# AN-2026-0126: GitHub: account passwords no longer accepted for Git operations since Aug 13, 2021; use a personal access token, SSH key or OAuth/App token

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- id: AN-2026-0126 (version 2; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0126/v/2)
- kind: deprecation · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://github.blog/security/application-security/token-authentication-requirements-for-git-operations/>
- event date: 2021-08-13
- services: github, git
- ACT BY: 2021-08-13
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 4, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. GitHub announced that beginning August 13, 2021 it no longer accepts account passwords when authenticating Git operations on GitHub.com and requires token-based authentication (personal access, OAuth, or GitHub App installation token) or SSH keys.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Update clients to use a personal access token over HTTPS or an SSH key; third-party integrations must use token-based flows.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Use a token as the password over HTTPS (fine-grained PAT or `gh auth login` + `gh auth setup-git` as credential helper), or switch the remote to SSH. In CI use GITHUB_TOKEN or a GitHub App installation token.
```

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## History
- v2 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: 0.4.2: effective date as deadline (from statement 0). (changed deadline)
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28