Receiving an Authentication Failed for bitbucket.org while cloning in GitHub Desktop on a Mac

Question

Hello,

I'm receiving an Authentication Failed for bitbucket.org while cloning in GitHub Desktop on a Mac.

I created an app password in Bitbucket.

I'm using my Github account to login to the GitHub desktop and want to downloaded a bitbucket repo.

I'm not clear on what the processed is to make this work.

Regards,

Ben · Answer

Hey Rati,

This issue might be due to our deprecation of GIT username/password in favour of App Password which took effect progressively from 01/03 onwards to customers:
https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Bitbucket-articles/Announcement-Bitbucket-Cloud-account-password-usage-for-Git-over/ba-p/1948231

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud)

Rati Dzidziguri_t35g10 · Answer

I have exact same problem I need to import few repos in Github but the tool stopped working. it authenticates spins for a while and gives me credentials screen again so something is broken for sure.

Ben · Answer

Hi Joe!

Whilst I am not very skilled in providing support for GitHub, I have managed to find documentation from Github which may help. It describes  how to import repositories from Bitbucket Cloud into Github using the Github Importer Tool:
https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/importing-your-projects-to-github/importing-source-code-to-github/importing-a-repository-with-github-importer

Thanks,

Ben - Bitbucket Cloud Support