Bitbucket Cloud recently stopped supporting account passwords for Git authentication?
Asked by DeepakS:

Why am i getting this problem? Is there any solutions.

Kindly help this.


Answers:
author: Charlie Misonne
body: Hi [@DeepakS](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4798556) ,

That's correct. Atlassian started disabling this on 1 March.

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Instead of using your own Atlassian account password you should use an **app password** . This can be done on this page: <https://bitbucket.org/account/settings/app-passwords/>

Read more about the deprecation notice [here](https://bitbucket.org/blog/deprecating-atlassian-account-password-for-git-and-bitbucket-api-activity).

comments: author: Lukasz Taras
body: This is very odd. I am trying to get list of commits from repository by hitting this url:  
<https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/{$workspace}/{$repo}/commits>  
where i send username:password where username is my account email and password is the key i have created in App Password. Yet i do get 'Bitbucket Cloud recently stopped supporting account passwords for API authentication.' Any ideas?


author: Kasper Schlein-Andersen
body: This also failed for me when I was using my account email. However when I used my username instead of my account email the login process worked. You can see your username under Personal settings -\> Account settings.


author: Lukasz Taras
body: Works like a charm, thanks [@Kasper Schlein-Andersen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4378702)


author: John Rix
body: Not for me. I have my username rather than email address in the credentials for my account in Sourcetree, as well as the new app password I just created, but am still getting the error. Suggestions appreciated.


author: John Rix
body: Never mind - found this page which helped: [Bug Fix: Sourcetree for Windows authentication err... - Atlassian Community](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Sourcetree-articles/Bug-Fix-Sourcetree-for-Windows-authentication-error-when/ba-p/1965968)


author: ml_arif
body: Hi [@Charlie Misonne](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502263) your method worked! thanks a lot.


author: Srinivas
body: BitBucket has moved from Account Password to App Password from March 1, 2022, You need to create and use App password going forward to perform Git Operations.

Checkout the detailed article on [Bitbucket Cloud recently stopped supporting account passwords for Git authentication](https://itsmycode.com/solved-remote-bitbucket-cloud-recently-stopped-supporting-account-passwords-for-git-authentication/)


author: Heymi
body: thanks [@John Rix](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1131525) !!

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Sourcetree-articles/Bug-Fix-Sourcetree-for-Windows-authentication-error-when/ba-p/1965968>

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My issue resolved at the last step when I deleted passwd file.. I was thinking that I might need to reinstall Sourcetree but I got saved..

Thanks again!


author: junior
body: Nice!!! saved my ass xD


author: Mikhail Greaves
body: Amazing, worked like a charm!


author: Sergey Mokhov
body: For me it works one day and stops working another day. I have to keep revoking and creating new app passwords...


author: Karthick S
body: Hello [@DeepakS](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4798556)

Welcome to the community!  

As per the Bitbucket [communication](https://bitbucket.org/blog/deprecating-atlassian-account-password-for-bitbucket-api-and-git-activity#:~:text=Deprecating%20Atlassian%20account%20password%20for%20Bitbucket%20API%20and%20Git%20activity,-September%2003%2C%202021&text=Starting%20Sep%2013%2C%202021%2C%20new,to%20use%20Bitbucket%20app%20passwords.), Atlassian account passwords are deprecated for Bitbucket API calls and HTTPS git activity (clone, push, pull and fetch), and are being replaced by App Passwords.

App passwords are meant to substitute your real account password and are designed to be used for a specific purpose and limited permissions. They can be easily created and revoked when needed.

If you want to check more information about the App Password, you can reference this [documentation](https://bitbucket.org/account/settings/app-passwords/).

Please note, that you need to enter the username, not the email ID. You can get the username from your [personal settings](https://bitbucket.org/account/settings/).   

I hope this helps.  

Regards,  
Karthick S


author: Mahender Lokhande
body: When you enter the app password its working fine but when i am trying to enter the password then i am getting the below error .


author: Milan Dhameliya
body: **Creating app Password solved My error This Page Helped me: [remote: Bitbucket Cloud recently stopped supporting account passwords for Git authentication](https://exerror.com/remote-bitbucket-cloud-recently-stopped-supporting-account-passwords-for-git-authentication/)**

comments: author: Daniel Zemlik
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