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If you've recently tried to push code to a private GitHub repository using HTTPS and encountered an error like this: fatal: HttpRequestException encountered. An error occurred while sending the request. Username for 'https://github.com': abcd remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021. fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/test/cr/ Don't panic — you're not alone. This blog will explain why and how to fix it using GitHub's current authentication methods. ❓ Why This Happens Since August 13, 2021, GitHub no longer supports password-based authentication for Git operations over HTTPS. This change was made to improve security, and now developers must authenticate using either:

May 1, 2025 - 11:28
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If you've recently tried to push code to a private GitHub repository using HTTPS and encountered an error like this:

fatal: HttpRequestException encountered.
An error occurred while sending the request.
Username for 'https://github.com': abcd
remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/test/cr/

Don't panic — you're not alone. This blog will explain why and how to fix it using GitHub's current authentication methods.

❓ Why This Happens
Since August 13, 2021, GitHub no longer supports password-based authentication for Git operations over HTTPS.

This change was made to improve security, and now developers must authenticate using either:

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