# Fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com'

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/fatal-could-not-read-username-for-https-github-com/411498
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [September 2, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fatal-could-not-read-username-for-https-github-com/411498 "2026-09-02T16:55:37Z")
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### Author: ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fatal-could-not-read-username-for-https-github-com/411498/5 "2026-09-02T20:44:02Z")

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It seems to be an issue with Github, found a discussion here: [Unauthenticated clone of a public repo intermittently returns 401 (prompts for Username) from CI workers · community · Discussion #206581 · GitHub](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/206581)

> Hey everyone! 👋 Thank you for raising this. We have shared this with our internal teams to investigate - if we have any updates we will post here and in appropriate discussions ✨

As possible workaround, but I would encourage you to wait first, this works:

```plaintext
cd /var/discourse
git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1
./launcher rebuild app

```

(you might need to rebuild two times because PostgreSQL upgrade)

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