error 403: authenticate with App Password
Asked by rogergoh:

Error Message:

git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false --no-optional-locks push -v --tags origin feature/x:feature/x  
remote: Because you enabled two-step verification for your Atlassian account, you'll need to authenticate with an app password. Create an app password at <https://bitbucket.org/account/admin/app-passwords>  
fatal: unable to access '<https://bitbucket.org/x.git/>': The requested URL returned error: 403

However despite following the documentation and changing my authentication type to Basic with username and app password (with "Authentication OK" and green tick) it still spits out this error message after restarting.

Using Windows 10.

I've tried deleting pswd in AppData.


Answers:
author: Gopinath Emmidisetty
body: This worked for me where I have cloned the repo locally before creating the app passwords.

Given you have the app password created in your bitbucket repo

Then update your local git repo as below

git remote set-url origin https://USERNAME:APP_PASSWORD@bitbucket.org/OWNER/REPO.git

comments: author: Bogdan Petrut
body: worked just fine, thanks


author: Miaina ANDRIANA
body: thank you


author: Seung Hun Beak
body: thank you


author: Abdullah Ramzan
body: Thanks Gopinath?? - following command works for me.  

git remote set-url origin <https://USERNAME:APP_PASSWORD@bitbucket.org/OWNER/REPO.git>

Happy Christmas ?


author: lchatin
body: Hello,  
Same problem.

When two-step verification is enabled, I cannot do any operation in the Sourcetree software. Whether it is through the classic interface or the terminal the error is the same, "error 403".

I tried deleting my account in Tools -\> Options, but it doesn't fix the problem. I also tried to log out and log back into my Atlassian account through the internet browser.  
On the other hand, if I cancel the two-step verification, it works perfectly well.

A solution ?

comments: author: programmator
body: I was having the same problem.

Had to cancel the two-step authentication to be able to work.


author: Jonnathan Edbert Halim
body: how to cancel the two-step verification?


author: programmator
body: Now I'm not sure if I had it enabled in my Bitbucket account or Atlassian account, but you can check for yourself in the following links:

Bitbucket: <https://bitbucket.org/account/settings/two-step-verification/manage>

Atlassian: <https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/two-step-verification>

Hope it helps.


author: danwithshenbergertech
body: I just encountered this problem too. Set up an app password for Sourcetree, turned on TSV, and then couldn't access BitBucket through Sourcetree. Turned off TSV and could access BB fine from Sourcetree. When will this error be fixed?


author: kodlan
body: Having exactly the same problem.

Did someone managed to make this work? Or cancelling 2FA is the only option?


author: Pennylane Goodman
body: I have this problem, too and it's very annoying. I have already refreshed my password and also set the user with this password on the repository and it still shows this error.

Maybe I should turn off two factor authentication because of this but that's not ideal.