Adding and using SSH Key works, then is rejected every few days

Jason_525cvn

I've followed the documentation for creating a SSH Key on Mac through SourceTree (using my default one didn't work), and adding to my BitBucket personal settings.

This is from a repo I began on Bitbucket and used the integrated Clone feature (SSH link).

It works fine for a day or so then eventually is rejected.

Following the final suggestion to delete key and recreate and connect a new one from scratch of course works.

What's going on here and how can I get the key to stick?

Ana Retamal

Hi Jason! When this happens again can you run this command from your terminal and show us the output? This will attempt to create a connection to Bitbucket for Git and tell you which username is using:

ssh -Tv git@bitbucket.org

Run also this command to see which key is your SSH agent currently offering:

ssh-add -L

If the agent is empty, this might be an issue with Mac remembering the SSH keys. There was already an issue like that in the past, you can see it at MacOs Sierra doesn't remember SSH keys between reboots.

If after this you need additional assistance, please let us which version of MacOS and Sourcetree are you using. 

Best regards,

Ana