingagents/llm_clients/copilot_client.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tradingagents/llm_clients/copilot_client.py b/tradingagents/llm_clients/copilot_client.py
index 845b9f4b..3d2eb0c5 100644
--- a/tradingagents/llm_clients/copilot_client.py
+++ b/tradingagents/llm_clients/copilot_client.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def check_copilot_auth() -> bool:
         )
         return resp.status_code == 200
     except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
-        return True  # Network error — accept optimistically
+        return False  # Network error should be treated as an auth failure
 
 
 class NormalizedChatOpenAI(ChatOpenAI):