# AN-2026-0549: GitHub push error Permission to user/repo denied to other-user: the SSH key belongs to an account without write access to the repository

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- id: AN-2026-0549 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0549/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/troubleshooting-ssh/error-permission-to-userrepo-denied-to-other-user>
- services: github, git
- severity: medium
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. GitHub Docs: this error means the key you are pushing with is attached to an account which does not have access to the repository.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. The documented fix is for the repository owner to add your account as a collaborator or to a team with write access.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Push with the key/token of an account that has write access (check which account the key maps to with `ssh -T git@github.com`), or get that account added as a collaborator/team member with write access.
```

## Error signatures
- regex: `Permission to \S+ denied to \S+`

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28