# GitHub plugin does not accept personal access token

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** github\
**Created:** [January 30, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-plugin-does-not-accept-personal-access-token/349697 "2025-01-30T09:22:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-plugin-does-not-accept-personal-access-token/349697/1 "2025-01-30T09:22:10Z")

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I am trying to configure the GitHub plugin for our discourse-hosted FOSS project site, but the “GitHub client secret” setting rejects the token: ` github_client_secret: Value doesn't match the required format.` My token is in the (not that) new format that starts with `ghp_` (see [Authentication token format updates are generally available - GitHub Changelog](https://github.blog/changelog/2021-03-31-authentication-token-format-updates-are-generally-available/)) – could it be that the plugin hasn’t been updated to accept that format 🤔 ?

Thanks!

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