Copilot questions

General
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Hi,

two questions about copilot:

  1. I just tried to activate a trial licence and was redirected to a LinkedIn login? Is that intended? I do not use LinkedIn, and don’t want to.
  2. Is there any way to use Copilot in an offline mode? I’m in a very restricted corporate environment.

Thanks.

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Hi,

  1. I just tried to activate a trial licence and was redirected to a LinkedIn login? Is that intended? I do not use LinkedIn, and don’t want to.

In current Vaadin 24.9, you can activate free 7 day trial. After that you need to log in to your Vaadin account. It’s possible to extend trial period even longer.

  1. Is there any way to use Copilot in an offline mode? I’m in a very restricted corporate environment.

Unfortunately not, Copilot downloads content from cdn.vaadin.com and for AI features it requires Internet connection.

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Thanks. Any idea what that about the LinkedIn was?

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We previously experimented with LinkedIn sign-in as an alternative way of getting an extended trial. We have been phasing out that method but it seems like it’s still lingering in some places.

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Hi there!

From my experience, this is how Copilot works with Vaadin:

  • The LinkedIn login for the trial is indeed odd. They experimented with LinkedIn sign‑in for extended trials, but that method is being phased out.
  • Unfortunately, Copilot offline is not supported: it requires a live Internet connection because it pulls resources from Vaadin’s CDN.

Regarding data privacy / storage: Copilot stores AI prompts for a limited time (30 days) in Vaadin’s own system. And if you want more accurate suggestions based on Vaadin docs, you can configure Copilot to use Vaadin’s MCP server in Agent mode (VS Code or JetBrains). Hope this helps!