Can pull, can't push, although terminal push works

[fevangelou]

The problem

On Ubuntu 23.10, in a brand new setup for GitHub Desktop (not the first time using on Ubuntu though), I authenticated to my GH account via browser and I could clone and fetch projects just fine. As an aside, I have also configured SSH integration via GH CLI. WHich works just fine, meaning I can authenticate via SSH (as well).

Unfortunately, I can't push code through the app. I get the dreaded can't authenticate error, although I'm already logged in.

I tried logging out and back in, nothing. I checked permissions, not an issue.

I can also clone a repo just fine, but I can't push any changed code to it.

If do "git push --all" through the terminal though, code is pushed just fine to the repo.

To be honest, I hadn't used the app for some time. I occasionally used it without an issue, but that could be more than a year ago. A few months ago (hence the 23.10 version) I went full on Ubuntu Desktop (after ditching MacOS use for 15+ years). Yesterday I setup the app to push some code to GH and got the dreaded "can't authenticate" error.

I don't have any customizations on my global .gitconfig file, beyond what GH CLI configured.

[filter "lfs"]
	clean = git-lfs clean -- %f
	smudge = git-lfs smudge -- %f
	process = git-lfs filter-process
	required = true
[user]
	name = My Name Here
	email = MY_USERNAME@users.noreply.github.com
[credential "https://github.com"]
	helper = 
	helper = !/usr/bin/gh auth git-credential
[credential "https://gist.github.com"]
	helper = 
	helper = !/usr/bin/gh auth git-credential

The repos I tried pushing code are not private and yes I have the correct permissions to push code (I'm the repo owner either way). Tried reboots, verified file permissions... nothing...

I'm truly baffled.

If there's a way I can debug this (beyond logging), please let me know.

In any case, I really appreciate your work and I thank you in advance for the effort you put in.

Release version

3.3.12-linux2 (x64)

Operating system

Ubuntu Desktop 23.10

Steps to reproduce the behavior

No response

Log files

// I cleaned up the logs and did a commit and then push - this is what was logged. Personal/repo details redacted.

2024-05-31T15:47:26.430Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] loading 73 repositories from store
2024-05-31T15:47:26.433Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] found account: USERNAME (My Name)
2024-05-31T15:47:26.473Z - info: [ui] [BranchPruner] Last prune took place 6 hours ago - skipping
2024-05-31T15:47:27.054Z - info: [ui] Subscribed 'USERNAME' to Alive channel
2024-05-31T15:47:27.198Z - info: [ui] launching: 3.3.12-linux2 (Linux 6.5.0-35-generic)
2024-05-31T15:47:27.199Z - info: [ui] execPath: '/usr/lib/github-desktop/github-desktop'
2024-05-31T15:47:58.406Z - info: [ui] [Timing] Action 'create commit' for 'orgX/repoY' took 0.140s
2024-05-31T15:48:00.863Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: repoY - USERNAME (has token)

Screenshots

Additional context

No response

[theofficialgman]

update to the latest release https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases and then try signing out and back in (in account settings in the app) and report back if your issue is fixed or not

[fevangelou]

Unfortunately it still doesn't work. Even tested on 2 different PCs with Ubuntu 23.10 (the 2nd one was a new installation).

The log writes just this line when showing the popup:

2024-06-03T17:03:31.743Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: REPO_NAME_HERE - REPO_OWNER_HERE (has token)

[shiftkey]

/I need more details from the application to be able to troubleshoot further. Please check the logs created at ~/.config/GitHub\ Desktop/logs/ from around the time of the issue to see if it actually includes the failing push/pull.

You might need to close the app to flush the log files to disk.

[fevangelou]

I've already provided the logs. The first copy of the logs is the entire log from a "launch the app > commit code > push code" process. The second log (with the latest release of the app) was also the same, I just copied the last line if it makes any sense.

[fevangelou]

For brevity, here's a fresh copy of the log:

2024-06-04T22:16:57.944Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] loading 73 repositories from store
2024-06-04T22:16:57.947Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] found account: REPO_OWNER_HERE (REPO NAME HERE)
2024-06-04T22:16:57.990Z - info: [ui] [BranchPruner] Last prune took place 9 hours ago - skipping
2024-06-04T22:16:58.290Z - info: [ui] launching: 3.3.18-linux1 (Linux 6.5.0-35-generic)
2024-06-04T22:16:58.293Z - info: [ui] execPath: '/usr/lib/github-desktop/github-desktop'
2024-06-04T22:16:58.499Z - info: [ui] Subscribed 'REPO_OWNER_HERE' to Alive channel
2024-06-04T22:17:46.279Z - info: [ui] [Timing] Action 'create commit' for 'SOME_ORG/SOME_REPO' took 0.117s
2024-06-04T22:17:49.019Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: SOME_REPO - REPO_OWNER_HERE (has token)

For the time being I'm just using the app to commit code but I push code through the terminal only.

[panthosarkar]

I am having the same issue . I am using Kali Linux . I installed the latest version recently , I am trying this for 2 days , i have tried installing and uninstalling it over and over , also i cleared my git log , tried installing git and uninstalling it again . i can pull , push , fetch from vs code git and ssh but not from the desktop software . well i can pull and push my own rep , but when i try to pull rep from my office it gives me "this rep not exist or name changed " type error . even though i can pull the same rep from my vs code git and ssh . i am new to this kali linux environment .

[LivingWithHippos]

The latest release fixed this for me, I have to say I had issues with the kde wallet around the time it broke, because it started asking me for its password to use the wifi and other stuff after an update, I think they may have botched something (It got updated again and now it works)

After the update signing in didn´t work (something like #768) so I had to fix the mime type

Checking out the github sign-in link it's x-github-desktop-dev-auth://oauth?code=xxxx

So I checked the arch wiki and it pointed to the mimeapps.list file

In the file it's desktop-auth and not desktop-dev-auth

$  grep "github" ~/.config/mimeapps.list
x-scheme-handler/x-github-client=github-desktop.desktop;GitHub Desktop.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/x-github-desktop-auth=github-desktop.desktop;GitHub Desktop.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/x-github-client=github-desktop.desktop
x-scheme-handler/x-github-desktop-auth=github-desktop.desktop

duplicated the auth line and changed it

x-scheme-handler/x-github-desktop-dev-auth=github-desktop.desktop
x-scheme-handler/x-github-desktop-auth=github-desktop.desktop

Logged back into linux and the everything worked again

endeavourOs with KDE 6 and wayland, app installed from aur

[panthosarkar]

Can you help me doing this , I tried but still its not working . I guess I made some mistake while editing the mime app list , there was no github on my mimelist

[LivingWithHippos]

Can you help me doing this , I tried but still its not working . I guess I made some mistake while editing the mime app list , there was no github on my mimelist

This is to fix the browser not opening back github desktop after authorizing it, not for the pull/push issue, anyway:

1. what's your linux distro and desktop environment
2. how did you install github desktop

You could try adding the ones I posted, but do you have a github-desktop option in your start menu? Right click on the icon in the start menu to check its details

[panthosarkar]

i am using kali linux 2024.2 , I installed github desktop by terminal, from shiftkey repo , i just uninstalled it , trying to install it for the last time
and i hope it will work