After configuration of SSH for my account, and in my git client I receive the error message that the connection is closed. #2054

jrsofty commented 2025年07月27日 18:54:17 +02:00

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Hello,

So I added an SSH Key to my account back in May of this year in preparation for using Codeberg for an open source project I would like to build.

Today I'm ready to start with setting up for this project and have created a repository here on Codeberg. I checked the connection and I keep receiving Connection closed by 217.197.84.140 port 22. I'm not certain why this isn't working. Testing the key on Github and i have no problems and receive a valid response.

Is there something I'm missing? I've followed the documentation https://docs.codeberg.org/security/ssh-key/ and I've verified my key to ensure that it works correctly.

I'm at a loss as I cannot find any reason for the error message above.

### Comment Hello, So I added an SSH Key to my account back in May of this year in preparation for using Codeberg for an open source project I would like to build. Today I'm ready to start with setting up for this project and have created a repository here on Codeberg. I checked the connection and I keep receiving `Connection closed by 217.197.84.140 port 22`. I'm not certain why this isn't working. Testing the key on Github and i have no problems and receive a valid response. Is there something I'm missing? I've followed the documentation https://docs.codeberg.org/security/ssh-key/ and I've verified my key to ensure that it works correctly. I'm at a loss as I cannot find any reason for the error message above.

kasbjornsen commented 2025年07月27日 19:04:12 +02:00

This is also happening to me as well. I didn't change my key, and I pushed some commits last night.

This is also happening to me as well. I didn't change my key, and I pushed some commits last night.

cerement commented 2025年07月27日 19:09:59 +02:00

another "me too" – haven’t had any issues for a while, but did a git push a little bit ago and get an error:

Connection closed by 2a0a:4580:103f:c0de::1 port 22
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

another "me too" – haven’t had any issues for a while, but did a `git push` a little bit ago and get an error: ``` Connection closed by 2a0a:4580:103f:c0de::1 port 22 fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. ```

Juhe commented 2025年07月27日 19:18:06 +02:00

Yeah,

Seems like this is a wider issue:

I also created issue about this case: #2056

Yeah, Seems like this is a wider issue: I also created issue about this case: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/2056

cerement commented 2025年07月27日 19:59:26 +02:00

https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg/114926394214941898

It looks like we are under attack, that caused SSH connections to fail. We have deployed mitigations and the situation calmed down. Please let us know if the issue occurs again.

https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg/114926394214941898 > It looks like we are under attack, that caused SSH connections to fail. We have deployed mitigations and the situation calmed down. Please let us know if the issue occurs again.

kasbjornsen commented 2025年07月27日 20:31:30 +02:00

Lame. Someone needs a better hobby than to attack a community of open source developers...and using their tools. I can confirm it works now. Thanks!

Lame. Someone needs a better hobby than to attack a community of open source developers...and using their tools. I can confirm it works now. Thanks!

jrsofty commented 2025年07月27日 20:37:09 +02:00

Thanks everyone for the quick feedback. I had truly thought I had made a mistake. It's working now so I'll close this.

Thanks everyone for the quick feedback. I had truly thought I had made a mistake. It's working now so I'll close this.

alexishuxley commented 2025年07月28日 08:47:07 +02:00

As @juhe said in #2056, perhaps the status page could be improved so that ssh issues are shown?

As @juhe said in #2056, perhaps the status page could be improved so that ssh issues are shown?

alexishuxley commented 2025年07月29日 12:33:51 +02:00

I believe this is still failing. see also #2055.

I believe this is still failing. see also #2055.

MattAbbey129 commented 2025年09月18日 06:11:25 +02:00

I've been experiencing this also for the past couple days now, and have verified my SSH and GPG keys and always get this error:

Enter passphrase for key '/home/matt/.ssh/id_ed25519':
Connection closed by 217.197.84.140 port 22
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

I've been experiencing this also for the past couple days now, and have verified my SSH and GPG keys and always get this error: ``` Enter passphrase for key '/home/matt/.ssh/id_ed25519': Connection closed by 217.197.84.140 port 22 fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. ```