Credentials are incorrect or expired #2149

leonp commented 2025年09月25日 21:38:36 +02:00

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Hi there,

I’ve just set up a new elementary install.

I was able to push to my repo until this afternoon, when I get this message:

remote: Credentials are incorrect or have expired. Retry your command or see https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/2809 for more information
fatal: Authentication failed for...

I’ve looked at both previous tickets and tried adding the credentials with my Codeberg username in .gitconfig, but this does not work.

• forgejo/forgejo#2809
• #2038

Thanks,

Leon

### Comment Hi there, I’ve just set up a new elementary install. I was able to push to my repo until this afternoon, when I get this message: ``` remote: Credentials are incorrect or have expired. Retry your command or see https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/2809 for more information fatal: Authentication failed for... ``` I’ve looked at both previous tickets and tried adding the credentials with my Codeberg username in .gitconfig, but this does not work. - https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/2809 - https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/2038 Thanks, Leon

Gusted commented 2025年09月26日 09:10:32 +02:00

Hi, does this issue still persist? (This error could sometimes be shown temporary).

If it still persists how did you configure git to send your codeberg credentials?

Hi, does this issue still persist? (This error could sometimes be shown temporary). If it still persists how did you configure git to send your codeberg credentials?

leonp commented 2025年09月26日 09:43:53 +02:00

Hi Gusted,

Thanks for responding. Still happens, unfortunately.

I haven’t even set up credentials in git – it prompts for the password as I have added my Codeberg username to .gitconfig:

[credential "repo URL"]
 username = leonp

I think this is an Elementary OS config problem – I’ve had no problems connecting from MacOS, Ubuntu and Mint.

Hi Gusted, Thanks for responding. Still happens, unfortunately. I haven’t even set up credentials in git – it prompts for the password as I have added my Codeberg username to `.gitconfig`: ``` [credential "repo URL"] username = leonp ``` I think this is an Elementary OS config problem – I’ve had no problems connecting from MacOS, Ubuntu and Mint.

leonp commented 2025年09月26日 21:50:41 +02:00

I’m also getting this on a brand new Ubuntu install, so looks like it’s something at Codeberg’s end, not an Elementary thing.

I’m also getting this on a brand new Ubuntu install, so looks like it’s something at Codeberg’s end, not an Elementary thing.

leonp commented 2025年09月27日 07:48:46 +02:00

I have got around this by creating a new Codeberg user and adding them as a collaborator. I can now push and pull to and from the repo, so this is definitely something at the Codeberg end.

I have got around this by creating a new Codeberg user and adding them as a collaborator. I can now push and pull to and from the repo, so this is definitely something at the Codeberg end.

Gusted commented 2025年09月29日 13:58:32 +02:00

@leonp wrote in #2149 (comment):

I haven’t even set up credentials in git – it prompts for the password as I have added my Codeberg username to .gitconfig:

Could you give a bit more detail about your setup for setting the credentials? I believe there's a issue here were either the password is not sent or maybe even the incorrect password is being sent as in those two cases this error message is being returned.

@leonp wrote in #2149 (comment):

I have got around this by creating a new Codeberg user and adding them as a collaborator. I can now push and pull to and from the repo, so this is definitely something at the Codeberg end.

Did you setup the credentials for this user in the same way?

@leonp wrote in https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/2149#issuecomment-7387636: > I haven’t even set up credentials in git – it prompts for the password as I have added my Codeberg username to `.gitconfig`: Could you give a bit more detail about your setup for setting the credentials? I believe there's a issue here were either the password is not sent or maybe even the incorrect password is being sent as in those two cases this error message is being returned. @leonp wrote in https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues/2149#issuecomment-7400344: > I have got around this by creating a new Codeberg user and adding them as a collaborator. I can now push and pull to and from the repo, so this is definitely something at the Codeberg end. Did you setup the credentials for this user in the same way?

leonp commented 2025年09月30日 07:52:23 +02:00

Hi @Gusted thanks for looking into this again,

Could you give a bit more detail about your setup for setting the credentials?

I set the credentials up ages ago when I created my Codeberg account. When I set up elementary I:

• Installed Git
• Cloned the repo
• Committed and pushed a change
• Codeberg asked for my user name and password
• It worked the first time
• I tried again later and got the error message

When I set up Ubuntu I:

• Installed Git
• Cloned the repo
• Committed and pushed a change
• Codeberg asked for my user name and password
• I got the error message
• I ran git config --global credential.helper store
• I updated .gitconfig with:

[credential "repo address"]
 username = [my user name]

• I tried to push again
• I was only asked for my password
• Entered password
• Got error message again

Then I set up a new user on Codeberg and made them a collaborator. After that, I:

• Committed and pushed a change
• Was asked for user name and password
• Entered the new user credentials
• The push worked

On the next push, I:

• Ran git config --global credential.helper store
• Entered the new credentials again

Since then I push as per normal and it works as expected. Git doesn’t ask for the credentials.

Note that my existing laptop has continued to work as expected with stored, old login credentials.

Thanks, L

Hi @Gusted thanks for looking into this again, > Could you give a bit more detail about your setup for setting the credentials? I set the credentials up ages ago when I created my Codeberg account. When I set up elementary I: - Installed Git - Cloned the repo - Committed and pushed a change - Codeberg asked for my user name and password - It worked the first time - I tried again later and got the error message When I set up Ubuntu I: - Installed Git - Cloned the repo - Committed and pushed a change - Codeberg asked for my user name and password - I got the error message - I ran `git config --global credential.helper store` - I updated `.gitconfig` with: ``` [credential "repo address"] username = [my user name] ``` - I tried to push again - I was only asked for my password - Entered password - Got error message again Then I set up a new user on Codeberg and made them a collaborator. After that, I: - Committed and pushed a change - Was asked for user name and password - Entered the new user credentials - The push worked On the next push, I: - Ran `git config --global credential.helper store` - Entered the new credentials again Since then I push as per normal and it works as expected. Git doesn’t ask for the credentials. Note that my existing laptop has continued to work as expected with stored, old login credentials. Thanks, L

Gusted commented 2025年10月08日 17:24:32 +02:00

That setup looks normal and that error then only should arise when the password being sent is the incorrect one (especially if the setup does work for a collaborator user). If you use the store credential helper you should be able to check ~/.git-credentials and verify that this is indeed the password for your Codeberg account.

That setup looks normal and that error then only should arise when the password being sent is the incorrect one (especially if the setup does work for a collaborator user). If you use the `store` credential helper you should be able to check `~/.git-credentials` and verify that this is indeed the password for your Codeberg account.

gladiator0858 commented 2025年11月18日 03:15:40 +01:00

I experienced this issue and determined that codeberg was not accepting the password stored in my password manager. Reseting the password resolved the issue.

I experienced this issue and determined that codeberg was not accepting the password stored in my password manager. Reseting the password resolved the issue.