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GitHub Desktop: "Authentication failed." error. v2.3.1
See original GitHub issueDescribe the bug
On trying to fetch against the repo, an “Authentication failed. Some common reasons include…” error appears. I am using SSH and it works when using the terminal.
Version & OS
GitHub Desktop v2.2.4 on MacOS Catalina v10.15.2
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Go to the
chargebee-apprepo. - Click on Fetch orgin
- See error.
Expected behavior
The fetch should complete without errors as it does via the terminal.
Actual behavior
The error appears instead.
Screenshots
Logs
2020-01-03.desktop.production.log
Additional context
On trying to pull from the terminal using git pull, the operation is successful. The following are the steps:
- Go to terminal and navigate to the folder where the repo is.
git pull- The following prompt appears:
Enter passphrase for key '/Users/cb-machan/.ssh/id_rsa': - I enter the passphrase.
- The pull is successful.
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 4 years ago
- Comments:13 (7 by maintainers)
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@cb-machan it sounds like you were able to resolve this so I’m going to close this issue out. Let me know if you are still having problems.
Oh yes, and then I followed the steps here to fix that.