Bug - GitHub Authentication Failure v1.6.24

[Matthew Prothero]

Earlier today I updated SourceTree to version 1.6.24 and it is now failing to authenticate with GitHub - it always reports invalid username/password even when I know they are correct.

We are not using 2-factor authentication so that isn't the problem.

One of my colleagues confirms that 1.6.23 worked fine for them but upgrading to 1.6.24 also stopped them from authenticating with the same error.

When will this be fixed?

EDIT: Experimentation shows that it still works via the terminal, just not when performing the actions using Sourcetree.

[Johannes Kilian]

This seems to be an issue with SrcTreeWin 1.6.24

See:https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREEWIN-3957

Workaround: Downgrade to older SrcTreeWin version ...

[Lou Laughlin]

Thanks for the update that this is fixed. 

[Matthew Prothero]

Looks like this has been fixed as of v1.6.25. No need to downgrade any more 

[Brad Buhrkuhl]

Same problem here but with Assembla's hosted GIT.

[sam mayes]

same here downgrade worked

[Nicolas Larcipretti]

Same here. Any workaround?

[Johannes Kilian]

Hmmm ... isn't my suggestion to downgrade a workaround?

[bartcsu]

I also was hit with this bug. Uninstall Sourcetree. Reinstall. This version seems to work for me. http://downloads.atlassian.com/software/sourcetree/windows/SourceTreeSetup_1.6.22.exe

[Chris Lee]

Same problem for me, but authenticating to a repo on Stash. Same credentials work on the command-line, and in the web interface. Have tried both embedded and system version of Git - same repetitive login dialog.

What's interesting is after trying a few times, I get a different message saying I need to enter a Captcha, so it's sending something to the server, just not the credentials I am supplying.

Could use a quick fix / workaround please (I guess I'll be using command-line only for now).